WITH PAUL BAKAUS
FIND ME
HOW TO TELL YOUR WEB STORY IS INDEXED
NO.23
Cover animation: A guy looking around with binoculars.
Cover animation: A guy looking around with binoculars.
HERE ARE THE BASICS IN 3 STEPS
Host Paul introduces how Google works.
Host Paul introduces how Google works.
FIRST STEP
Google scans the web for websites.
Google visits, or "crawls" newly discovered websites to find out what's on it.
Animation showing how Google crawls websites
Animation showing how Google crawls websites
SECOND STEP
Indexing: Google analyzes the content.
All analyzed information is stored in a database - the Google index.
Animation showing how Google indexes websites.
Animation showing how Google indexes websites.
THIRD STEP
A user searches for something.
Your content is ranked based on different factors.
Google serves your content on the search result page.
Animation showing how Google serves search results.
Animation showing how Google serves search results.
DISCOVER WORKS A BIT DIFFERENT
More personalized content is shown.
No need for a question in the search box.
But: Indexing is important.
Animation showing how Google Discover looks like.
Animation showing how Google Discover looks like.
Let's review some helpful tools.
Host Paul introduces helpful tools.
Host Paul introduces helpful tools.
AMP Test Tool
Ensures that your Stories are valid and crawlable.
Checks your structured data which helps Google understand your website.
Screen recording of the amp test tool.
Screen recording of the amp test tool.
SEARCH CONSOLE
Several tools to monitor, maintain and troubleshoot your sites presence in Google Search results. E.g.:
Index Coverage: Shows the indexing status of all URLs on your site.
Screen recording showing the index coverage in the search console.
Screen recording showing the index coverage in the search console.
SEARCH CONSOLE
URL Inspection Tool: Performs Web Story and AMP specific checks.
Onwards!
Host Paul closes this episode of Storytime.
Host Paul closes this episode of Storytime.