# FreshlyCited > Buyers ask AI search, and it draws on pages Google and Bing have indexed. When you publish or update a good page, FreshlyCited helps it get found sooner. FreshlyCited is a link indexing web app for SEO agencies, link builders and site owners. It checks which pages and backlinks Google has indexed, sends the rest for crawling, re-checks them on days 1, 3 and 7, and charges only for links that get indexed. It produces shareable white-label reports and has a REST API and an MCP server. No ranking guarantees and no guarantee that Google indexes a link: Google decides; we charge only when it does. ## Google and AI search Google still sends about 9 in 10 of the visits that search engines send to websites worldwide (StatCounter, September 2026). Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode only link to pages that are "indexed and eligible to be shown in Google Search with a snippet" (Google Search Central). Google also says indexing "isn't guaranteed". Being indexed is the first step; whether an AI answer cites a page still depends on quality, relevance and authority. For sites you verify, FreshlyCited also sends new and changed pages to Bing through IndexNow (an open 'this page changed' notice that Bing and other participating engines accept; Google doesn't use it). Microsoft says Copilot's web answers use the Bing search service. ChatGPT, Perplexity and other assistants use their own crawlers and search partners: we don't submit to them, and we don't claim to. ## Pricing (USD) Pay only for links Google indexes. We re-check every link on days 1, 3 and 7. If it isn't indexed after 7 days, the credit returns to your balance automatically. Not covered: 404 or dead pages, noindex, blocked by robots.txt, redirected, or canonical pointing elsewhere (flagged before you submit). 1 index credit = 1 URL, used only if it gets indexed. 1 check credit = 1 Standard index check (Live = 5). - Free: $0. Try it on 10 links. 100 free index checks every month. No card. - Try pack: $25 one-off for 100 index credits ($0.25 per indexed link) + 1,000 Standard checks. - Boost pack: $99 one-off for 500 index credits ($0.198 per indexed link) + 5,000 Standard checks. - Pro pack: $399 one-off for 2,500 index credits ($0.16 per indexed link) + 25,000 Standard checks. - Check pack: $10 for 1,000 index checks ($0.01 each). - Check pack L: $40 for 10,000 index checks ($0.004 each). - Agency Starter: $59/month or $590/year (2 months free); 250 index credits ($0.236 per link), 2,500 Standard and 50 Live checks a month. For small agencies: 10 client workspaces, 250 links and 2,500 checks each month. - Agency Pro: $199/month or $1,990/year (2 months free); 1,000 index credits ($0.199 per link), 10,000 Standard and 250 Live checks a month. Unlimited clients, full white-label, API and AI-assistant access. 1,000 links and 10,000 checks a month. - Agency Scale: $599/month or $5,990/year (2 months free); 3,500 index credits ($0.171 per link), 50,000 Standard and 1,000 Live checks a month. Run indexing for your whole client base under your own domain. - [Full pricing](https://freshlycited.com/#pricing): Packs, Agency plans, the credit-back rules and FAQ ## Key pages - [Home](https://freshlycited.com/): What FreshlyCited does, how it works, pricing and FAQ - [About](https://freshlycited.com/about): Why we built FreshlyCited ## AI crawlers Who runs each AI and search crawler, what it collects, how it treats robots.txt, how to verify it in your logs, and what allowing or blocking it changes. - [AI crawlers: who runs each bot, what it collects and how to control it](https://freshlycited.com/ai-crawlers): Dated list of AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and more) with each operator's robots.txt rules, docs and verification. - [ChatGPT-User: what it means when ChatGPT visits your page](https://freshlycited.com/ai-crawlers/chatgpt-user): ChatGPT-User fetches pages when someone asks ChatGPT. Why robots.txt may not apply, its user-agent string, IP ranges and how to read your logs. - [ClaudeBot: Anthropic's training crawler, explained](https://freshlycited.com/ai-crawlers/claudebot): ClaudeBot is Anthropic's training crawler: user-agent, robots.txt token, Crawl-delay support, how it differs from Claude-SearchBot, and log checks. - [GPTBot: what OpenAI's training crawler does and how to control it](https://freshlycited.com/ai-crawlers/gptbot): GPTBot is OpenAI's training crawler. Its user-agent string, robots.txt rules that keep ChatGPT search, and how to check it against OpenAI's IP list. - [OAI-SearchBot: how OpenAI's search crawler affects ChatGPT