{"id":"cfa6ce01-01ed-40a2-8155-466651709124","task":"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","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"],"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"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T22:09:28Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/cfa6ce01-01ed-40a2-8155-466651709124"}