How to Submit Blogger Website to Google Search

byDaddy Izz -
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You do not need to pay Google or use an “instant indexing” service to submit a normal Blogger website. The correct tool for site owners is Google Search Console. It shows whether Google can discover, crawl, and index your pages, while also reporting search queries, clicks, technical problems, security issues, and manual actions.

Submitting a site or sitemap does not guarantee rankings or immediate indexing. Google decides when and whether a URL should be crawled and indexed. Your job is to make the blog public, accessible, useful, internally linked, and technically clear—then use Search Console to identify real problems.

Submitting a Blogger sitemap and inspecting URLs in Google Search Console
Use Search Console to verify ownership, submit the Blogger sitemap, and inspect important URLs.

Before opening Search Console

Complete these checks first. Search Console cannot compensate for a private blog, a broken domain, or a page intentionally marked noindex.

  1. Open Blogger > Settings.
  2. Under Privacy, turn on Visible to search engines.
  3. Under Permissions, make sure Reader access is Public.
  4. Open the homepage and several posts while signed out or in a private browser window.
  5. Confirm HTTPS works without a certificate or redirect error.
  6. Check that navigation links lead to real posts and pages.

If you recently connected a branded address, first finish the checks in our guide to add a custom domain to Blogger. Use one permanent HTTPS hostname and keep Blogger’s redirect from the old Blogspot address working.

Step 1: Add the Blogger site to Search Console

Open Google Search Console while signed in with the Google Account that manages the Blogger site. Use the property selector and choose Add property.

Search Console offers two main website property types:

Property type Example Coverage Verification
Domain izz.co.in All protocols and subdomains DNS, except eligible automatic Google-hosted verification
URL-prefix https://www.izz.co.in/ Only the exact protocol and prefix entered Several supported methods

For a custom domain you control, a Domain property is useful because it combines www, root-domain, HTTP, HTTPS, and other subdomain data. Enter only the domain, without https://, www, a path, or a trailing slash.

A URL-prefix property is still useful when you want reporting for one exact site version. Google says Blogger and other Google-hosted properties may verify automatically when the same account manages the site.

Step 2: Verify ownership and keep the verification active

If Search Console asks for DNS verification, copy the TXT record it provides and add it at the domain’s authoritative DNS provider. Do not change the domain’s nameservers or remove unrelated Blogger CNAME, email MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, or other TXT records.

Wait for the TXT record to become publicly visible, then click Verify. Leave the verification record in DNS after success. Removing the only working verification method can cause you to lose verified-owner status later.

Add other trusted owners or users only when necessary. Full owners can access sensitive search information and manage other users, so remove former contractors or staff who no longer need access.

Step 3: Open and validate the Blogger sitemap

Blogger automatically generates a sitemap. For a modern Blogger site, test:

https://www.example.com/sitemap.xml

Replace the example hostname with the site’s final HTTPS hostname. The file should open successfully and contain URLs belonging to that same canonical site.

For Izz, the live address is:

https://www.izz.co.in/sitemap.xml

During the August 2026 content audit, this URL returned HTTP status 200 and listed 21 live post URLs. The site’s default robots.txt also returned status 200 and contained:

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://www.izz.co.in/sitemap.xml

The /search disallow rule applies to Blogger search and label-style listing paths; it does not block normal post URLs. Do not replace a working default robots file with a large block copied from an old SEO tutorial.

Step 4: Submit sitemap.xml

  1. Select the correct Search Console property.
  2. Open Sitemaps.
  3. Under Add a new sitemap, enter sitemap.xml.
  4. Click Submit.
  5. Wait for the status and last-read information to appear.

A successful submission means Search Console could process the sitemap; it does not mean every listed URL is indexed. Google describes sitemap submission as a hint for discovery. Blogger updates its generated sitemap as posts change, so you do not need to resubmit the same address after every article.

Avoid random sitemap-generator websites. They can list redirecting, duplicate, search, or non-canonical URLs and create a file you cannot upload to Blogger’s root. Use Blogger’s own generated sitemap unless Search Console reports a specific problem.

Step 5: Inspect the homepage and important posts

Paste a complete URL into the URL Inspection field at the top of Search Console. Begin with:

  • The HTTPS homepage.
  • One established article already receiving internal links.
  • A newly published or substantially updated article.
  • An important static page, such as About or Privacy Policy.

The indexed result shows what Google currently knows, which can be older than the live page. Use Test live URL when you need to confirm whether Google can access the current version. Review the crawl status, indexing permission, page fetch, declared canonical, and Google-selected canonical.

If a useful, public, canonical page is not indexed and the live test succeeds, choose Request indexing. Use this selectively for a small number of important new or meaningfully updated URLs. Google states that repeated requests for the same URL do not make crawling faster, and there is a submission quota.