search](https://freshlycited.com/ai-crawlers/oai-searchbot): OAI-SearchBot decides if ChatGPT search can show your site. Its user-agent strings, robots.txt rules, the 24-hour delay and how to check your logs. - [How to check your robots.txt for AI crawlers](https://freshlycited.com/ai-crawlers/robots-txt): Test your robots.txt for GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and Googlebot: how bots pick rules, Google and Bing tools, a checker. ## AI search optimization (AEO, GEO & AI Overviews) The main pillar: how Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT search, Perplexity and Copilot choose the pages they cite, and why fresh, crawled pages are the first step to being one of them. - [AI search optimization: how pages get chosen for AI answers](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization): AEO, GEO and AI Overviews explained: how Google, ChatGPT and Perplexity pick their sources, and why crawled, current pages are the first step. - [What is AEO? Answer engine optimization explained](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/aeo): AEO is making content easy for answer engines like AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity to lift and cite. How it differs from SEO, and how to start. - [How to rank in Google AI Overviews (and AI Mode)](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/ai-overviews): How Google picks the pages it cites in AI Overviews and AI Mode, what you can influence, and a checklist to keep your pages eligible and quotable. - [AI visibility tracking: how to measure citations in AI answers](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/ai-visibility-tracking): How to track whether Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity cite your pages: prompts to monitor, metrics that matter and a weekly routine. - [Bing IndexNow and AI answers: what it reaches and what it doesn't](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/bing-indexnow): Which AI answers Bing IndexNow can reach (Copilot and Bing AI summaries), why Google and Perplexity aren't among them, and what to pair it with. - [ChatGPT SEO: how to rank and get cited in ChatGPT search](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/chatgpt-seo): ChatGPT SEO: how ChatGPT search and Perplexity find, choose and cite pages, which crawlers to allow, and the steps that make your pages eligible. - [Claude SEO: how Claude finds, reads and cites web pages](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/claude): How Claude web search finds and cites pages: its three crawlers, what Anthropic says about its index, what you control, how to measure visibility. - [Content freshness: why AI search favors current, re-crawled pages](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/content-freshness): Why fresh content matters for Google and AI answers, what counts as a real update, and how to get updated pages re-crawled so engines see it. - [Generative engine optimization (GEO): strategy, checklist and plan](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/geo): What GEO is, how generative engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews pick sources, and a step-by-step GEO strategy you can start now. - [GEO vs AEO vs SEO: what's the difference, and what to do first](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/geo-vs-aeo-vs-seo): GEO vs SEO vs AEO in plain English: what each targets, where they overlap, a side-by-side comparison table, and the one step all three depend on. - [How to get recommended by ChatGPT, Claude and AI agents](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/get-recommended-by-ai): What AI assistants document about where they look, and five honest levers: crawler access, fair comparisons, agent-ready docs, MCP and mentions. - [Where does ChatGPT get its information? How AI search chooses sources](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/how-ai-search-chooses-sources): How ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and Google AI Overviews pick the pages they cite: training data, live search, AI crawlers and why freshness counts. - [LLM SEO: how to optimize content for LLMs](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/llm-seo): LLM SEO explained: how language models find and quote web content, training data vs live retrieval, and how to make your pages easy to cite. - [llms.txt explained: format, examples and whether it helps](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/llms-txt): What llms.txt is, how to write one with a working example, which AI tools read it today, and why it doesn't replace