Publishing great content nobody can find is the most common frustration in SEO. Google doesn't crawl small sites often — a new post can sit undiscovered for days or weeks. Here's how to shrink that to hours.
1. Use the Google Indexing API
Instead of waiting for Google to visit, tell Google the moment you publish. The Indexing API accepts direct URL submissions. Setting it up manually needs a Google Cloud service account — or a tool that submits every new post for you as soon as it goes live (more on that below).
2. Add Bing IndexNow — free and instant
IndexNow is an open protocol used by Bing, Yandex and others. One ping and your URL is queued for crawling, often indexed within minutes. It costs nothing and needs one API key.
3. Fix your internal linking
Google discovers pages by following links. A post reachable only from your blog index is easy to miss — link to it from 2–3 established posts. (Our WordPress SEO checklist covers the full linking strategy.)
4. Keep your sitemap fresh
Make sure the XML sitemap updates on publish — Rank Math and Yoast both handle this (see our Rank Math vs Yoast comparison) — and that it's submitted in Search Console. Check the Pages report monthly: "Discovered, not crawled" means Google knows the URL but hasn't bothered yet.
5. Publish consistently
Sites that publish on a steady schedule get crawled on a steady schedule. Googlebot learns your rhythm. Two genuinely useful posts a week beats ten thin ones a day.
The lazy (smart) way
Automizer does all five from one free Windows app — nothing to install on your site, it connects to WordPress with an Application Password. It writes SEO articles, adds internal links, publishes on schedule, checks every post against the Rank Math and Yoast tests, and asks Google (via Search Console) and Bing / IndexNow to index every new URL. If you're curious how far automation can go, read our complete auto-blogging guide.
