Jaz_Currie_12 Posted May 21 Posted May 21 Hi legends, I am working on a site for a client who has a brick and mortar opening in 2 months time. Ideally I want to have the site up and running so that Google can crawl it and start ranking etc before they open the doors however, the client wants it to be unsearchable until they are live. Is there anyway to have the site 'Private' but still crawl-able by Google et al? Cheers, Jaz
SEOSpace_Henry Posted May 22 Posted May 22 Hi @Jaz_Currie_12 - unfortunately, your site needs to be public in order for Google to crawl it - reason being is, if it's not public, your sitemap won't be available to Google. I have a blog on this topic here: https://www.seospace.co.uk/blog/squarespace-website-not-showing-up-on-google Sifat_SEOSpace 1 Henry Purchase Founder of SEOSpace - the SEO plugin for Squarespace. Get a Free Squarespace SEO Audit: https://www.seospace.co/squarespace-seo-audit-score
Collaborada Posted May 27 Posted May 27 Hi @Jaz_Currie_12. Yes a site needs to be public for search engines to crawl it. But there's a bit of confusion regarding the role of sitemaps. Google does not require a sitemap to crawl and index a website: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/overview You have the right idea on getting it crawled sooner rather than later. Just make sure to explain to the client the missed marketing opportunities and delayed visibility on search engines if they choose to wait. Building high-performance websites with expert SEO for local and national reach. Have an SEO question? Google to find our advice or book a Zoom session for tailored help. ★ Squarespace since 2013 ★
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