crawling, indexing or robots. - [Perplexity SEO: how Perplexity finds and cites your pages](https://freshlycited.com/ai-search-optimization/perplexity): How Perplexity's own index works, PerplexityBot vs Perplexity-User, why there's no submission or IndexNow route, and how to measure visibility. ## Backlink indexing Why backlinks sit unseen, how to get them indexed honestly, and how to check and report which links Google has indexed. - [Backlink indexing: how to get backlinks indexed by Google](https://freshlycited.com/backlink-indexing): Why backlinks sit unindexed, how to get backlinks indexed safely, and how to check, push and report which links Google has indexed, link by link. - [Backlink index checker: how to check if your backlinks are indexed](https://freshlycited.com/backlink-indexing/backlink-index-checker): Check whether the pages linking to you are indexed by Google, in bulk and without Search Console access, then push only the links Google can't see. - [Guest post backlinks: check the host page is indexed, then push it](https://freshlycited.com/backlink-indexing/guest-posts): Why guest post links sit unseen, how to check the host page is indexed and still links to you, push the unseen ones, report them, avoid link spam. - [Local citations: which listings Google indexes and how to check](https://freshlycited.com/backlink-indexing/local-citations): What local citations (NAP listings) do, why many listing pages never get indexed, how to check and push the ones that matter, and the red flags. ## Bing Webmaster Tools Setting up Bing Webmaster Tools: verification, sitemaps, URL submission and IndexNow, URL Inspection, and the AI Performance report for Copilot citations. - [How to set up Bing Webmaster Tools, from sitemaps to Copilot citations](https://freshlycited.com/bing-webmaster-tools): Set up Bing Webmaster Tools: import from Search Console, verify, submit sitemaps, choose URL Submission or IndexNow, and read AI Performance data. - [Bing AI Performance report: reading Copilot citation data](https://freshlycited.com/bing-webmaster-tools/ai-performance-report): What Bing's AI Performance report measures across Copilot and Bing AI summaries, grounding queries, the June 2026 additions, its limits, how to act. - [Why Bing isn't indexing your site, and how to fix it](https://freshlycited.com/bing-webmaster-tools/site-not-indexed-by-bing): Why Bing hasn't indexed your site: discovery, crawl blocks, Block URLs, quality filters and the Google-but-not-Bing gap, with checks and fix order. - [How to submit a URL to Bing: IndexNow, the URL Submission tool and API](https://freshlycited.com/bing-webmaster-tools/submit-url): The ways to submit URLs to Bing compared: IndexNow, the URL Submission tool and API, daily quotas, the error messages they return and how to check. ## Google indexing & pages not indexed How Google discovers, crawls and indexes pages, what each 'not indexed' status means, and how to get new and updated pages seen. - [Google indexing: how it works and how to get pages indexed faster](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing): How Google discovers, crawls and indexes pages, why new and updated pages stay invisible, and practical ways to get them indexed and seen faster. - [Alternate page with proper canonical tag: is it a problem?](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/alternate-page-with-proper-canonical-tag): What Alternate page with proper canonical tag means in Search Console, why it is usually fine, and how to find, fix and validate a wrong canonical. - ["Blocked by robots.txt": what it means and how to fix it](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/blocked-by-robots-txt): What "Blocked by robots.txt" means, when the block is intended, the rules that catch too much, and how to confirm, fix, validate and recrawl. - ["Blocked due to other 4xx issue": what it means and how to fix it](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/blocked-due-to-other-4xx-issue): What "Blocked due to other 4xx issue" means in Search Console, which 4xx codes land there, the firewall and URL causes, and how to fix them. - ['Crawled - currently not indexed': what it means and how to fix it](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/crawled-currently-not-indexed): Google crawled your page but didn't index it. What this Search Console status really means, the common causes, and step-by-step fixes that work. - [Discovered - currently not indexed: why Google hasn't crawled the page](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/discovered-currently-not-indexed): Google knows the URL