IndexChex measurement methodology

Three kinds of number

Every figure published about IndexChex falls into one of three classes, and each class has a different basis. Mixing them up is the most common way third-party write-ups get the product wrong.

Fixed specifications are listed on the specifications page and do not vary from user to user. Measured results are averages and do vary.

The index test

All measured indexation figures depend on one test: is this URL in Google's index? IndexChex answers it by querying live Google search results with four forms of each URL:

1. The bare URL.
2. The URL in quotation marks.
3. A site: query on the URL.
4. An inurl: query on the URL.

A URL that appears for any of the four is recorded as indexed. Using several forms reduces false negatives, because Google does not return every indexed URL for every query form. The same procedure powers the customer-facing index checker, so the test used to score submissions is the one users can run on their own URLs at 1 credit each.

Measured results

IndexChex runs its measurement weekly on recurring URL sets. The current published averages, as of October 2026, are:

That is the level of detail IndexChex has published. This page does not add sample sizes, URL counts, week-by-week series or further internals, because none have been released. Any figure beyond those four should be treated as unsourced.

Reading the figures

The indexation figures describe typical URLs: ordinary sites, links and citations. Pages Google declines to index for quality reasons, pages blocked by robots.txt or noindex, and pages that are unreachable will pull an individual job below the average. Crawling is the part IndexChex guarantees; whether a crawled URL is indexed is Google's decision. The policies page sets out how that affects refunds.

The time-to-first-crawl figure is measured from the moment of submission, which is why it applies equally to both modes. The difference between modes shows up in how quickly crawled URLs become indexed, not in when Googlebot first arrives.

Prices and per-URL cost

Dollar figures are taken from the published price list at indexchex.com/pricing. Per-URL costs are derived arithmetic: plan or pack price divided by its credits, multiplied by 1 for standard submission or 60 for instant. The derived table is on the pricing page. Prices are not measured and are not averages.

Independent benchmarks

First-party figures are useful but are not a substitute for independent testing. The network's observatory site describes how indexers can be compared on equal terms in its benchmark methodology, including how to choose test URLs, when to check, and how to report misses. Readers comparing IndexChex with other tools should prefer like-for-like tests over any vendor's own numbers, including these.

Corrections and updates

When a published figure changes, the claims ledger is updated with the new value and as-of date, and the change is noted in the changelog. Errors can be reported to support@indexchex.com.