Daily limit for adding URLs in Google Search Console—great question! Here’s what I found, covering different methods and their respective quotas :-
Google Search Console: “Request Indexing” (Manual URL Submission)
- According to an SEO case study, you can submit about 10–12 URLs per 24 hours via the “Request Indexing” feature. After that, you’ll hit a quota limit, and receive an alert like “Please try submitting this [URL] again tomorrow”.
- Another source mentions that the “Crawl only this URL” option allows submitting up to 10 individual URLs per day, while “Crawl this URL and its direct links” is limited to only 2 such requests per day.
So, for manual “Request Indexing,” expect roughly 10–12 submissions per day, or 10 recrawl-only requests, and a smaller number if including linked URLs.
API: URL Inspection (Programmatic Submission)
If you’re using the Search Console API to submit or inspect URLs, the limits are much higher:
- Per-site quota: up to 2,000 queries per day (QPD) and 600 queries per minute (QPM).
- Per-project quota: up to 10,000,000 QPD and 15,000 QPM .
This means with the API you can automate inspecting or requesting indexing for thousands of URLs per day (up to 2,000 per property).
Additionally, the API supports bulk URL inspection, allowing you to queue lists of URLs for inspection—useful for larger-scale needs.
Community Insights & Variability
User experiences vary across communities like Reddit:
“I’ve just 20 quota per day with URL inspection tool. Sometimes it’s 25. but never got beyond that.”
“URL inspection 2000 request.”
These variations suggest that Google may dynamically adjust limits per property/account history.
Summary Table
| Method / Tool | Daily URL Limit |
|---|---|
| Manual “Request Indexing” (UI) | ~10–12 URLs per 24 hours |
| “Crawl only this URL” (UI) | Up to 10 URLs per day |
| “Crawl plus direct links” (UI) | Up to 2 requests per day |
| API / URL Inspection (Per Site) | Up to 2,000 QPD (site) |
| API / URL Inspection (Per Project) | Up to 10M QPD (project) |
Recommendations
- For small batches or single URLs, use the manual “Request Indexing”—but expect a cap at around 10–12 per day.
- For larger sites or frequent updates, use the API with bulk inspection—it’s much more scalable, up to 2,000 URLs per property per day.
- Submitting or resubmitting using a sitemap remains one of the most efficient ways to get URLs indexed over time without hitting manual quotas.
