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5.1.9 Overview

Using Google and IndexNow APIs, you can easily and quickly push indexing requests to all of the major search engines.  Google has its own indexing feature (Web Search Indexing API, inspiration for the name of this plugin), while Bing and several others participate in a collaboration known as IndexNow - https://indexnow.org.

At the time of this writing - this is the ONLY free extension to offer Google Web Search Indexing API OR Bing/IndexNow, and it offers BOTH.

Google Web Search Indexing API

This really needs no introduction.  The world uses Google search, and this is the same interface you have in the Google Search Console where you can submit a URL to be indexed - except this is automatic, occurring when you save an article.

IndexNow

IndexNow is a collaboration and cooperative effort, whereas all participants share indexing requests with each other.  A submission to one is a submission to all.  At the time of this writing, the following search engines participate:  IndexNow, Microsoft Bing, Naver, Seznam.cz, Yandex, and Yep.

This plugin acts as an agent to submit your articles as they are saved, saving time and hopefully speeding up the process vs sitemap scanning.

How to Use This Document

While the operation and configuration of this plugin are relatively simple, the preparation is not.  This document is divided into several sections, allowing easy navigation to the topics of interest.  It is written in almost reverse order of setup.  While Google and Bing API key setup is listed last, it is almost the first thing you need to do.  Because operational instruction is more likely to be needed after installation, it is listed first.  I suggest first-time users follow the following steps.

1. Install the plugin
   • Because of the size of the installation file, this presents its own challenges
2. Obtain a Google Key
   • Most difficult, biggest reward
   • If you choose, the plugin requires at least one indexing target.
3. Obtain a Bing Key
   • Easiest to obtain, lesser reward, submits to multiple search engines
   • If you choose, the plugin requires at least one indexing target.
4. Configure the plugin
   • It's dead simple, there are only 6 settings.