Bing and Yandex are using an API to automate website updates to their search engines.
How would we do this within a Webflow site?
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I agree, @Darren_M. We’ve just updated our site and would love a way to get Google’s attention to index it now. This has been a huge lift and we’re hoping to take full advantage of Webflow’s SEO goodness. LMK if you’ve discovered any other way to do this (that’s easy 
, cuz I’m lazy.)
My tip-o-the-day has been to discover Lighthouse in Google’s Dev Tools. That was nice. 
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Not found anything, looking for the same thing!
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I can’t believe I highlighted this two years ago, and there is still no solution in place. It is frustrating that this hasn’t been addressed yet.
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Hi All, wanted to share a workaround. I was recommended the following solution (not officially supported, but a useful solution). I tested this, and it worked well as an option to use Ahrefs’ IndexNow tool with Webflow.
Potential Solution Overview
Since Webflow doesn’t have a built-in integration for IndexNow, here’s a method you can try:
- Upload your API key file
• Upload your yourapitoken.txt file to your Webflow Assets panel.
• Once uploaded, copy the URL of the hosted file.
- Set up a 301 Redirect
• Go to Site Settings → SEO → 301 Redirects .
• Add a redirect like this:
/indexnowapitoken.txt → /path-to-asset/indexnowapitoken.txt
• This will allow the file to be accessible at https://www.domain.com/indexnowapitoken.txt.
- Publish your site
• The redirect will only take effect once you publish the site.
- Submit URLs using Ahrefs IndexNow
• Instead of sending manual POST requests, you can use prebuilt offerings such as Ahrefs Auto-Submit IndexNow tool: Ahrefs IndexNow integration to submit your URLs.
• Just enter your API key and URLs into their interface, and it will handle the submission to participating search engines.
While Webflow doesn’t officially support IndexNow https://help.webflow.com/hc/en-us/articles/39672881707155-Customer-Support-Policy, this workaround allows you to use Ahrefs’ IndexNow tool effectively.
Hope this helps anyone looking for an easier way to integrate IndexNow with Webflow!