--- title: "Website Not Showing Up on Google? How to Get It Indexed | Sitelink" description: "Why a new site at a Sitelink address isn't on Google yet, and how to fix it: add it to Search Console, submit its sitemap, and what Daily quota exceeded and Crawled, currently not indexed mean." url: "https://site.link/help/get-website-on-google" --- # Get your website on Google Google finds new sites on its own, but a brand-new one can take weeks to show up. Search Console tells you where your site stands and gets it found sooner. It's free, and you set it up once. What you need * A site live at your Sitelink address. * A Google account. ## 1\. Check if Google has your site Search Google for your address with `site:` in front of it. Every page Google has indexed shows up. No results means it hasn't indexed the site yet. Opens the search in a new tab. A site published in the last few days usually isn't there yet. That's normal, and the next steps help Google find it sooner. ## 2\. Add your address to Search Console 1. Open [Google Search Console](https://search.google.com/search-console) and sign in with your Google account. 2. Open the property selector at the top left and choose **\+ Add property**. 3. Choose **URL prefix** and enter your full address with the slash at the end, like `https://mycafe.site.link/`. 4. Prove the address is yours with one of the two methods below, then click **Verify**. **A site hosted on Sitelink** (published from Claude, Claude Code or ChatGPT): choose **HTML file upload** and download the file. Give it to the app along with your site and ask it to publish again. Keep the file in every later publish, because Search Console loses verification when it's gone. **A ChatGPT Site** connected to your name: choose **HTML tag**, copy the tag, and ask ChatGPT to add it to the head of your Site's home page. Leave it there, since Search Console checks for it from time to time. Don't choose Domain. A Domain property needs a DNS record at your name, and Sitelink manages the DNS for every name. ## 3\. Submit your sitemap A sitemap lists your pages, so Google doesn't have to find each one through links. In Search Console, open **Sitemaps**, type `sitemap.xml` in **Add a new sitemap**, and click **Submit**. You don't have to write one. A site hosted on Sitelink gets a sitemap at `/sitemap.xml` listing every page, plus a robots.txt that points to it, unless you publish your own. A ChatGPT Site serves its own sitemap if it has one, and Sitelink points its links at your name. If Search Console shows an error for it, ask ChatGPT to add a sitemap.xml to the Site. ## 4\. Help Google find it Google crawls a new site sooner when other pages link to it. Put your address where people already look for you: your Instagram or LinkedIn profile, your Google Business Profile, your email signature, and any directory or association that lists you. Then give it a few weeks. To follow one page, paste its address into **URL inspection** at the top of Search Console. Once it says **URL is on Google**, the page can show up in search results. ## If Request indexing says Daily quota exceeded URL inspection has a **Request indexing** button. Google limits how often it works, and on a new site it can say **Daily quota exceeded** even on your first try. Despite the name it isn't a strict daily count, and there's no way to reset it. You don't need it. The sitemap you submitted already tells Google about every page, and Google comes back to it on its own. ## If pages are crawled but not indexed The **Pages** report, under Indexing in Search Console, lists the pages Google hasn't indexed and why. Two reasons show up on most new sites: * **Discovered - currently not indexed:** Google knows the page but hasn't crawled it yet. * **Crawled - currently not indexed:** Google fetched the page but hasn't added it to search yet. Google calls both common and not necessarily a problem. To help a page along, link to it from your home page, give it a clear title and enough text to say what it's about, and keep it in your sitemap. ## If Google shows your chatgpt.site address A [ChatGPT Site connected to Sitelink](/help/connect-chatgpt-site) answers at two addresses: its own chatgpt.site one and your name. Google usually keeps one of the two in search. Sitelink tells Google your name is the main one, so share your Sitelink address everywhere and add that address to Search Console. Keep the name, too. If a name isn't renewed, its site goes offline and drops out of Google. [See how to keep your name](/help/keep-your-name). ## Related guides * [Host an HTML file online](/help/host-html-file) * [Connect your ChatGPT Site](/help/connect-chatgpt-site) * [Keep your name after 30 days](/help/keep-your-name) Still stuck? Email [care@site.link](mailto:care@site.link) with the address you're working on.