Ahrefs' IndexNow Integration
Notify search engines instantly about page changes and have them crawled and re-indexed faster.
IndexNow is an Internet protocol that instantly notifies participating search engines like Bing about changes to your website. So if you add, update, remove, or redirect pages, your changes will be picked up faster.
IndexNow saves resources
Good for website owners – and the planet.
More than 50% of the existing bots blindly guess when a page should be re-crawled, leading to unnecessary bandwidth usage.
IndexNow — a better successor to sitemaps
Traditional sitemaps are outdated. Discover how IndexNow redefines how search engines crawl your pages.
Set up IndexNow in Ahrefs within seconds
Step #1
Go to Crawl settings under Site Audit settings, and generate an API key.
Step #2
Paste the API key into the key file at the root of your website.
Step #3
Submit suggested pages to IndexNow or choose your own to submit.
Max out your website’s crawling efficiency with IndexNow.