TL;DR: Paste your URL into Search Console’s URL Inspection tool, then click “Request Indexing.” This doesn’t guarantee indexing, but it often speeds discovery.

Before You Start

• Your site must be verified in Google Search Console.
• The URL should be the canonical version you want indexed.

Steps To Request Indexing:

1. Open Google Search Console for your property.
2. At the top, use the search bar that says “Inspect any URL…”
3. Paste the full page URL and press enter.
4. Wait for the inspection to load (it may say “URL is on Google” or “URL is not on Google”).
5. Click Request Indexing.

What Happens Next?

• Google puts the URL in a crawl queue.
• It may crawl the page soon, or later.
• Indexing still depends on page quality + crawlability.

Common Problems

It says “Crawled – currently not indexed”

This usually means Google saw it, but didn’t think it was worth indexing (yet). Improve content, add internal links, and try again later.

It says “Discovered – currently not indexed”

Google knows it exists but hasn’t crawled it. Internal links and sitemap coverage help.

Best Practices After Requesting Indexing

• Add internal links to the page from other indexed pages.
• Make sure the page is included in your XML sitemap.
• Make sure the page loads fast and doesn’t require login.