{"id":23026,"date":"2022-02-18T14:33:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gutenberg-atl.staging.breakingmedia.com\/legal-innovation-center\/?p=23026"},"modified":"2022-02-18T14:43:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:43:32","slug":"help-google-crawl-your-law-firm-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2022\/02\/18\/help-google-crawl-your-law-firm-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Google Crawl Your Law Firm Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Even if you develop the most user-friendly website and publish high-quality content, you won’t reach your marketing goals or obtain new clientele if Google is unable to crawl or index your website. To help Google crawl your law firm’s website, you need to have foundational SEO knowledge, as well as specific indexing knowledge. We will take a look at the basics of crawling And indexing, as well as what steps you need to take to ensure Google and crawl your website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Basics of Crawling and Indexing\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Google wants to provide users with the most current and relevant search results and see what uses \u201cspiders\u201d to crawl from site to site. Google\u2019s spiders crawl websites for new information on a continuously updated database.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google’s spiders follow links to content and store the crawl information in Google’s index. When a user performs a search, Google search through its database to provide answers quickly and efficiently.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google database stores trillions of pages of information. Its web index is essentially a database of invaluable information.<\/span><\/p>\n

How To Check Your Indexing Status\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

If you are just getting started, it can take time for Google\u2019s spiders to crawl your website and index the pages in the database. If weeks or months pass and you still are not seeing any results, it is time to investigate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To check the status of any web page, all you need to do is enter \u201csite:yourdomain.com\/.\u201d When you type that into Google, the results will show you all of the pages the search engine has indexed, as well as the current meta tags saved in the index. If none of your pages appear, it means that your site has not been indexed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten Steps to Help Google Crawl Your Website<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you discover Google is not indexing your web pages, it means that your website is invisible to search queries. To improve your organic traffic and website visibility, there are a series of steps you should take to ensure Google can crawl your website more efficiently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Delete Crawl Blocks Snippets\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

You could have a crawl block issue. Crawl blocks happen in robots.txt files. The code snippet tells Google it is not allowed to crawl any of the pages on your website. Check the backend for either of these code snippets and remove them:<\/span><\/p>\n