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How to rank a newly published page on Google & ChatGPT within hours.
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This page took 3 minutes to rank #5 on Google after we published it.
Most people hit publish and move on.
They never tell Google the page exists. So it sits there for weeks, sometimes forever, and nobody ever finds it.
We didn’t wait. Here are the 3 steps we used, and you can do every one of them yourself.
Before you publish anything, you need to understand how Google & ChatGPT find your page.
Think of them like a giant library.
A robot goes around the internet picking up new pages. The library then files them on its shelves. That’s called indexing.
When a customer searches, Google and ChatGPT only look at what’s on the shelves. If your page isn’t there, nobody sees it.
Most people get stuck at stage 1: published.
They hit publish and wait for the robot to come by.
But the robot doesn’t know your page exists. It might take days to find it. Sometimes weeks. Sometimes it never does.
How Google & ChatGPT find your page
- Stage 1PublishedYour page goes live
- Stage 2CrawledA robot finds it
- Stage 3IndexedIt gets filed in the library
- Stage 4ShownCustomers see it on Google & ChatGPT
That’s why we don’t wait. We tell Google and Bing about the page ourselves.
1Pick Where To Submit
There are hundreds of search engines out there.
But only two you need to care about: Google and Bing.
Google is the biggest. Most of your customers search there.
Bing is smaller. But ChatGPT uses Bing to search the web.
So every new page goes to both.
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Already on Google Search Console? Bing lets you import your site from it. You can even sign in to Bing with your Google account.
2Submit Your Page By Hand
Your page is live. Don’t wait for the robot.
Go to Google and Bing, and tell them about it yourself.
It takes about a minute. Here’s exactly where to click:
On Google
1Open Google Search Console. Paste your page link into the search bar at the top and press Enter.
2Click Request indexing.
3You’ll see Indexing requested. Done. Your page is now at the front of Google’s queue.
On Bing
1Open Bing Webmaster Tools. Click URL Inspection on the left.
2Paste your page link and click Inspect.
3Click Request indexing.
4You’ll see Indexing requested. Done.
One catch: this only works for websites you own. You can’t submit your LinkedIn post or someone else’s page.
3Put It On Autopilot
Submitting by hand is fine for one page.
But there’s a daily limit:
So if you publish a lot, you’ll hit Google’s limit fast.
There are three ways to put it on autopilot: your sitemap, IndexNow, or Agent Mole.
Option 1: Your sitemap
A sitemap is a list of every page on your website. Most website builders make one for you. You’ll find it at yoursite.com/sitemap.xml.
Give it to Google and Bing once. After that, they check it for new pages by themselves:
Submit your sitemap
1In Google Search Console, click Sitemaps on the left.
2Paste the link to your sitemap and click Submit.
3You’ll see Sitemap submitted successfully. Google is done.
4Now Bing. In Bing Webmaster Tools, click Sitemaps on the left.
5Click Submit sitemap, paste your sitemap link and click Submit.
6You’ll see Sitemap submitted. Bing is done too.
The downside: Google and Bing check your sitemap on their own schedule. A new page can still wait days.
Option 2: IndexNow
IndexNow tells Bing about a new page the moment you publish it. No waiting for Bing to check your sitemap.
One catch: IndexNow only works for Bing (and so ChatGPT and Copilot). Google doesn’t use it. Keep your sitemap for Google.
To set it up:
- Check if your website builder already does it. Wix, Duda and Cloudflare send IndexNow for you.
- On WordPress, install the free IndexNow plugin from Microsoft.
- Anything else? Ask your developer to add IndexNow. It’s a small job: one key file on your site, and one message sent to Bing each time you publish.
- Check it’s working in Bing Webmaster Tools under IndexNow. Your new pages show up there.
Option 3: Agent Mole
Agent Mole sends every new page to Google, Bing and our own Fast lane at the same time. Here’s how:
Submit with Agent Mole
1In Agent Mole, open Indexing and click Add URLs.
2Paste your page link, a list of links, or your sitemap link. Click Review URLs.
3Leave Google, IndexNow and Fast lane ticked. Click Submit.
4Mole sends it everywhere at once and checks back. Your page shows Indexed once it’s on Google and Bing.
+Bonus: Check If It Worked
Want to know if your page made it? Do this 24 hours after you submit it by hand.
Go to Google and type site: followed by your page link. Like this:
Try it on Google
site:https://www.agenticwebsite.io/seo-geo-course
If your page shows up, it’s indexed.
If nothing shows up, it isn’t yet.
It works on Bing too.
Here’s what it looks like for our course page:
And there you have it!
3 simple steps you can start taking today to rank your new pages on Google & ChatGPT within hours:
- Pick where to submit.
- Submit your page by hand.
- Put it on autopilot with your sitemap, IndexNow or Agent Mole.
And remember how Google & ChatGPT find your page. Don’t just publish and wait for the robot. Tell Google and Bing your page exists, so your customers can find it.
How Google & ChatGPT find your page
- Stage 1PublishedYour page goes live
- Stage 2CrawledA robot finds it
- Stage 3IndexedIt gets filed in the library
- Stage 4ShownCustomers see it on Google & ChatGPT
Want more than one guide?
Get Google and ChatGPT sending you leads every week.
I run an SEO & GEO course that shows you exactly how. It has a whole module on indexing: how to set up IndexNow and what to watch out for.
Want to work through it with me and my team? Book a strategy session.