Title: Slow indexing…
Last modified: January 15, 2019

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# Slow indexing…

 *  Resolved [christopheran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopheran/)
 * (@christopheran)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-indexing/)
 * Hey RavenH,
 * I’m Chris, from over on the Google News forum 🙂
 * So, now I’m experiencing the ‘slow indexing’ that several news publishers have
   been reporting recently.
 * In troubleshooting my issue, one of the experts on the Google Webmaster Forum
   asked if my sitemap is pinging Google.
 * I know it should be… but is there any way that you know of to test that? It’d
   be good to make sure that there isn’t a conflict or firewall blocking it I suppose.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fslow-indexing%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [christopheran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopheran/)
 * (@christopheran)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-indexing/#post-11092792)
 * Realized I could test this by pinging manually to see if that would trigger Google
   to pick up the latest article, but that has not worked, so I don’t think the 
   issue I’m having has anything to do with pinging. Otherwise the sitemaps look
   fine, so I don’t think this has anything to do with the sitemaps.
 *  Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * (@ravanh)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-indexing/#post-11094554)
 * Hi Chris, could you share a link to the discussion on the Google forum? I’ll 
   be interested to keep an eye on this issue.
 * In the mean time, I can share the upcoming Pro extension that includes a ping
   log with you so you can see ping results and test the plugin for me at the same
   time if you like 🙂
 * The feature is currently under development but should be finnished soon. You 
   can contact me over at [https://status301.net/contact-en/](https://status301.net/contact-en/)
   and I’ll send you a copy as soon as it’s ready for testing…
 *  Thread Starter [christopheran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopheran/)
 * (@christopheran)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-indexing/#post-11096302)
 * Thanks RavanH,
 * The link is: [https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/L58Fp0JiiDk;context-place=forum/webmasters](https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/L58Fp0JiiDk;context-place=forum/webmasters)
 * Nothing really useful has been added at this point though.
 * Sound like a great feature, but I don’t think the problem is ping, was just an
   idea to investigate. I’ll be in touch though, thanks –
 * Chris

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-indexing/#post-11096302)
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