Managing Search Engine Indexing for Your Site
Search engines like Google and Bing index your site's content to display it in search results. You can choose to enable search engine indexing, prevent it, or check your site's indexing status directly from your site's SEO settings.
Allowing search engines to index your site
Wix sites are search engine friendly. We guarantee that all of your site content can be crawled and indexed by search engines (e.g. Google and Bing) whether your site is upgraded or not.
You can choose whether or not to allow search engines to index your site in your SEO Settings. It's important to let search engines index your site if you want it to appear in search engine results.
Note:
Wix sites are also open to crawling by AI engines and search engine bots (e.g., Googlebot, Bingbot, and others).
To enable search engines to index your site:
Go to SEO & GEO in your site's dashboard.
Scroll down to Tools and settings.
Click SEO Settings.
Make sure the Let search engines index your site toggle is enabled.
Need help getting your site found in search results?
Check out the Wix SEO Setup Checklist for a step-by-step plan designed to help improve your site's SEO.
Preventing search engines from indexing your site
Search engines like Google crawl and index your site pages so they can appear in search results. You can prevent search engines from crawling and indexing your site if you're not ready to go public.
To prevent search engines from indexing your site:
Go to SEO & GEO in your site's dashboard.
Scroll down to Tools and settings.
Click SEO Settings.
Disable the Let search engines index your site toggle to prevent search engines from indexing your site.
Click Hide Site.
Tip:
Want to choose which site pages appear in search results? You can prevent search engines from indexing specific site pages in your editor.
FAQs
Click a question below to learn more about managing search engine indexing for your site.
How do I check if my site is indexed by search engines?
To check if your site was indexed by search engines, search "site:" followed by your site's domain with no spaces. For example: site:wix.com
If any of your domain's pages are listed in the search results, those pages have been indexed. If there are no results for your domain, your website has not been indexed yet. Check that you have allowed search engines to crawl your site.
How can I improve my site's search result ranking after it has been indexed?
Some things you can do to improve your ranking are:
Optimizing the content of your site
Adding alt text to your images
Sharing your site on social networks
Getting backlinks from reputable sites
What should I do if my site or pages are indexed but not appearing in search results?
There are multiple reasons why your indexed site or pages may not appear in search results.
Learn more about the steps you can try to help you get your site to appear on search engines.
Why is my site not appearing immediately in Google search results after publishing?
It can take some time for search engines to crawl your site. This waiting period is the same for all websites, not just those created using Wix.
You can help search engines crawl and categorize your site by submitting your sitemap directly to Google or submitting individual pages.
Can I allow AI Agents to read my site's structured content for natural language queries?
Yes, you can make your structured content visible to AI agents via natural language queries. Learn more about enabling NLWeb for AI Agent access.