exists but hasn't crawled it yet. Why that happens, how crawl budget and server speed play in, and how to get the page crawled. - [Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user: how to fix it](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/duplicate-google-chose-different-canonical): Why Google overrides your canonical tag, when to accept its choice, the conflicting signals behind it, and how to align, validate and recrawl. - [Duplicate without user-selected canonical: causes and fixes](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/duplicate-without-user-selected-canonical): What Duplicate without user-selected canonical means in Search Console, when to ignore it, the real causes, and how to fix and validate the status. - [Excluded by 'noindex' tag: find where noindex comes from and remove it](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/excluded-by-noindex-tag): What "Excluded by 'noindex' tag" means, the CMS, plugin, header and staging settings that add noindex, and how to remove it and validate it. - [How to get Google to crawl your site and recrawl updated pages](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/get-google-to-crawl-your-site): Ask Google to recrawl updated pages, speed up crawling of new ones and manage crawl budget, so search engines pick up your latest version sooner. - [Google Indexing API: what it's for, quotas and setup](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/google-indexing-api): What the Google Indexing API is for (job and livestream pages only), its 200-a-day quota, URL_UPDATED and URL_DELETED, setup, what to use instead. - ["Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt": what it means and what to do](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/indexed-though-blocked-by-robots-txt): Why Google indexes URLs your robots.txt blocks, when to leave the warning, and the fixes: remove with noindex, keep by unblocking, or ignore. - [Search Console page indexing report: every status explained](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/page-indexing-report): What each reason in Google Search Console's page indexing report means, which ones to ignore, which to fix, and how to confirm Google saw the fix. - ["Sitemap could not be read" and "Couldn't fetch": causes and fixes](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/sitemap-could-not-be-read): Why Search Console says "Sitemap could not be read" or "Couldn't fetch", how to confirm the cause, validate the XML from a terminal and get it read. - [Soft 404 in Google Search Console: what it means and how to fix it](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/soft-404): What a soft 404 means in Search Console, when to leave it, the real causes (empty pages, SPAs, rendering), and how to fix, validate and recrawl. - [How to submit a URL to Google: 5 ways, from one page to thousands](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/submit-url-to-google): Submit a page to Google with URL Inspection, sitemaps or bulk tools: what each method does, its limits, and how to check the URL was indexed. - [Google Search Console URL Inspection tool: a complete guide](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/url-inspection-tool): How Search Console's URL Inspection tool works: indexed result vs live test, rendered HTML, canonicals, Request indexing limits and its API. - [Why is my website not showing up on Google? Causes and fixes](https://freshlycited.com/google-indexing/website-not-showing-up-on-google): Site not showing up on Google? Work through the causes in order, from noindex tags and robots.txt to crawl delays, and confirm each fix works. ## Index checking How to check whether pages and links are indexed, one at a time or in bulk, and what to do with the invisible ones. - [Google index checker: check if your pages and links are indexed](https://freshlycited.com/index-checker): Check whether Google has indexed your pages and backlinks: manual methods, Search Console and bulk index checkers, and what to do about the rest. - [Bulk index checker: check thousands of URLs for Google indexing](https://freshlycited.com/index-checker/bulk-index-checker): How to bulk-check whether URLs are indexed in Google, what to look for in a bulk index checker, and how to act on the results without paying twice. - [Noindex checker: how to check whether a page is indexable](https://freshlycited.com/index-checker/noindex-checker): Check a URL for noindex in meta tags and X-Robots-Tag headers, plus status, robots.txt and canonical: by hand, with a free script, and what to fix. ## IndexNow How