Step 6: Understand the main indexing statuses

The Page indexing report separates indexed pages from URLs that Google knows about but has not indexed. “Not indexed” is not automatically an error; duplicates, redirects, search pages, and intentional noindex pages may be correctly excluded.

Status or reason What to check
Indexed No indexing repair is required. Improve usefulness and search appearance instead.
Discovered—currently not indexed Google knows the URL but has not crawled it yet. Check internal links, site stability, duplication, and overall content value.
Crawled—currently not indexed Google fetched the page but did not index it at that time. Review originality, depth, duplication, canonical signals, and site-wide quality.
Excluded by noindex Check Blogger’s custom robots header tags and post-level settings. Remove noindex only if the page should appear in Search.
Blocked by robots.txt Determine whether the URL is a normal post or an intentionally blocked search/archive page before changing robots rules.
Duplicate or alternate canonical Inspect the selected canonical and verify redirects, internal links, sitemap URLs, and the final HTTPS hostname agree.

Do not aim for 100% of every URL to be indexed. A Blogger site naturally creates listing, feed, mobile, parameter, redirect, and duplicate variations. Focus on whether the canonical homepage, valuable articles, and important public pages are indexed.

Step 7: Build clear internal discovery paths

A sitemap is not a substitute for internal linking. Every important post should be reachable through useful navigation, topic pages, labels, and contextual links from related articles. Avoid orphan posts that appear only in the sitemap.

Use descriptive anchor text that tells readers what the destination covers. Link only when the target genuinely helps with the current topic, and periodically fix links to deleted or redirected URLs. A small, coherent topic cluster is easier for readers and crawlers to understand than a random list of unrelated posts.

Step 8: Keep robots and canonical signals simple

Blogger’s default crawler configuration is appropriate for many blogs. Enable custom robots.txt or custom robots header tags only when you understand the exact result.

Common mistakes include:

  • Adding Disallow: /, which blocks crawling across the site.
  • Applying noindex to normal posts and pages.
  • Blocking a URL in robots.txt while expecting Google to crawl a noindex directive on that page.
  • Submitting HTTP, Blogspot, parameter, or root-domain URLs when the canonical site uses HTTPS and www.
  • Creating several redirect layers that send Googlebot through loops or long chains.

When a custom domain is configured correctly, Blogger normally handles canonical tags and redirects. Do not paste an extra canonical tag into every post body.

Step 9: Improve quality before requesting another crawl

If Google repeatedly crawls a post without indexing it, another identical indexing request is unlikely to fix the reason. Improve the page itself:

  • Answer a specific search need more completely.
  • Add first-hand examples, screenshots, tested output, or original analysis.
  • Use accurate H2 and H3 headings instead of visual bold text.
  • Remove copied, outdated, or irrelevant sections.
  • Add descriptive image alt text.
  • Link to supporting first-party sources and related internal articles.
  • Make the title and search description accurately represent the content.

Test the page on a phone as well. Slow loading, intrusive overlays, broken navigation, and unstable layout hurt readers even when Google can technically crawl the URL. Use our guide to improve Blogger mobile speed after confirming the site is indexable.

Step 10: Monitor the reports that matter

You do not need to open Search Console every day. Google recommends checking periodically and after meaningful site changes. Focus on:

  • Performance: queries, pages, countries, devices, impressions, clicks, and click-through rate.
  • Page indexing: important canonical pages and actionable website errors.
  • Sitemaps: successful processing, last read, and discovered URLs.
  • Core Web Vitals: field data when enough real-user information exists.
  • Security issues: hacked content or harmful behaviour detected by Google.
  • Manual actions: penalties applied after a human review.

Search Console data can be delayed, sampled, grouped, or different from analytics. A site: search is only a rough diagnostic sample, not an exact count of indexed URLs. Use URL Inspection for a specific page and the Page indexing report for site-level patterns.

What to do after submission

  1. Leave the verified property and sitemap in place.
  2. Inspect only important new or substantially updated URLs.
  3. Publish useful content on a sustainable schedule.
  4. Add natural internal links from relevant existing posts.
  5. Review indexing, performance, security, and manual-action reports periodically.
  6. Fix the underlying cause before clicking validation or requesting another crawl.

Google says crawling can take from a few days to a few weeks, and neither sitemap submission nor URL Inspection guarantees inclusion. Stable URLs, useful original content, clean navigation, and consistent canonical signals are more valuable than repeatedly pressing the request button.

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Daddy Izz

Daddy Izz is the creator of Izz.co.in, an independent technology blog focused on Android, Windows, AI tools, app development, Blogger and practical tech solutions. I enjoy experimenting with apps, software and new technologies, then turning what I learn into simple, easy-to-follow guides.

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