IndexNow
type: TechArticle
description: An open protocol for telling participating search engines that a URL has changed. One HTTP request pushes Bing, Yandex, Naver, and Seznam to recrawl — Google does not participate.
language: en
is part of: Web Specification Studio
author: Web Specification Studio
publisher: Web Specification Studio
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date modified: 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
citation: IndexNow protocol
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  publisher: IndexNow
citation: Bing — IndexNow
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  publisher: Bing
citation: Yandex — IndexNow
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  publisher: Yandex

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item list element: Home
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  item: https://webspecification.com/
item list element: Spec
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  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/
item list element: SEO
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  position: 3
  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/seo/
item list element: IndexNow
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  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/seo/indexnow/