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2025-02-28 | Reading time: 4 min

What is Indexing in search

Indexing is how search engines organize web content. It works like a library catalog for the internet. When a search engine visits your website, it reads your pages and adds them to its index, so that is is easier and faster to find them later.

In this post, we'll explain how indexing works in simple terms - that apply to both in-site search and search engines such as Google. You'll learn why it matters and how it can used to improve your website.

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