Indexing Expert vs. IndexerNow: multi-signal networks and the official API
Indexing Expert markets a multi-signal method and publishes success rates well above what most of this category claims. As with every self-reported figure here, we can't verify it and aren't going to argue with it — the structural comparison is the useful one. Indexing Expert works on URLs you don't own. IndexerNow only works on properties you've verified in Search Console, because that's what Google's Indexing API requires, and that constraint is also what lets it report Google's own verdict per URL.
| Indexing Expert | IndexerNow | |
|---|---|---|
| Works on URLs you don't own | Yes | No — Search Console verification required |
| Indexing method | Proprietary, multi-signal | Google's official Indexing API |
| Runs on your own Google account & quota | No | Yes |
| Publishes a success rate | Yes, self-reported | No — we show Google's per-URL verdict instead |
| Result reported by | Own index check | Google's URL Inspection API verdict |
| On-page audit explaining why a page won't index | Not advertised | Yes |
| Push to Bing / IndexNow too | Not advertised | Yes |
| AI-crawler tracking (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot) | Not advertised | Yes |
| Free SEO tools, no sign-in | Not advertised | Yes |
Frequently asked
Why doesn't IndexerNow publish an indexing success rate?
Because it would be a number about our customers' pages, not about our product. Whether a page indexes depends on its quality, the site's authority and Google's own judgement. Publishing an average would imply we influence it. What we report instead is per-URL: the coverage state Google returns, and an audit of what's holding the page back.
Which is right for a new site with few backlinks?
If the pages are yours, start with the official API — it's the strongest crawl request available and IndexerNow gives you 2 free credits a day free to try it, plus an audit explaining anything that doesn't land. A link indexer becomes relevant when you're building backlinks on domains you don't control.