Get indexed
Tell search engines about each new post with IndexNow, and bring Google's search data into FounderHQ.
Two connections help a new post get found. IndexNow tells search engines the moment you publish. Google Search Console shows you which searches already bring people.
Turn on IndexNow
IndexNow is a signal that Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam, and Yep accept. With it on, Publish notifies them every time a post goes live. Google does not use IndexNow: it finds your posts with its own crawler. About 5 minutes.
Before you start
You need a connected blog with a blog address, and a way to upload one file to your site.
- Open Publish → Settings and press IndexNow on your blog connection.
- Press Set up IndexNow.
- Create a text file with the name FounderHQ shows. Paste the content FounderHQ shows into it, and nothing else.
- Upload the file to the top folder of your site, so that it opens at the address FounderHQ shows.
- Press I have done this, then Check now.
Already have an IndexNow key? Choose Already have an IndexNow key? Use yours.
Verify
The wizard ends with You are live, and the connection shows IndexNow as On. After your next publish, Recent activity lists the post that was sent.
Waiting for the key file means FounderHQ could not open the file yet. Check its name, its content, and that it sits in the top folder.
Connect Google Search Console
Search Console gives Publish two things: the searches Google already shows your site for, and the clicks and rank of your posts. You do not need it to write or publish.
- Open Analytics → Settings. Search Console is set up in Analytics, because Analytics uses it too.
- Under Google Search Console, press Connect Search Console and sign in with Google.
- Pick your site under Search Console property and press Use property.
Verify
The connection shows Active. FounderHQ reads Google once a day, so the first numbers arrive within a day.
- In Publish → Keyword Planner, the Google suggestions tab fills in, and Impressions and Rank appear on your keywords.
- In Analytics → Overview, choose Google Search Console as the source to see the pages people land on and the searches that bring them.
Manage the connection
The menu on the connection has Sync now, Change property, and Archive. Needs attention means Google refused the last read: sign in again.