SEO tips to speed up the inclusion of external links

Getting your external links indexed and recognized by search engines quickly is crucial for SEO.

Here are some effective strategies.

Usually, search engines need a few days (a few hours for high-authority websites) to a month to crawl and index your new backlink data, and the complete data update is usually within two months. Why is it not a specific or fixed period? Because the length of time the link is effective depends on many factors of the linking website.

High-quality websites with high authority are often effectively included in a very short time, while spam website external links will not only prolong the inclusion time, but also often have a negative impact on the website's authority.

External links are very important, just as important as the content of the website. If you usually do not directly buy external links from service providers, but use white hat methods to create external links, then it is very necessary to master the skills of external link inclusion.

For example, I have finally obtained an anchor text external link in the text on page A of a highly relevant website. The next step is to try every possible way to let Google search engine include page A of this website as soon as possible. The purpose is to let Google know that there is a link on page A pointing to my website, so as to add weight to my website at the algorithm level.

However, the step of including external link pages is easily overlooked by novices, which directly leads to all previous efforts being wasted and the external link building being unsuccessful. So this article will briefly introduce some tips to speed up the inclusion of external links.

The most frequently used method is social media sharing. Let's take page A as an example. Now that I have successfully obtained an external link, I can then share the link of page A on social media or forums to increase the probability of this page being discovered by search engine crawlers. There are many social media platforms or forums. Just choose a solution that suits you.

However, this convenience of promoting external link inclusion through social media sharing is not always effective, so this requires us to monitor whether page A is included from time to time after the external link construction is completed.

There are some things to note

1. Use Google Search Console

Submit the page containing your external link to Google Search Console.
Use the URL Inspection tool and request indexing to speed up the process.

2. Internal Linking

If the external link is on your website, ensure it is linked from high-authority pages within your site.
This helps search engines discover it faster.

3. Publish High-Quality Content

Search engines prioritize fresh and valuable content.
A well-optimized page with a natural external link gets indexed faster.

4. Share on Social Media & Forums

Share the page containing the external link on platforms like Twitter (X), LinkedIn, Reddit, and niche forums.
This increases visibility and speeds up crawling.

5. Use a Sitemap

Ensure your website’s sitemap includes the page with the external link.
Update and submit the sitemap to Google Search Console.

6. Ping the URL

Use online ping tools to notify search engines about the new link.

7. Build Backlinks to the Page

If possible, get other websites to link to the page containing the external link.
This increases the page’s authority and speeds up indexing.

8. Avoid Noindex & Blocked Resources

Ensure the page is not blocked in robots.txt or marked with a noindex meta tag.

By following these tips, you can improve the speed at which external links are included and indexed by search engines, benefiting your site's overall SEO performance.