{"id":916,"date":"2022-08-05T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/08\/05\/6448761-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-make-a-website-appear-on-google\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:08","slug":"6448761-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-make-a-website-appear-on-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6448761-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-make-a-website-appear-on-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger Website Builder: How to Make a Website Appear on Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;ve recently created a website, don&rsquo;t worry if you can&rsquo;t find it on <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a><\/b> yet. It may take from a couple of days to a couple of weeks for your website pages to be discovered, crawled, and indexed in search engines.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Your website&rsquo;s rank in the Google search results depends on many various factors: the quality of your website content, loading speed, accessibility, and more.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_0e87ef8913\">Checking if a Website Is on Google<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To see which of your website pages are currently on Google, in the search bar, insert <b><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/monitor-debug\/search-operators\/all-search-site\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">site:<\/a><\/b> and your <b>domain name<\/b>, like this: <\/p><pre><code>site:example.com<\/code><\/pre><p class=\"no-margin\">This way, you&rsquo;ll see the total number of search results related to your website and the exact pages that are indexed:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/17d4ca69-3cb4-4437-bff2-315145a03232.jpg\" alt=\"Using the site: search operator to see which website's pages are already on Google\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Click on the <b>ellipsis &#8942; button<\/b> next to each result to see more information about it:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/b3ad8f96-4397-4038-8460-001c7bfc8044.jpg\" alt=\"Viewing more details about a particular search result in Google\"><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Learn more: <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/1687222\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">View web pages cached in Google Search Results<\/a> &#128161; <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_81912ae52d\">Getting a Website on Google<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Here are some proven recommendations to get your website up and running on the most popular search engines like Google &#128071; <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_9bc918ba1e\">Create Valuable Content<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Having <b>authentic<\/b>,<b> high-quality content<\/b> on your website is crucial for increasing traffic and improving your search ranking. Therefore, make sure to address the specific needs of your target audience and steer clear of mistakes.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Content-related suggestions:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">To rank your site with specific <b><a href=\"\/support\/6972483-website-builder-how-to-add-keywords\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">keywords<\/a><\/b>, include them in your website&rsquo;s content<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Remember to <b><a href=\"\/support\/6454367-website-builder-how-to-add-links\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">add links<\/a><\/b> where necessary<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Try to get <b><a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/learn\/seo\/backlinks\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">backlinks<\/a> <\/b>&mdash; links from other sites to yours &mdash; which are one of the most heavily weighted Google ranking factors; incoming links to your website from high-authority domains improve your credibility, bring in traffic, and improve your search ranking<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Consider creating a <b><a href=\"\/support\/6475420-website-builder-how-to-add-an-faq-section\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">FAQ<\/a><\/b> page, or starting a <b><a href=\"\/support\/6462842-website-builder-how-to-create-a-blog\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">blog<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Learn more: <b><a href=\"\/support\/6466509-website-builder-how-to-use-heading-tags-for-seo\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Use Heading Tags for SEO<\/a><\/b> &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_f81b03bb9d\">Add Meta Titles and Descriptions<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Meta titles and descriptions <\/b>help search engines understand the content of a webpage and are displayed in the search results:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/1b313b8c-9ae0-4f98-ae77-b39ae179939d.jpg\" alt=\"An example of page meta title and meta description in Google Search Results\"><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Learn more: <b><a href=\"\/support\/6466356-website-builder-meta-titles-and-descriptions-of-pages\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Add Meta Titles and Descriptions<\/a> &#128161; <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_99ab1c5a35\">Double-Check URLs<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">It&rsquo;s important that the <b>URLs<\/b> are neat. Make sure to check all the URLs of your website pages, including product pages and blog posts. <\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Learn more: <b><a href=\"\/support\/6466482-website-builder-how-to-change-the-page-url\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Change the Page URL<\/a> &#128161; <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_c0f332df11\">Take Care of the Visuals<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">SEO isn&rsquo;t just about written content. It&rsquo;s also about the <b>visuals<\/b>:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Upload a <b><a href=\"\/support\/6466373-website-builder-how-to-add-a-favicon\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">favicon<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Add <b><a href=\"\/support\/6466412-website-builder-how-to-add-link-preview-images\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">link preview images<\/a><\/b> to your pages<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Add <b><a href=\"\/support\/6466460-website-builder-how-to-add-alt-text-to-images\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">alternative text<\/a> <\/b>to images<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Learn more: <b><a href=\"\/support\/6466243-website-builder-responsive-web-design-and-image-size\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Responsive Web Design and Image Size<\/a> &#128161; <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_6a0f184db3\">Specify Your Website&rsquo;s Language<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">The HTML <b>lang<\/b> attribute specifies the language of your website and makes it more accessible:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Search engines use the language attribute to return language-specific search results<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Screen reading tools use this attribute to recognize the language and provide the correct accent and pronunciation while reading website texts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Learn more: <b><a href=\"\/support\/6618609-website-builder-how-to-add-a-language-attribute-to-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Add a Language Attribute to a Website<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_f460f07455\">Use Google Search Console<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Create a<b> <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/about\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Search Console<\/a> <\/b>account. It is a free service that helps you monitor and troubleshoot your website&rsquo;s appearance in the search results.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">To improve your local ranking on Google, you can also create a<b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Business<\/a> <\/b>account. Providing and updating business information in Google Business can help enhance your presence online.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_c2052a3e49\">Things to Avoid<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">This advice applies to any search engine, be it Google, Bing, or Yahoo. When creating your website, avoid the following:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Duplicate content<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Low-quality content<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Little or no content<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Broken links<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Learn more:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/fundamentals\/how-search-works\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">In-depth guide to how Google Search works<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/fundamentals\/creating-helpful-content\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating helpful, reliable, people-first content<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/fundamentals\/seo-starter-guide\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">SEO Starter Guide<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn what steps to take to get your site on Google<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seo-website-builder"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6448761-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-make-a-website-appear-on-google\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6448761-hostinger-creador-de-sitios-web-como-hacer-que-tu-web-aparezca-en-google\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6448761-hostinger-createur-de-sites-web-comment-faire-apparaitre-mon-site-web-sur-google\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/6448761-hostinger-website-builder-cara-memunculkan-website-di-google\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/6448761-hostinger-svetainiu-kurimo-irankis-kaip-pagerinti-svetaines-reitingus-google-paieskoje\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6448761-hostinger-criador-de-sites-como-fazer-meu-site-aparecer-no-google\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/6448761------\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3741,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions\/3741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}