How to Submit Your Website to Search Engines: Google, Bing, and Yandex

Search engines drive around 93% of all web traffic. Therefore, submitting a website to search engines is an essential step to rank higher on search engine results pages (SERPs) and drive more traffic.

This guide will go over how to submit your website to three major search engines: Google, Bing, and Yandex. We will also share tips and tricks on how to check the index status and avoid errors during the website submission process. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to improve your website’s ranking on SERPs.

Video tutorial on how to submit a website to search engines

If you prefer video content, check out our video tutorial on how to add your WordPress site to Google Search Console.

Submitting a website using Google Site Kit and Hostinger plugin

WordPress users have their work cut out for them with Hostinger Easy Onboarding. This in-house plugin streamlines setting up a new WordPress site, including helping it get indexed by Google.

Follow these steps to set up Google Site Kit and notify the search engine about your new website:

Navigate to Hostinger → Onboarding from the WordPress dashboard. Expand the Google Site Kit subsection under Website setup and select Setup now.
Connect to your Google account and grant access to all the required data.
Verify your website ownership.
Allow Google Site Kit to access and display key metrics in your Site Kit dashboard.
Add your WordPress website to Google Search Console and connect it to Site Kit.

Submitting a website to Google

Google dominates the search engine market worldwide by 92.49%. So, submitting your website to Google helps increase brand awareness and drive higher traffic.

Uploading a sitemap to Google Search Console

To submit your website to Google, upload your sitemap to Google Search Console. Here are some benefits of using an XML sitemap to submit your site to Google:

Tracking new content
Easy navigation
SEO

To upload XML sitemaps to Google Search Console, create a sitemap for your website and follow these steps:

Manually create an XML file or use an online generator or a plugin like Yoast SEO.
Once you have your XML sitemap, go to Google Search Console and select the property type (domain or URL prefix).
Verify your domain by adding the TXT record from the Google Search Console to your DNS server.
From the Google Search Console home page, select Sitemaps on the left sidebar menu. Then, insert your sitemap URL under the Add a new sitemap section and submit it.

Submitting an individual page to Google

After submitting your site, use the URL Inspection tool on Google Search Console to submit individual URLs for faster indexing.

Submitting a URL to Google My Business

Submitting a business site to Google My Business (GMB) can drive more traffic as this free tool shows business details on top of the search results. Follow the steps below to submit your company’s profile and URL to Google:

Create your profile by inserting your business name, location, contact details, and other optional information.
Customize your profile to add all necessary business information.

Internal linking

Adding internal links regularly helps Google find, index, and rank your page faster. Use navigational links and contextual links to build a website hierarchy and establish authority.

Submitting a website to Bing

Bing is the second most popular search engine worldwide. To submit a website for immediate crawling and indexing, use Bing Webmaster Tools. Follow these steps:

Sign in to Bing Webmaster Tools using Microsoft, Google, or Facebook accounts.
Add your URL and submit your sitemap URL to notify Bing Webmaster Tool to index your site.

Submitting a website to Yandex

If your target audience or market is mainly in Russia, submitting your website to Yandex can be highly beneficial. Follow these steps to submit your website to Yandex:

Go to Yandex Webmaster Tools and log in or create an account.
Add your URL and verify your site.
Submit your XML Sitemap to Yandex.

Checking if a site is successfully indexed

Check the index status of your website on each search engine’s respective tool (Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, Yandex Webmaster Tools) to see if it has been successfully indexed.

Preventing a site from getting blocked with ‘NoIndex’

Use the NoIndex meta tag to prevent search engines from indexing specific pages on your website. Make sure to remove the tag before submitting your website.

Reasons to submit your site to search engines

Submitting your website to search engines helps increase brand awareness, drive higher traffic, improve ranking, and notify search engines about new content.

Increasing visibility after getting indexed

In addition to submitting your site to search engines, optimize your website’s content, use social media and newsletters for promotion, target keywords, build backlinks, optimize meta descriptions, monitor competition, analyze analytics, ensure mobile-friendliness, update content regularly, and use visual content.

Conclusion

Submitting your website to search engines is an important step in increasing website traffic and visibility. Follow the steps outlined in this guide to submit your website to the major search engines and optimize your content for higher rankings. Keep in mind that it takes time for search engines to index your site, so be patient and continue optimizing your website for better results.

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