Indexing a site with the Yandex.Metrica tag
- Turbo pages. They are indexed using a special robot.
- Publications on Yandex Zen. They are regularly crawled by the main Yandex robot.
The Yandex robot learns about the pages on the site from different sources. One of them is the Yandex.Metrica tracking tag. You can tell Yandex to crawl pages that have the tag.
If you want the robot to visit your website as soon as possible, link your Yandex.Metrica tag to the website verified in Yandex.Webmaster and enable the tag crawling option.
| Where the request is sent from | Who sends the request | Who confirms the request |
|---|---|---|
| Yandex.Metrica. | A user with tag editing rights or with representative access. | A Yandex.Webmaster user with site management rights. |
| Yandex.Webmaster. Learn more about how to send a request in Yandex.Webmaster. | A user with site management rights. | A Yandex.Metrica user with tag editing rights or with representative access. |
| Where the request is sent from | Who sends the request | Who confirms the request |
|---|---|---|
| Yandex.Metrica. | A user with tag editing rights or with representative access. | A Yandex.Webmaster user with site management rights. |
| Yandex.Webmaster. Learn more about how to send a request in Yandex.Webmaster. | A user with site management rights. | A Yandex.Metrica user with tag editing rights or with representative access. |
Once the robot crawls the pages on the site, they can appear in search results provided indexing isn't prohibited. To give the robot a better idea of the pages, use the Sitemap file.
- Step 1. Add the site to Yandex.Webmaster
- Step 2. In Yandex.Metrica, send a request to link the site
- Step 3. Confirm your request in Yandex.Webmaster
Step 1. Add the site to Yandex.Webmaster
Add the site with the Yandex.Metrica tag to Yandex.Webmaster and confirm site management rights.
Step 2. In Yandex.Metrica, send a request to link the site
- Go to the Settings page (the Tag tab).
- Click Link to Yandex.Webmaster next to the site address. If additional addresses are specified in the tag settings:
- Subdomain — In Yandex.Webmaster, confirm your rights using a simplified method and send a request to link the site.
- Additional address — Add it to Yandex.Webmaster and send a request to link the site.
- Mirror — Link the tag to the primary mirror of the site (the address that should participate in the search).
Step 3. Confirm your request in Yandex.Webmaster
When the request to link the site has been sent, Webmaster starts searching for matches to the site domain. The protocol and the presence of the www prefix are ignored. If matches are found, confirm the request:
- Go to .
- Click Confirm next to the appropriate tag ID.
- in Yandex.Metrica, go to Settings and open the Tag tab.
- in Yandex.Webmaster, go to .
| Status | Description | Note |
|---|---|---|
| “Waiting for confirmation” | The request to link the site was sent. Domain verification is in progress. After the domain is found, the request is waiting for confirmation. | The Yandex.Webmaster user must confirm the request. |
| “Linked” | The Yandex.Webmaster user confirmed the request to link the site. | The Yandex robot will begin crawling the site's pages. |
| “Not verified” | A Yandex.Metrica or Yandex.Webmaster user canceled linking the site. | You can re-send the request to link the tag to the site. |
| “Confirmation error” | The tag is not linked to the site. Possible reasons:
| Check for possible reasons and request confirmation again. |
| Status | Description | Note |
|---|---|---|
| “Waiting for confirmation” | The request to link the site was sent. Domain verification is in progress. After the domain is found, the request is waiting for confirmation. | The Yandex.Webmaster user must confirm the request. |
| “Linked” | The Yandex.Webmaster user confirmed the request to link the site. | The Yandex robot will begin crawling the site's pages. |
| “Not verified” | A Yandex.Metrica or Yandex.Webmaster user canceled linking the site. | You can re-send the request to link the tag to the site. |
| “Confirmation error” | The tag is not linked to the site. Possible reasons:
| Check for possible reasons and request confirmation again. |
