Indexed pages in Google webmaster tools

[Bush_JSM]

Hi Mozzers,

Very quick question. Google WM tools interface has updated and I want to confirm I'm looking at the correct figure.

If I look up 'Your site on the web' / 'search queries' / then the 'pages' - this is correct indexation figure yes?

This differs from the 'site:' command but that's always the case.

Can anyone confirm,

Thanks

[Keszi]

Hi Gareth,

If you want to check the number of indexed pages in Google then go to:

site configuration -> sitemaps

There you will have URLs submitted and URLs in web index.

I hope that helped,

Istvan

[evolvingSEO]

Hi Gareth

Those, to my knowledge, are only the pages which received impressions (appeared in Google search results) and only for the last month. This is not the number of pages Google has indexed.

Using the site: command like you mentioned is the best way to get the number of pages indexed. Also, if you've submitted an XML sitemap to webmaster tools and you know its complete, WMT will tell you how many pages out of your sitemap are has indexed.

-Dan

[Bush_JSM]

Thanks guys - what if the sitemap has not been indexed yet? Its not been submitted so is there not an equivalent of the 'site:' command in WM tools with no sitemap submitted?

cheers

[Keszi]

As fair as I know, there is no other equivalent of this value. You should wait 1-2 days, usually big G is fast at checking the sitemaps and showing up some relevant data.

Also you can now test your sitemap data with the GWT so it will benefit from more than 1 part your work if you submit your sitemaps.

Cheers!

Istvan

[Bush_JSM]

Thanks Guys

Have a great weekend,

Bush