IndexNow works, which search engines receive it, the key file, the API and response codes, and what it can and can't do for Bing, Copilot and other AI answers. - [IndexNow: how it works, who uses it and how to set it up](https://freshlycited.com/indexnow): What IndexNow is, which engines receive it (Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver, Yep; not Google), the key file, GET and POST, response codes and limits. - [Does Google support IndexNow? No, and what to use instead](https://freshlycited.com/indexnow/google): Google doesn't support IndexNow: how to check that yourself, what Google has said since 2021, and what it offers instead: sitemaps, URL Inspection. - [IndexNow key and key file: rules, errors and how to test yours](https://freshlycited.com/indexnow/key-file): IndexNow key rules (8 to 128 letters, numbers, dashes), where the key file must live, the exact error each mistake returns, and a script to test it. ## Platforms and CMS indexing Platform-by-platform guides to sitemaps, robots.txt, Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools and IndexNow on WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Webflow and other site builders. - [How to get your website indexed on every platform](https://freshlycited.com/platforms): Where WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Next.js, React and Lovable keep the sitemap, robots.txt, noindex and IndexNow controls. - [Shopify sitemap and indexing: what Google sees in your store](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/shopify): How Shopify builds its sitemap, how to edit robots.txt.liquid, hide pages with seo.hidden, and which Search Console statuses are normal to see. - [Wix sitemap, robots.txt and IndexNow: getting a Wix site indexed](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/wix): Where Wix puts your sitemap, connecting Search Console and Bing, Wix's built-in IndexNow on Premium, robots.txt, noindex and common gotchas. - [WordPress indexing: get your site into Google and Bing](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/wordpress): Get a WordPress site indexed: core vs plugin sitemaps, Search Console and Bing setup, IndexNow options and the settings that noindex your site. - [Lovable SEO: getting a Lovable site indexed by Google and Bing](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/lovable): How Google sees Lovable's two stacks, why the sitemap isn't always there, what its Search Console connector can't do, and the 302 redirect issue. - [Next.js sitemap, robots.txt and indexing: avoid the stale sitemap](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/nextjs): Build a Next.js sitemap with app/sitemap.ts that doesn't go stale, write robots.ts and noindex, verify Search Console and send IndexNow on deploy. - [React SEO: getting a client-rendered React app indexed](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/react): Why client-rendered React apps index slowly, what a Vite build serves, prerendering vs SSR, soft 404s, sitemaps and testing with URL Inspection. - [Google Search Console for Shopify: verify and submit your sitemap](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/shopify/google-search-console): Verify a Shopify store in Search Console with the theme.liquid tag or a DNS record, submit sitemap.xml, and read a healthy store's statuses. - [Squarespace sitemap and indexing: what you can and can't control](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/squarespace): Where Squarespace puts your sitemap, why robots.txt can't be edited, how Hide page from search results works, plus Search Console and Bing setup. - [Webflow sitemap and indexing: settings that decide what Google sees](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/webflow): Turn on Webflow's auto sitemap, use the Sitemap indexing toggle, keep webflow.io staging out of Google, and connect Search Console and Bing. - [Wix Search Console verification: connect your site to Google](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/wix/google-search-console): Verify a Wix site in Search Console with the SEO Setup Checklist, the meta tag or a DNS record, then submit the sitemap and fix common errors. - [IndexNow on WordPress: every way to send it, compared](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/wordpress/indexnow): Every way to send IndexNow from WordPress: Microsoft's plugin, Rank Math, Yoast, AIOSEO, SEOPress and Cloudflare, and how to test the pings. - [WordPress robots.txt: what it outputs and how to edit it safely](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/wordpress/robots-txt): How