Inclusion and indexing, the difference between the two know how much

Index volume has always been the focus of webmasters, but we found that many webmasters still have some misunderstandings about the changes in index volume. So with the help of Baidu Search Resource Platform, we have sorted out some common misunderstandings about the changes in index volume and explained them to you.

So what is index volume?

Written meaning: Index is to arrange the items in the document that are of retrieval significance (which can be names of people, places, words, concepts, or other items) in a certain way, indicate the source and page number, for retrieval. It is also called "indexing".

Index volume in Baidu Webmaster Tools

1. Index volume refers to the website database that can be searched by search users. The index volume tool also supports sites to customize the directories they want to pay attention to and view the index volume under a certain directory rule; the index volume is not equal to traffic, and the index volume will have regular data fluctuations, which is a normal phenomenon.

2. Baidu index data is updated once a day at the earliest and once a week at the latest. The update date may be different for different sites.

3. You can query the daily index volume data for the past year. The index volume data one year ago is the monthly index volume data.

4. If the existing traffic data cannot be found, please check again the next day. The data can be found after a maximum interval of one week.

• Can webmasters check the number of sites included through site?

The index volume data is based on the Baidu search resource platform index volume tool. Site is only an estimate. It is not recommended to query the site inclusion volume through site.

• Will traffic be proportional to changes in index volume?

No. An overall increase or decrease in index volume does not indicate a change in traffic.

• Does the index volume data not meeting expectations reflect abnormalities on the website?

No. When traffic changes dramatically, index volume data can be used as one of the channels to investigate the cause. Changes in index volume do not necessarily reflect website abnormalities.

• The index amount can only be increased but not decreased?

No. It is normal for the index volume to fluctuate by 10% or more. If there is no significant change in the resource platform traffic, it can be continuously observed.

• Provide feedback when changes occur in the index volume

Regional data anomalies

Abnormal data crawling or querying in some areas may lead to misjudgment of site conditions and the removal of corresponding index data or output of incorrect index volume, such as the Baidu DNS system upgrade event

You can report site problems and URLs to the Feedback Center to check the performance of spiders in different locations.

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