I have deployed my next js app on vercel free plan. I have also added custom domain to it which is working fine.But when I search it on google I cannot find it and the website has not been indexed by google(I checked by using the site:domain search method). I have added a sitemap and also robot.txt file to the website. It has been 1 day since i have deployed the app.
I was expecting my site to appear on google searches
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You have to search for
Google Search Console, and then, register there your domain with the corresponding information.Also, would be a good idea to check you have a
robots.txtand asitemap.xmlon your static files.All of them are topics with some depth, so I suggest you to research about it. But with all of this, you should be finding your site on Google within the next 3/4 days.
By the way, sometimes, it’s not that Google didn’t indexed your site, it’s just he found better results for your search.
To make sure Google haven’t indexed your site, try making a search like:
site:yourdomain.comNew domains and new pages added to an existing domain may take quite some time to be indexed by search engines. The time a page takes to be indexed varies depending on many parameters, but it will definitely take longer than a few days for your new app to be visible on search engines. It will probably take about 1-3 weeks before you can expect it to be listed.
Although, you can "notify" Google that you want your site to be indexed by using the Google Search Console and there you can also monitor this process.