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Index your pages & SEO backlinks in hours, not weeks

Publishing great content that Google takes weeks to notice is the most expensive silence in SEO. Clicktics submits your URLs straight to Google's Indexing API — pages are typically crawled within 4–6 hours, and every one is verified against Google's index so you see real confirmation, not wishful thinking.

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Why your pages sit unindexed for weeks

Google discovers most pages by re-crawling sitemaps and following links — a passive process that can take days for strong domains and weeks for newer sites. Until a page is indexed it earns nothing: no impressions, no clicks, no rankings. New posts, updated money pages, and freshly earned backlinks all lose their most valuable early days to that silence. The Indexing API flips the model: instead of waiting to be found, you tell Google exactly what changed, the moment it changes.

1 · You submit

Paste any URL from your website into the Index Links dashboard — one click, no XML, no code.

2 · Google is notified

Clicktics calls Google’s Indexing API with your own credential. Googlebot typically crawls within hours.

3 · Result is verified

We re-check each URL against Google’s URL Inspection API and mark it "Indexed" only when Google confirms it.

The complete beginner's setup guide

One-time setup, roughly ten minutes, completely free. You create your own Google credential — Clicktics never gets access to your Google account, and each customer runs on their own Google quota (200 submissions/day by default).

  1. 1

    Create (or pick) a Google Cloud project

    Sign in at console.cloud.google.com with the same Google account you use for Search Console. Click the project picker in the top bar → New Project → give it any name (e.g. "My Indexing") → Create. It's free — no billing account needed for this.
  2. 2

    Enable the Web Search Indexing API

    This is the Google service that accepts indexing submissions — switch it on for your project:
    1. Make sure your new project is selected in the project picker at the top of the page.
    2. Open the ☰ menu → APIs & Services → Library.
    3. Type "Web Search Indexing API" into the search box and open the result with that exact name.
    4. Click the blue Enable button and wait a few seconds — when the button changes to Manage, the API is on.
  3. 3

    Create a service account

    Open IAM & Admin → Service Accounts → Create service account. Name it anything (e.g. "clicktics-indexing") and click Create and continue — you can skip the optional permission steps with Done. A service account is a robot Google identity that submits URLs on your behalf.
  4. 4

    Download its JSON key

    Click the service account you just created → Keys tab → Add key → Create new key → JSON → Create. A .jsonfile downloads to your computer. Treat it like a password — you'll paste its contents into Clicktics in the final step.
  5. 5

    Add it as an Owner in Search Console

    This is the step most people miss — the API only accepts URLs from property Owners:
    1. Back in IAM & Admin → Service Accounts, copy the account's email from the Email column (it looks like [email protected]).
    2. Open search.google.com/search-console and pick your website in the property dropdown (top-left).
    3. Click Settings at the bottom of the left sidebar → Users and permissions.
    4. Click Add user, paste the service account email, and set Permission to Owner → Add.

    If Owner is not offered in the dropdown, you are signed in as a non-Owner yourself — only a verified property Owner can add other Owners.

  6. 6

    Connect it in Clicktics

    In your Clicktics dashboard, open Index Links → Website Page Indexing. Open the downloaded .json file in any text editor, copy everything, paste it into the connect box and click Connect. Clicktics validates the key with Google on the spot — then you're live: paste any page URL and hit Submit for Indexing.
Then you're done — for good. From that point, indexing a page is: paste URL → Submit → watch the status flip to Indexed. Statuses in your table: Processing (submitted to Google, awaiting crawl), Indexed(confirmed in Google's index — with the timestamp), Failed (Google rejected it, with the reason shown so you can fix it).

Frequently asked questions

How fast will my page be indexed?

Google typically crawls pages submitted through the Indexing API within 4–6 hours — often faster. Actual inclusion in the index is always Google’s decision, which is why Clicktics verifies every URL with Google’s URL Inspection API and only marks it "Indexed" once Google confirms it.

Can I index guest posts or backlinks on other websites?

The Indexing API only accepts URLs on properties you own in Search Console, so the Website Page Indexing tab covers your own sites. A separate third-party link indexing pipeline for guest posts and backlinks is in development — you can already queue those links in your dashboard.

Is my service-account key safe with Clicktics?

The key is stored for your workspace only and is used exclusively to submit your URLs and check their indexing status. You can disconnect at any time, which removes the key — and you can also revoke it from Google Cloud Console whenever you want.

How many pages can I submit per day?

Google’s default quota is 200 URL submissions per day per Google Cloud project — plenty for daily publishing. High-volume sites can request a quota increase from Google.

Does fast indexing guarantee better rankings?

Indexing is the entry ticket, not the ranking. A page must be in the index before it can rank at all — fast indexing means your content starts competing (and earning) days or weeks earlier, but rankings still depend on content quality and links.

Stop letting your best content wait in line

Index Links ships with every Clicktics plan — alongside session recordings, heatmaps, live chat, and Search Console analytics.

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