How to See What Pages of Your Site Google Has In Its Index

Discover Which Pages Google Has Indexed Right Now

Google’s search engine keeps a gigantic digital index of web pages. The index is updated continuously, but the moment a crawler visits a new page doesn’t mean that page shows up in search results immediately. If you’re trying to see which of your site’s pages are currently in Google’s database, the first step is a simple but powerful tool built into Google Search itself.

Start by opening a browser and navigating to www.google.com/alerts. In the “Create an alert” field, type the subdomain portion of your site. For example, if your domain is example.com, you would enter “example” (without the dot). The service will then search the entire web for new pages that include that keyword, which will include any new pages from your domain.

You can configure the alert frequency to “At most once a day,” “As it happens,” or “At least once a week.” For most site owners, the daily option provides a good balance between staying up to date and not being overwhelmed by notifications. You’ll also want to select the “Web” type and set the language and region to match your target audience.

When an alert fires, you’ll receive an email that lists the new pages along with snippets from the page content. If a new page on your site shows up, that signals Google’s crawler has found it. However, keep in mind that alerts may lag behind actual indexing. A page could be indexed but not trigger an alert if the content is too similar to existing pages or if Google’s algorithm deems it insignificant.

Google Web Alerts is a newer, more focused tool that monitors changes to your own site’s content. It’s accessed via Google Search Console’s Web Alerts feature. To use it, you must first verify ownership of your site in Search Console. Once verified, you can create alerts that watch for new URLs, page updates, or deletions.

The Web Alerts service sends you a digest of changes that occurred on your site within the past 24 hours. Because it’s directly tied to Google’s crawling and indexing pipeline, the alerts are often more accurate and timely than Google Alerts. That said, the service is still in beta, so it’s wise to keep both alerts active while you assess which provides more reliable information for your workflow.

Beyond these tools, you can leverage the