Google Indexing Guide for credotransportation.com

Step 1: Create and Verify Google Search Console Account

Google Search Console is essential for monitoring your site's performance in Google search results and submitting your content for indexing.

1. Create a Google Search Console account if you don't have one already at https://search.google.com/search-console.
2. Add your property (website) by entering your domain: credotransportation.com.
3. Verify ownership using one of these methods:
   • HTML file upload (easiest method)
   • HTML meta tag (we've already added the meta tag to the google-site-verification.html page)
   • DNS verification
   • Google Analytics linking
4. Complete verification and wait for Google to confirm ownership (usually takes minutes).

Step 2: Submit Your Sitemap to Google

Your sitemap helps Google discover and understand all pages on your website.

1. Locate your sitemap at https://credotransportation.com/sitemap.xml and https://credotransportation.com/sitemapindex.xml.
2. Submit in Search Console:
   • Go to Search Console > Sitemaps
   • Enter "sitemap.xml" and "sitemapindex.xml" in the field
   • Click "Submit"
3. Check status - it should say "Success" if properly submitted.

Step 3: Request Indexing for Key Pages

Speed up the indexing process by requesting Google to crawl your most important pages.

1. In Search Console, go to URL Inspection tool.
2. Enter these URLs one by one:
   • https://credotransportation.com/ (Homepage)
   • https://credotransportation.com/cars.html (Cars inventory)
   • https://credotransportation.com/tracking.html (Tracking page)
   • https://credotransportation.com/contact.html (Contact page)
3. For each URL, click "Request Indexing" to ask Google to crawl and index the page.

Step 4: Monitor Structured Data in Search Console

Check if Google properly recognizes the rich structured data we've implemented.

1. In Search Console, navigate to "Enhancements".
2. Check for reports on:
   • Products (your vehicle listings)
   • FAQ (your car sales FAQs)
   • LocalBusiness (your business information)
3. Address any errors if they appear in these reports.

Your site now implements these schema.org structured data types:

Step 5: Create Google Business Profile

A Google Business Profile significantly improves local search visibility.

1. Create or claim your profile at https://business.google.com/.
2. Complete all information:
   • Business name: Credo Transportation
   • Address: 123 Transport Avenue, Suite 100, New York, NY 10001
   • Phone: +1 (825) 989-7835
   • Website: https://credotransportation.com
   • Business category: Transportation Service, Car Dealer
   • Business hours (match what's in your LocalBusiness schema)
3. Verify your business via mail, phone, or email (follow Google's instructions).
4. Add photos of your vehicles, facility, and team.
5. Encourage reviews from customers to build credibility.

Step 6: Build Quality Backlinks

Quality backlinks from relevant sites help improve your search ranking.

1. List your business on these transportation directories:
   • Better Business Bureau (BBB)
   • Yelp
   • YellowPages
   • Local Chamber of Commerce
   • Transportation-specific directories
2. Partner with complementary businesses for link exchanges (hotels, event venues, etc.).
3. Create shareable content such as:
   • Transportation guides
   • Vehicle buying guides
   • Local area transportation tips

Step 7: Monitor and Improve Performance

Regularly check your website's performance and make improvements.

1. Monitor Search Console for:
   • Index coverage issues
   • Search performance (clicks, impressions, CTR)
   • Mobile usability issues
   • Core Web Vitals performance
2. Fix any issues that appear in reports.
3. Regularly add fresh content like new vehicles, blog posts, or service updates.
4. Check for broken links and fix them promptly.