Microsoft Bing announced that the popular WordPress SEO plugin Rank Math is integrating the IndexNow instant indexing protocol. Publishers don’t even need an API key or a Bing Webmaster Tools account. Rank Math automatically handles the IndexNow API itself.
Rank Math WordPress SEO Plugin
Rank Math is a popular SEO plugin with over one million active installs. Its popularity is driven by strong word-of-mouth recommendations.
Rank Math offers a huge selection of features in the completely free version, such as local SEO structured data and optimization, which other SEO plugins like Yoast charge for.
What makes Rank Math a popular choice is that it is very easy to use, and the implementation of IndexNow is a good example.
Integration of IndexNow and Rank Math
after the announcement All-in-one SEO has added IndexNowRank Math now also offers IndexNow.
A useful feature of Rank Math is that all features are not automatically enabled, rather they have module can be activated.
This module The user interface method for setting up WordPress SEO makes using Rank Math easy, as you only need to select and configure the features you want, rather than browsing behind tabs of irrelevant menus.
It’s a great user interface that simplifies things that are often difficult.
Ranking Math IndexNow Module
The IndexNow feature was introduced as a new module, just turn it on and configure it with a few simple choices.
Activating IndexNow is easy because publisher Rank Math automatically generates an IndexNow API key without the need to activate a Bing Webmaster Tools account.
All you have to do is select Rank Math from the WordPress menu on the left, then Dashboard.
Screenshot of the Rank Math WordPress menu
Next, you can open the IndexNow module
Screenshot of IndexNow module
Final Step: Configure IndexNow Settings
The final step, once you click to select the IndexNow module, is a simple configuration that tells your plugin which pages to automatically submit when updated or newly created.
The choices are:
- post
- media
- page
- Plus the option to select the MailPoet page (if you have MailPoet installed)
First, you have to click the “Settings” button to view the settings.
screenshot of settings button
Next, you can choose whether to automatically submit posts, media, pages (and/or MailPoet pages).
Screenshot of Rank Math IndexNow settings
IndexNow instant indexing
IndexNow is currently only used by Bing and Yandex. Many SaaS website builders and content delivery networks such as Cloudflare and Akamai support the new IndexNow indexing protocol.
Not only does this protocol speed up the indexing of new or newly updated content, it also helps reduce bot traffic on your website, freeing up resources for website visitors. On the search engine side, it will reduce data center resources, another opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of data centers, which is good for the environment.
The implementation of Rank Math couldn’t be easier and frictionless.
Rank Math is already a great choice for SEO plugins.
The addition of the IndexNow module makes Rank Math more useful and attractive, especially since Yoast still doesn’t have IndexNow as an option.
