How Do I Get My WordPress Site Listed on Google? (Beginner’s Guide)

Are you looking to get your WordPress site listed on Google?

Being the largest search engine in the world, Google is quite good at automatically detecting and listing new websites. However, sometimes, it may not list your website right away.

Since Google is the biggest traffic source for most websites, it’s important that you get your website listed in Google immediately.

In this article, we will share how to easily get your WordPress site listed on Google.

Why Get Your Website Listed on Google?

Google is the top source of traffic and visitors for most websites. If you are serious about starting a blog or launching your small business website, then you need to get your website listed on Google as soon as possible.

If you are following the WordPress SEO best practices, then search engines like Google can automatically find your website. However, this could take some time, and you will miss out on potential customers.

But you can easily speed up this process. Let’s take a look at how to get your WordPress site listed on Google.

Before You Start

Before you start, you will need to create a Google Search Console account.

You can easily set it up by following our step-by-step instructions on how to add your WordPress site to Google Search Console.

Step 1: Checking WordPress Settings for Search Engine Visibility

After you have set up your Search Console account, you need to make sure that your WordPress site is visible to search engines.

You can check this by going to the Settings » Reading page and scrolling down to the ‘Search Engine Visibility’ option.

Make sure to remove the check mark from this option. This will allow search engines to crawl your website.

Don’t forget to click on the ‘Save Changes’ button to store your settings.

Step 2: Connecting Google Search Console With WordPress

The next thing you need to do is add your website to Google Search Console.

We recommend using the URL prefix method because there are more ways to verify your site, and you don’t have to change your DNS records.

In the website field, you must add your full website URL. It is important to use exactly the same URL that you are seeing in your browser’s URL bar, including https and www or non-www.

Once you add the website URL, it will ask you to verify that you own the domain.

There are multiple methods that you can use to verify ownership. The easiest way is to click the arrow next to ‘Other verification methods’. This will give you a meta tag that you need to copy.

Next, you will need to install and activate the All in One SEO plugin on your WordPress site. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you will see a new item in your WordPress admin menu labeled All in One SEO.

Go ahead and click on the All in One SEO » General Settings menu, and then click the ‘Webmaster Tools’ tab at the top of the page.

Next, you need to click on the ‘Google Search Console’ box and paste the verification code into the field that appears.

Once you are done, make sure you click the ‘Save Changes’ button at the top of the screen.

Now, you can go back to the Google Search Console account and click on the ‘Verify’ button. Your website ownership will be successfully verified.

If, for some reason, it doesn’t verify, then you need to clear the cache in WordPress.

Step 3: Setting Up XML Sitemaps

Once your site is verified, you need to go to All in One SEO » General page in the WordPress admin area to verify your sitemap settings.

By default, AIOSEO creates the sitemaps you need automatically.

To view your sitemaps, click the ‘Open Sitemap’ button.

Alternatively, you can add ‘sitemap.xml’ to your website’s URL, such as www.example.com/sitemap.xml.

Next, you need to submit your sitemap to Google Search Console. Sitemaps help Google search bots easily find and index your new content.

Step 4: Submitting XML Sitemaps to Google Search Console

Simply log in to your Google Search Console account and select your website. After that, you will need to go to ‘Sitemaps’ on the left side of the screen.

Next, you should add the last part of your sitemap URL (‘sitemap.xml’) under the ‘Add a new sitemap’ section and click the ‘Submit’ button.

Once you are done with these steps, you can visit your Google Search Console account to check your listings. Once Google has crawled and indexed your website, you will start seeing reports in the search console.

After You Finish

An important factor that affects search rankings is website speed. Slower websites are bad for user experience and are often ranked lower than faster websites.

That’s why, once you get your website listed on Google, you should take a look at our guide on how to improve your website performance.

Expert Guides for Becoming More Visible on Google

Now that you know how to get your WordPress site listed on Google, you may like to see some other guides about how to become more visible on Google:

• How to Submit Your Website to Search Engines (Beginner’s Guide)
• How to Ask Google to Recrawl URLs of Your WordPress Site
• How to Get a Google Featured Snippet with Your WordPress Site
• How to Get Google Sitelinks for Your WordPress Site
• How to Appear in Google Answer Boxes with Your WordPress Site
• What Is Google Knowledge Panel + How to Claim It With WordPress
• How to Automatically Add WordPress Products in Google Shopping
• How to Get Your WordPress Site Into Google Discover
• How to Submit Your WordPress Site to Google News (Step by Step)
• How to Hide a WordPress Page From Google

We hope this article helped you get your WordPress site listed on Google. You may also want to see our guide on how to make your WordPress website secure or our expert picks for the best WordPress SEO plugins and tools to optimize your website.

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