SEO Glossary: Index (Google)

 

 

What is Google's index?

If a visitor enters a certain search term on Google and sends the search query, the list of results appears. All the information in the list comes from the Google Index, which is comparable to a large database. It contains all the websites available worldwide that Google has classified as useful and indexed accordingly. indexed indexed.

 

So, in order to get traffic from the world's largest search engine Google, it is necessary to be included in the index. This happens, among other things, when website owners apply SEO and implement certain measures in this area.

 

How does the Google Index work?

As basis for the Google Index is a huge database. It can be compared to a library, which contains numerous books. To find the desired book with a title or in a category, a database query is required. The computer already shows where the book is located and, if necessary, gives a short description. This is exactly the principle on which Google's index works!

 

The Google Index database works dynamically throughout. This means that there is a constant expansion and updating of the data it contains. The necessary information for the updates is provided by Googlebots (crawlers)which permanently search the Internet for new websites or changes.

 

For example, if a Googlebot has discovered a new sub-page on a domain, it compares it with the index. At the same time, the Googlebot analyzes the content of the page to see whether it might match a particular search query (keyword). Once all this is done, the page is added to the Google index and is available immediately.

 

In order to appear in the Google index, the application of SEO (search engine optimization) Marketing is necessary. This is the only way to signal to the search engine that it is interesting and offers useful as well as relevant content. Here Google's guidelines play an important role, in which all important tips and information about SEO are listed.

 

Which pages are in the Google index?

 

If website owners want to find out if their website is in the Google index, there are two different ways:

 

• Site: query: The site: query provides information about whether a domain is in the Google index and for which pages this is the case. To do this, go to Google and enter the following command: "site:www.deinedomain.de". You can then see which pages are indexed in Google.

 

• Google Search Console: Furthermore, there is the possibility to search in the GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE to find out everything important about the indexing of a website. For this purpose, the respective website must be added to the GSC and verified. Then simply click on "Google index" and "Indexing status" in the left navigation. Now you can see how many URLs are in the Google index.