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WordPress SEO for News Publishers

For most sites, indexing a day late is an inconvenience. For a news site, it is the whole game. CrawlWP registers the News feed Google requires and submits each story the moment it is published.

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How it works
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Questions
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Google News sitemap

A dedicated Google News sitemap feed with your publication name, carrying the last two days of content as Google News requires.

Submission on publish

Each story is submitted for indexing to Google, Bing, Yandex, Naver, Yep, and Seznam.cz upon publication.

Know within hours

Live index status per engine tells you whether the story landed, while it is still news.

Article schema

Headline, author, section, and date in the JSON-LD graph, alongside breadcrumbs and your organization node.

Volume without friction

Templates mean a story needs no SEO input unless you want to override it, and the bulk editor handles the archive.

Multi-engine reach

Bing and Yandex matter more for news in several markets than most publishers assume.

How it works

Three things that change

Step 1

Switch on the News sitemap

Set your publication name, choose the post types, and submit the feed in Google Publisher Center.

Step 2

Connect the indexing APIs

Google, Bing, and Yandex once each; IndexNow needs no account at all.

Step 3

Watch the log

Every submission is recorded with the engine’s own status code, so a failing route is visible immediately rather than at the end of the month.

The log

When minutes matter, you need to see the request

Every submission with its engine, status code, and timestamp — the difference between believing indexing works and knowing it does.

Questions

Common questions

Does a News sitemap get me into Google News?

No. You still need to meet Google’s policies and be accepted. The feed is what they read once you are.

Why only two days of content?

That is Google News’s requirement for the feed. Older articles stay in your standard sitemap.

How fast does indexing actually happen?

Usually within hours of submission in our experience, though the engines control the timing. The index status tracker in CrawlWP tells you rather than leaving you to guess.

Pricing