Determine whether a given page type is actually eligible for the Google Indexing API before integrating it, since eligibility is restricted to specific structured-data types
domain: developers.google.com · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Check Google's current Indexing API documentation rather than assuming legacy eligibility, since Google has stated the API is intended only for pages with JobPosting or BroadcastEvent-in-VideoObject structured data
Confirm the target pages carry valid JobPosting or livestream BroadcastEvent/VideoObject markup that passes the Rich Results Test
Enable the Indexing API in Google Cloud Console, create a service account, and add it as an owner in Search Console for the property
Send urlNotifications.publish (URLS_UPDATED) or URL_DELETED notifications only for eligible page changes, not as a general-purpose 'notify Google' mechanism
Monitor the notification metadata endpoint to confirm Google received and is processing each request
Fall back to sitemaps and normal crawling for all non-eligible content; submitting ineligible URLs will not speed up their indexing and may be ignored
Known gotchas
Using the Indexing API for non-eligible page types (blog posts, product pages, etc.) does not get you indexed faster and Google has publicly warned against relying on it that way
The default request quota is small until Google approves increased usage for verified job/livestream use cases
Eligibility rules are set by Google policy, not enforced by the API itself, so misuse may go unflagged initially but the pages still will not benefit
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