Can You Use IndexNow with a Custom Domain on Blogger?

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Using IndexNow on Blogger with a Custom Domain — What’s Possible and What’s Not


Using IndexNow on Blogger with a Custom Domain — What’s Possible and What’s Not
Can You Use IndexNow with a Custom Domain on Blogger?

If you’re using a custom domain on Blogger (like yourblog.com instead of yourblog.blogspot.com), you might wonder: can I implement IndexNow and speed up indexing?

The short answer is: yes, partially — but with limitations.

What IndexNow Requires

To use IndexNow officially, you need to:

  • Generate an API key (a string)
  • Save that key inside a .txt file
  • Upload the file to your domain's root directory (e.g., https://yourblog.com/yourkey.txt)

Why Blogger Makes This Difficult

Blogger doesn’t give you access to the server or file system. Even with a custom domain, your blog is still hosted on Google’s infrastructure, and you can’t upload files to the root directory.

This means you cannot use IndexNow in the official method — unless you have server control, which Blogger doesn’t offer.

Workarounds That Can Help

1. Use GitHub Pages to Host Your Key

  • Create a GitHub Pages site
  • Upload your key.txt file there
  • Submit URLs to IndexNow with the keyLocation pointing to GitHub

Example:

keyLocation: https://yourusername.github.io/indexnow-key/yourkey.txt

2. Use Free Third-Party Submission Tools

  • Tools like TechnicalSEO IndexNow Tool let you submit URLs without hosting a key.
  • These services use their own verified domains to ping IndexNow on your behalf.


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