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Charles Floate Tested 10 SEO Indexers - One Got Reddit Indexed in 2 Hours
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- The Edward Show
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- Jul 6, 2026
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E1097: Charles Floate tested 10 SEO indexers with real URL cohorts to find out which tools actually get backlinks and pages indexed in 2026. The big point: if your backlink is not indexed, it passes zero PageRank. I break down Charles's test, the best-performing indexers, why so many backlinks never get indexed, and when it is or is not safe to use indexing tools on your own sites or client sites. We cover: - Why unindexed backlinks do not pass authority - Why Google is crawling and indexing fewer low-quality pages - The difference between forcing a crawl and forcing indexing - Why no indexer can guarantee Google will index a page - How Charles tested 10 backlink indexing tools with real URLs - The three URL groups he tested: editorial links, hard-to-index formats, and tiered links - Why press releases, profile links, citations, and duplicate-heavy pages often fail to index - Why third-party backlink pages cannot be pushed through Google Search Console - The top three indexing tools from Charles's test - Why Indexceptional stood out in the test - How one new Reddit thread got indexed in under two hours - Where Rapid URL Indexer fits - Where SpeedyIndex fits - What the safe free options are - Why internal links from regularly crawled pages can still beat paid tools - The risks of low-quality indexers - Whether SEO indexers should be used on money sites or client sites - Why the quality of the page and domain still matters more than the indexing tool The main lesson is simple: Indexers can help Google discover a URL faster, but they cannot make a worthless page worth indexing. If your link is on a page Google does not want in the index, no tool can magically turn it into a strong backlink. But if you are building real links, parasite SEO pages, PR mentions, citations, or…