How To Use Google Indexing API In Blogger Or WordPress In 2022

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Google Indexing API is a free resource or method provided by Google to its users. It allows users or website owners to immediately notify Google about the addition, update, or deletion of any page. This allows Google to schedule pages for a fresh crawl or instant indexing, which can lead to higher quality user traffic. 

In order to use Google Indexing API for your website, you need to have some programming background. Sacred? Don’t worry I have a solution for you. In this article, I will demonstrate how to use the Google Indexing API in Blogger or WordPress or in any website for instant indexing for free without writing a single line of code.

WordPress allows the users to use various plugins to increase the functionality and user experience but on the other hand, Blogger does not support these kinds of features and you can only use what Google has offered. For example, RankMath provides a plugin Instant Indexing for WordPress users.

We will see the complete step-by-step process on how we can use Google Colab to use Google Indexing API and can notify Google of any changes in our web pages for instant crawling.

Major Steps

1. Get the Google Indexing API access key
2. Add Service Account ID as an Owner in Google Search Console
3. Use Google Colab and send the crawl requests for Instant Indexing

 

 

1. Get the Google Indexing API access Key

The API access key is the authentication method and Every call to the Indexing API must be authenticated. For example, while login into your email account you provide a username and password as the authentication.

Go to Google Cloud Platform, if you don’t have any projects selected or you are using it for the first time, click on “CREAT PROJECT“.

If you have any projects already selected, you can click on the Select a project drop-down and choose New Project from the popup that appears on the screen.

 

New Project Google Indexing API

New Project

Next, enter a project name that you can recognize or remember later. And then click Create.

 

Create Instant Indexing Google Indexing API Project

Create Project

After you have created a project, you’d need to enable the project to access the API. In the next step, click on the Enable followed by clicking on Next.

 

Confirm Instant Indexing Project Google Indexing API

Confirm Project By Clicking On NEXT

After confirming the project, click on ENABLE.

 

Enable Instant Indexing Project Google Indexing API

ENABLE Instant Indexing API

1.2. Create a New Service Account and Download the API Access Key

Go to Service Account by opening this page. Select the project from the available project lists. In our case, Instant-Indexing which we have created in the previous step.

 

Select Project for Instant Indexing API

Select Project

 

 

In the next step, click on CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT.

 

Create Service Account for Instant Indexing API

Create Service Account

Provide service account name and its description (optional) in the next step. Then click on CREATE AND CONTINUE.

 

Google Service Account For Instant Indexing

Create Service Account

Assign Owner as Roles for the Service Account and finally click on DONE.

 

Assign Role To Service Account

Assign Role

After clicking on DONE, in the next step, go to Manage Keys by clicking on Actions (three dots).

 

Manage Keys for Instant Indexing API

Manage Keys

Next, click on ADD KEY and then Create new key.

 

Add New Key Instant Indexing API Key

Add New Key

Click on JSON as key type and click on CREATE. Your key will be downloaded.

 

Create New API Key

Create New Key

API Access Key for API

Successfully Downloaded API Access Key

After creating the Google Indexing API Key, go to details and copy the Service Account Email ID.

 

Google Service Account Email ID

Copy Service Account Email

2. Add Service Account ID as an Owner in Google Search Console (GSC)

Go to Google Search Console, then ADD your website address (without www or HTTPS/HTTP) as property. Please note, you have to use the same email id using which you have created the blog.

Google Search Console Add Property

Add Blogspot As Property

After clicking on CONTINUE, Google will verify your website ownership. Once verified, click on GO TO PROPERTY.

 

Google Auto Ownership Verification

Ownership Verified

Click on Settings > Users and permissions > ADD USER > Add the Service Account ID and Provide Owner in Permission > Click ADD

 

Google Search Console Settings

GSC Settings

Google Search Console API Users and Permissions

Users and Permissions

Add User in Google Search Console

ADD USER

Add Service Account ID Google Search Console

ADD Service Account ID

Now that we have created our Service Account for Google Indexing API and configured Google Search Console. It’s time to use the downloaded API key and send the request to Google for Instant Indexing.

 

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3. Use Google Colab and send the crawl requests for Instant Indexing

3.1. Open Google Indexing API colab notebook and sign in using your Google account

3.2. Click on the Execute button with Upload JSON Key Here!

Upload JSON Key Google Indexing API

Upload JSON Key File

Google API Key Uploaded

Key Successfully Uploaded

3.3. Import Necessary Libraries by executing the cell

Import Libraries Google Search Console API

Import Libraries

3.4. Add the Website URL and select the Request Type (URL_UPDATED/ URL_DELETED) and execute the cell

Google Indexing API Using Instant Indexing Python

Request Instant Indexing Using API

Instant Indexing Request

Requested For Instant Indexing | 05:18 PM

Surprising Result! The unexpected result is here. Using the Google Indexing API, it’s done within a minute (only 45 seconds).

 

Successfully Used Google Indexing API With Blogger

Crawled Successfully

Please note, using Google Indexing API for Instant Indexing does not guarantee that your content will be indexed. It’s a method using which you can call Google Crawler to crawl your website or any specific page. Only Google Crawler will decide whether your content will be indexed or not.

 

Upload JSON to Google Drive: No Need to Re-Upload the Google Indexing API Key Everytime You Connect to the Notebook

Steps

Connect Google Drive using Google Colab Notebook

Upload the JSON API Key (Only one time process)

Provide the PATH of the API Key

Use the Google Indexing API

1. Connect Google Drive using Google Colab Notebook (as shown below)

Connect Google Drive- Google Indexing API

Connect Google Drive

Once, you execute the above cell, Google will ask for your permission, please ALLOW to proceed.

 

Successfully Connected- Google Indexing API

Successfully Connected

2. Watch This Video To Upload the JSON API Key (Only one time process)

Upload Google Indexing API Key

3. Provide the PATH of the API Key

Please provide the PATH you have copied after uploading the JSON API key into Google Drive (as shown in the previous step/video).

 

Provide Key Path Google Indexing API

Provide Key Path

 

 

Click on the execute/play button to execute the cell.

 

Key Added Google Indexing API

Key Added

4. Last Step Is To Use the Google Indexing API

In this step, you have to Add the Website URL and select the Request Type (URL_UPDATED/ URL_DELETED) and execute the cell as shown in the below image.

 

Google Indexing API Use

Google Indexing API Use

The above method is successfully working with Blogger Websites. You can also do it for other sites also. All the above steps will remain the same.

 

Github Link– Google Indexing API For WordPress And Blogger For Instant Indexing

 

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