WordPress builds robots.txt, how to edit it in Yoast, Rank Math or AIOSEO, safe rules for AI crawlers, what Cloudflare adds, and how to test it. - [WordPress sitemap: find it, fix it and submit it](https://freshlycited.com/platforms/wordpress/sitemap): Find your WordPress sitemap: core /wp-sitemap.xml or the Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO and SEOPress URLs, why it can 404, and how to submit it to Google. ## SEO client reporting How agencies and link builders report delivered work to clients: report structure, examples and link-by-link indexed status. - [SEO client reporting: how to show clients the work you delivered](https://freshlycited.com/seo-client-reporting): What to put in an SEO client report, how often to send it, and how to show delivered work clients can check: links indexed, pages live, AI results. - [SEO report examples: 5 client report templates and what to include](https://freshlycited.com/seo-client-reporting/seo-report-examples): SEO report examples for monthly, link building, technical, content and AI visibility reporting, with the sections to include in each report. ## SEO for SaaS Search and AI-answer visibility for SaaS teams: comparison, docs, changelog and programmatic pages that need to be crawled the day they ship. - [SEO for SaaS: a practical playbook for search and AI answers](https://freshlycited.com/saas-seo): A SaaS SEO playbook built around the pages that sell: comparisons, alternatives, integrations, docs and changelogs, kept current for search. - [Programmatic SEO: how to build pages at scale that get indexed](https://freshlycited.com/saas-seo/programmatic-seo): What programmatic SEO is, examples that work, how to avoid thin, scaled-content pages, and how to get thousands of template pages indexed by Google. ## Tool listings Dated, disclosed listings of SEO, indexing and MCP tools, with every fact taken from each vendor's own pages. - [Best AEO and GEO tools for answer and generative engine optimization](https://freshlycited.com/tools/best-aeo-geo-tools): AEO and GEO tools grouped by job: research, content, crawler access, indexing and citation tracking, each with pricing checked in October 2026. - [Best AI visibility tools for AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity](https://freshlycited.com/tools/best-ai-visibility-tools): 12 AI visibility tools and free reports compared: engines tracked, prompt limits and pricing, checked on each vendor's site in October 2026. - [Best indexing tools: Google indexers and backlink indexers compared](https://freshlycited.com/tools/best-indexing-tools): Four indexing tools and backlink indexers compared on pricing, refunds, index checks, reports and APIs, checked on vendor sites, October 2026. - [SEO MCP servers: what each one does and how to connect it](https://freshlycited.com/tools/best-seo-mcp-servers): SEO MCP servers as of October 2026: Ahrefs, Semrush, SE Ranking, AI visibility trackers, Search Console and indexing servers, with install lines. - [WordPress indexing plugins compared: IndexNow, Bing and Google options](https://freshlycited.com/tools/best-wordpress-indexing-plugins): WordPress plugins that notify search engines, compared using wordpress.org data: Microsoft IndexNow, Bing URL Submissions, Rank Math, Yoast, more. - [Google Search Console MCP servers: tools, auth and the indexing gap](https://freshlycited.com/tools/google-search-console-mcp): Compare Google Search Console MCP servers: tools, Google sign-in, price and quotas, why none can request indexing, and where an index checker fits. ## Works with How FreshlyCited fits next to AI visibility trackers: what each tracker reports, what it can't tell you about indexing, and agent workflows that use both. - [Otterly.AI and FreshlyCited: find uncited pages, then check Google](https://freshlycited.com/works-with/otterly): Connect the Otterly.AI and FreshlyCited MCP servers to one agent: pull cited URLs, find uncited target pages, check which Google hasn't indexed. - [Peec AI and FreshlyCited: an agent workflow for pages AI never cites](https://freshlycited.com/works-with/peec-ai): Use Peec AI and FreshlyCited MCP servers in one agent: find target pages Peec never sees cited, check which Google hasn't indexed, push those. - [Profound and FreshlyCited: citation reports to Google index checks](https://freshlycited.com/works-with/profound): Pair Profound's MCP and citations API with FreshlyCited: pull cited pages per category, find uncited targets, check which Google hasn't indexed. ## Features - [FreshlyCited's indexing API and MCP server for your own tools](https://freshlycited.com/features/api-and-mcp): A