Solved: How To Workaround The IndexNow Issue On Weebly

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I have a number of website on Weebly and I was struggling to get around the lack of option to upload a txt file to the root directory required for IndexNow as suggested by Bing Search Console.

But I suddenly had a brainwave – why not use ads.txt? And it worked! Here’s how to do it:

1. Settting up your ads.txt

Once you go into the editor, you’ll see “Settings” in the menu at the top.

On the first page of Settings (labelled “General”) scroll to the bottom until you see this.

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This is where you need to enter your key code for IndexNow.

2. Configuring IndexNow

Now when you go back to IndexNow, make sure you set the location of the key as https://www.yoursite.com/ads.txt while entering the key as whatever text you put in there – and then submit the site for indexing in whatever way suits you best.

Hope this helps save you some frustration with indexing your Weebly site!

By Guy Smith

By Guy Smith

Marketing Consultant

Guy is a marketing consultant with 15 years of experience in direct and digital marketing. He values lifelong learning, which is essential to staying on top of the latest developments in marketing. He is based in Cambridge, UK.

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