# Claim: The Indexing API gets any page indexed fast

> Google's Indexing API only works for pages with JobPosting or BroadcastEvent embedded in a VideoObject. Submissions face spam detection, the default quota is 200 publish requests per day, and quota abuse can cost you access. For other pages, use sitemaps and URL Inspection.

- URL: https://geo.casa/tools-protocols/indexing-api/
- Claim check · Officially documented
- Verdict: False
- Reviewed: 2026-10-26

## The claim

> "Submit your new pages through Google's Indexing API and they'll be indexed within hours."

## Why the verdict

> **Officially documented:**
> "The Indexing API can only be used to crawl pages with either JobPosting or BroadcastEvent embedded in a VideoObject." It lets site owners tell Google when job posting or livestream video pages are added or removed.
>
> Sources: [Google Search Central: Indexing API Quickstart](https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart)

> **Officially documented:**
> "All submissions through the Indexing API undergo rigorous spam detection. Any attempts to abuse the Indexing API, including the use of multiple accounts or other means to exceed usage quotas, may result in access being revoked."
>
> Sources: [Google Search Central: Indexing API Quickstart](https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart)

> **Officially documented:**
> The default quota for publish requests (both `URL_UPDATED` and `URL_DELETED`) is 200 per day per project. "All use of the Indexing API is available without payment."
>
> Sources: [Google Search Central: Indexing API quota and pricing](https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quota-pricing)

## What to use instead

- Sitemaps for many URLs ([XML sitemaps](https://geo.casa/crawling-indexing/xml-sitemaps/)).
- URL Inspection's request indexing for a few URLs, with its own daily limit ([URL Inspection tool](https://geo.casa/measurement/url-inspection/)).
- IndexNow for search engines that support it; Google isn't one of them ([XML sitemaps vs IndexNow](https://geo.casa/tools-protocols/sitemaps-vs-indexnow/)).

## What the verdict does not say

It does not say the API is useless. Job posting and livestream pages are short-lived, and for them the API is the documented way to get updates crawled quickly.

## Sources

- [Google Search Central: Indexing API Quickstart](https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart)
- [Google Search Central: Indexing API quota and pricing](https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quota-pricing)