REST API and MCP server for pushes, index checks, client workspaces and credits. Full API with any pack or plan; MCP on Agency Pro and Scale. - [Client reports: white-label indexing reports your clients can open](https://freshlycited.com/features/client-reports): Share a white-label report link with your agency's brand: before and after, link by link, ready to print or save as PDF. Your logo on Agency plans. - [Drip-feed: push links gradually, on your schedule](https://freshlycited.com/features/drip-feed): Spread pushes for backlinks and new pages over days instead of all at once. Set it per push, then track what Google has seen as the drip runs. - [Smart push: a URL indexer that asks Google to crawl fresh pages](https://freshlycited.com/features/smart-push): FreshlyCited's URL indexer checks each URL, sends only what Google can't see and re-checks on days 1, 3 and 7. Not indexed? Your credit comes back. - [Visibility check: a page index checker for your pages and links](https://freshlycited.com/features/visibility-check): Bulk Google index checker: paste pages or backlinks, see which are seen by Google and which are invisible, then push only the invisible ones. - [For SEO agencies: get client work indexed and automate the reporting](https://freshlycited.com/for/agencies): Ask Google to crawl the pages, posts and links you deliver sooner, re-check what it has indexed, and share the result in a white-label report. - [For link builders: link building reports with each link's index status](https://freshlycited.com/for/link-builders): Link building reports with indexed status: check which links Google sees, push only the invisible ones, drip-feed lists and share the results. - [SEO for SaaS startups: push every release to Google the day it ships](https://freshlycited.com/for/saas): Push comparison pages, pricing, docs and changelogs the day they ship, so Google can index the current version sooner, not last year's copy. ## Comparisons and roundups - [FreshlyCited vs IndexLinks: two indexing tools with MCP, compared](https://freshlycited.com/compare/freshlycited-vs-indexlinks): IndexLinks and FreshlyCited compared from their own pages: monthly allowance vs credits, crawler logs vs Google checks, refunds, API and MCP. - [FreshlyCited vs IndexMeNow: how the two indexing services compare](https://freshlycited.com/compare/freshlycited-vs-indexmenow): IndexMeNow and FreshlyCited compared from each one's own pages: how they push and check URLs, credit pricing, refunds after day 7 or 10, API. - [FreshlyCited vs Microsoft's IndexNow plugin for WordPress](https://freshlycited.com/compare/freshlycited-vs-indexnow-plugin): Microsoft's free IndexNow plugin for WordPress vs FreshlyCited: what it sends, why it has no Google side or index checks, and when to use each. - [FreshlyCited vs Rank Math Instant Indexing: what each one sends](https://freshlycited.com/compare/freshlycited-vs-rank-math-instant-indexing): Rank Math's Instant Indexing plugin (Indexing API plus IndexNow) vs FreshlyCited: the Indexing API scope problem, plugin facts, checks, pricing. - [FreshlyCited vs SpeedyIndex: tokens, credits and index checks compared](https://freshlycited.com/compare/freshlycited-vs-speedyindex): SpeedyIndex and FreshlyCited compared from their own pages: token vs credit pricing, Google tariffs, day-7 refunds, index checks, API and MCP. ## Docs (API & MCP) Connect AI agents and scripts: MCP server at https://freshlycited.com/mcp, REST API at https://freshlycited.com/api/v1. - [FreshlyCited API & MCP docs](https://freshlycited.com/docs): Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own code to FreshlyCited over MCP or REST: check what Google sees, push pages and notify Bing via IndexNow. - [Quickstart: FreshlyCited MCP in 5 minutes](https://freshlycited.com/docs/quickstart): Connect the FreshlyCited MCP server, run your first visibility check and push only the pages Google can't see yet, all in about five minutes. - [Connect Claude Code to FreshlyCited MCP](https://freshlycited.com/docs/clients/claude-code): Add the FreshlyCited MCP server to Claude Code with one command, sign in with OAuth or an API key header, and choose local, project or user scope. - [Connect Claude Desktop to FreshlyCited MCP](https://freshlycited.com/docs/clients/claude-desktop): Add FreshlyCited to Claude Desktop as a custom connector with OAuth, or via mcp-remote in claude_desktop_config.json with an API key header. - [Add FreshlyCited as a Claude.ai connector](https://freshlycited.com/docs/clients/claude-ai): Add FreshlyCited to Claude.ai as a custom connector: paste