Search Console's URL Inspection tool requests indexing for one URL at a time, so long lists take hours by hand. To do it in bulk, load your URLs from a sitemap or spreadsheet and automate the Inspect and Request Indexing steps with a Chrome extension such as Indexly, paced to stay within Google's limits.
Search Console has no bulk "Request indexing" button. The URL Inspection tool works on one URL at a time: you paste a URL, wait for Google's result to load, then click Request indexing. At roughly 20 seconds per URL, 100 URLs is over half an hour of clicking, and 500 URLs is closer to three hours.
The official alternative doesn't help most sites either. Google documents its Indexing API for job posting and livestream pages only. For ordinary pages, a sitemap helps Google discover URLs but doesn't let you request indexing for specific ones, so the realistic option is to automate the Request indexing step itself.
Indexly runs inside the Search Console page and automates the same Inspect and Request indexing steps you'd do by hand. For a closer look at each control, see How It Works and Features.
Go to the URL Inspection page for the property you want to work on. Indexly's button appears next to the "Inspect any URL" box.
Pick a sitemap URL, upload an Excel or CSV file, or let Auto-Crawl Domain follow your site's internal links. You'll see the total URL count before anything starts.
Choose a delay range between URLs, for example 10–15 seconds (Indexly picks a new random gap each time), and optionally a daily cap on indexing requests.
Indexly skips URLs its own records already show as indexed. For the rest it runs the live check, and when a URL isn't indexed it records Google's reason and clicks Request indexing.
A run doesn't have to finish in one sitting. The report reflects exactly where it ended.
Download the Excel report with the URL, status and remarks for every URL, including the reason for anything that wasn't indexed.
| Source | Best for | What you provide |
|---|---|---|
| Sitemap URL | Sites with an up-to-date sitemap | The sitemap link |
| Excel / CSV upload | A specific, hand-picked list of URLs | A spreadsheet with one URL per row |
| Auto-Crawl Domain | Sites with no sitemap, or a stale one | Nothing, it crawls the property's own pages |
Requesting indexing asks Google to look at a page. It doesn't override what Google finds there. When a URL isn't indexed, Search Console gives a reason, and Indexly records it in the Remarks column of your report. These are the common ones:
| Reason | Usually means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Not found (404) | The URL doesn't exist (any more). | Restore the page or redirect it, and remove it from your sitemap. |
| Server error (5xx) | Your server failed when Google tried to fetch the page. | Fix the server error, then request indexing again. |
| Redirect error | The URL redirects elsewhere, or the redirect chain is broken. | Request indexing for the final destination URL and point internal links at it. |
| Blocked by robots.txt | Your robots.txt tells Google not to crawl the URL. | Allow the URL in robots.txt if you want it indexed. |
| Excluded by 'noindex' tag | The page asks search engines not to index it. | Remove the noindex tag if the page should be indexed. |
| Duplicate — no canonical | Google treats another URL as the same page. | Add a canonical tag pointing to the version you want indexed. |
| Soft 404 | The page loads normally but looks empty or like an error page to Google. | Add real content, or return a proper 404 if the page is gone. |
| Crawled — currently not indexed | Google fetched the page but hasn't added it to the index. | Improve the content and internal links, then give it time. Repeated requests rarely change the outcome. |
| Discovered — currently not indexed | Google knows the URL but hasn't crawled it yet. | Link to it from pages that are already indexed and give it time. |
There's no fixed timeline. Indexing and ranking decisions are made entirely by Google, and an "Indexing requested" message only means the request was sent. Some pages appear within days, others take longer, and some are never indexed if Google judges them duplicate or low-value. Re-check the URL's status after a few days instead of submitting it again straight away.
No. The URL Inspection tool works on one URL at a time. To process a list, you either click through each URL by hand or automate those same steps with a tool such as Indexly.
No. Google decides what gets indexed. Requesting indexing asks Google to look at the URL, nothing more, and pages that are duplicate, blocked or low-quality may still be left out.
No. Indexly works on the real Search Console page you're already signed in to, using the same Inspect and Request indexing controls you'd click yourself.
Search Console applies its own quota to indexing requests, and Google doesn't publish a fixed number you can rely on. Set a daily cap in Indexly that you're comfortable with, put your most important URLs first, and spread large lists over several days.
What this Search Console status means, how it differs from "Discovered", and a practical checklist for pages Google fetched but didn't index.
Read the guide →You don't need a sitemap to be indexed. Make every page linkable, then use Auto-Crawl Domain to check and request indexing from your own internal links.
Read the guide →Add Indexly to Chrome and open any Search Console property to get started.
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