Search Submission Checklist
Operational checklist for the site owner. Run these one time per search engine after every major content release. Plain-text mirror: /search-submission-checklist.txt.
Google Search Console
- Sign in at search.google.com/search-console.
- Confirm the
https://ironeagledigitalsolutions.comproperty is verified. If not, add a Domain property and verify via DNS TXT record. - Open Sitemaps. Add:
https://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/sitemap.xml. Confirm status: Success. - Open URL Inspection. Paste each priority URL below; click Request Indexing (limit 10/day).
- Open Indexing → Pages. Review Why pages aren't indexed. Fix any "Discovered – currently not indexed" by improving internal links.
- Open Experience → Core Web Vitals. Verify mobile and desktop pass.
- Open Enhancements. Confirm FAQ, Breadcrumb, Article, and Organization rich results are detected with zero errors.
- Open Performance. Set date range to last 28 days. Note baseline impressions/clicks/CTR.
Bing Webmaster Tools
- Sign in at bing.com/webmasters.
- Use Import from GSC for fastest setup, or add the site manually and verify.
- Open Sitemaps. Add:
https://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/sitemap.xml. - Open URL Inspection. Paste each priority URL; click Request Indexing.
- Open Crawl Information. Verify no crawl errors. Check robots.txt status.
- If IndexNow is already configured (check IndexNow tab), submissions are automatic. Do not enable IndexNow unless an API key is already in place.
- Open Site Explorer. Verify all new sections (answers, EGIC, local pages, citation assets) are discovered.
Priority Indexing URLs
Submit these via URL Inspection in both Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools first:
https://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/https://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/entity-verificationhttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/ai-indexhttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/joe-dierickxhttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/localai-catalysthttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/answershttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/executive-growth-intelligence-centerhttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/citation-assetshttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/greenville-sc-ai-consultanthttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/simpsonville-sc-ai-consultanthttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/upstate-sc-ai-consultanthttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/answers/what-is-a-revenue-leakhttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/answers/what-is-an-ai-readiness-assessmenthttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/answers/what-is-business-process-automationhttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/executive-growth-intelligence-center/7-hidden-revenue-leaks-killing-small-businesseshttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/executive-growth-intelligence-center/ai-for-small-business-owners-over-40https://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/citation-assets/executive-guide-to-revenue-optimizationhttps://ironeagledigitalsolutions.com/citation-assets/ai-readiness-assessment-workbook
Schema Validation Inventory
Test the same priority URLs in these free validators:
- Google Rich Results Test
- Schema.org Validator
- Bing Webmaster Tools → URL Inspection (markup section)
Expected schema types per page family:
- /answers/*: FAQPage, Article, BreadcrumbList, WebPage
- /executive-growth-intelligence-center/*: Article, BreadcrumbList, WebPage
- Local SEO pages: LocalBusiness, ProfessionalService, Service, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList
- /citation-assets/*: CreativeWork (+ Article), BreadcrumbList
- /citation-assets: CollectionPage, ItemList, BreadcrumbList
- /entity-verification: AboutPage, BreadcrumbList
- /ai-index: CollectionPage, ItemList, BreadcrumbList
- Sitewide: Organization, Person, WebSite, Service (×4) — via EntityGraph
Monitoring Cadence
- Weekly: Coverage report, crawl errors, manual actions, security issues.
- Monthly: Performance trend, top queries, page-level CTR, Core Web Vitals.
- Quarterly: Compare branded vs non-branded query growth; review entity recognition in AI search.
See also: AI Search Testing Prompts | AI Visibility Tracking Template | AI Index
