Q and A: Why hasn't Google indexed all the pages in my sitemap?

Dear Kalena...

Hi my website is www.pakinfobytes.com. Google has indexed my 13 pages then I add my sitemap to google webmaster tools which contain 17 pages but still Google only indexed 13 pages. Why? And how they indexed my all sitemap pages? Is there is any way to tell Google about backlinks or does Google automaticly detects the backlinks? Are the backlinks pages included in sitemaps? I mean if www.example.com have my link then do I add www.example.com to my sitemap or not? I am wondering about how Google knows the backlinks.

Regards
Bilal

Kalena's Answer:

Dear Bilal

Google doesn't automatically add all pages from your site to their index. Because the Internet is so large and millions of pages get added every day, it is not possible for Google to index every single one. They have to determine which pages are the most important and index those. The others either get excluded or included in their supplemental index. You can learn more about the supplemental index here.

According to a site search, Google has indexed 14 pages from your site. A check of the supplemental index on the main Google datacenters shows 8 pages from your site stuck in the supplementals. To get those out, you need to get links to them, preferably from domains that Google considers trustworthy, such as directories or popular sites.

There is no need to tell Google about your backlinks. You certainly don't add them to your sitemap. That is only for your own site pages. Provided your backlinks are from pages that are in Google's index already, the links will be found and registered towards your site's link popularity. Google never displays your true number of backlinks, only the ones they consider important. But rest assured that all links pointing to your site are taken into account when determining your site's true PageRank score.


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