the MCP server URL, approve access on the consent screen, then use it in any chat. - [Connect ChatGPT to FreshlyCited MCP](https://freshlycited.com/docs/clients/chatgpt): Add FreshlyCited to ChatGPT as a custom MCP server with OAuth, pick a workspace and access level, then check and push pages right from the chat. - [Connect Cursor to FreshlyCited MCP](https://freshlycited.com/docs/clients/cursor): Install FreshlyCited in Cursor with the one-click link or mcp.json, then sign in with OAuth or an API key read from an environment variable. - [Connect VS Code to FreshlyCited MCP](https://freshlycited.com/docs/clients/vscode): Add FreshlyCited to VS Code agent mode with the install link, code --add-mcp or .vscode/mcp.json, signing in with OAuth or a prompted API key. - [Connect Windsurf to FreshlyCited MCP](https://freshlycited.com/docs/clients/windsurf): Add FreshlyCited to Windsurf's mcp_config.json as a remote server with serverUrl, using OAuth or an API key kept in an environment variable. - [Authentication: API keys and OAuth 2.1](https://freshlycited.com/docs/authentication): How FreshlyCited authenticates you: API keys for scripts and MCP clients, and OAuth 2.1 with PKCE for Claude.ai, ChatGPT and other connectors. - [Rate limits, 429s and credit guards](https://freshlycited.com/docs/rate-limits): API and MCP limits by plan: Free 60 read-only requests an hour, paid 600 a minute, MCP 60 calls a minute. Plus 429s with Retry-After and credit guards. - [Bing & Copilot via IndexNow: verify your site](https://freshlycited.com/docs/indexnow): IndexNow tells Bing (which Copilot uses), Yandex, Seznam, Naver and Yep a page changed. Verify your site once and every FreshlyCited push notifies them. - [MCP tool reference: every FreshlyCited tool](https://freshlycited.com/docs/tools): Every FreshlyCited MCP tool with its description, input parameters, examples, required role and credit cost, generated from the live server code. - [REST API reference (OpenAPI 3.1)](https://freshlycited.com/docs/api): The FreshlyCited REST API: every /api/v1 endpoint with its parameters, request bodies and roles, generated from the same OpenAPI 3.1 specification. - [Recipes: FreshlyCited workflows for agents](https://freshlycited.com/docs/recipes): Step-by-step FreshlyCited workflows for AI agents and scripts: push unindexed sitemap URLs, verify IndexNow, share reports, as MCP calls and REST. - [Find unindexed sitemap URLs and push them](https://freshlycited.com/docs/recipes/push-unindexed-sitemap-urls): Recipe: collect the URLs from your sitemap, check which ones Google doesn't show yet, push only those, then read the re-check result days later. - [Recipe: verify your site for IndexNow](https://freshlycited.com/docs/recipes/verify-site-indexnow): Recipe: add your domain, publish the IndexNow key file, verify it, and confirm that your next push also notified Bing and other IndexNow engines. - [Recipe: share a client visibility report](https://freshlycited.com/docs/recipes/share-client-report): Recipe: turn any FreshlyCited push or visibility check into a read-only, white-label before-and-after report link you can send to your client. - [AGENTS.md snippet for FreshlyCited](https://freshlycited.com/docs/agents-md): Paste this AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md snippet so coding agents use FreshlyCited after they ship pages: check first, push the rest, and never overclaim. - [All docs in one file](https://freshlycited.com/llms-full.txt): Every docs page as Markdown - [OpenAPI 3.1 spec](https://freshlycited.com/openapi.json): Machine-readable REST API description ## Changelog What changed in FreshlyCited, newest first. RSS: https://freshlycited.com/changelog/rss.xml - [Changelog](https://freshlycited.com/changelog): Every release and weekly notes - [v2.2.0: Invite-only access and email-link sign-in](https://freshlycited.com/changelog/2026-10-17-invite-only-email-sign-in-illustrated-guides): Invite-only access with sign-in by email link, online payments switched on, illustrated guides with clearer navigation, and final legal pages. - [v2.1.0: Pay only for indexed links, IndexNow for Bing](https://freshlycited.com/changelog/2026-10-17-indexnow-mcp-connectors-docs): Index credits are now used only for links Google indexes, verified sites also notify Bing through IndexNow, and AI assistants can connect over OAuth. - [v2.0.0: FreshlyCited launches on freshlycited.com](https://freshlycited.com/changelog/2026-10-16-freshlycited-launch): IndexPilot is now FreshlyCited, on its own domain. Smart push checks what Google has already seen and only pushes the pages it hasn't.