Greetings. It’s time for an entry in my weekly journal.
:: Google Search Console ::
I am continuing the search engine indexing for my personal
website
https://hinst.github.io/
🌐
Last week, I wrote about encountering problems with the Google
Search Notification API. This week, however, I decided to try
a different approach: instead of using the API, I am now
submitting my pages manually. To make this easier, I created a
special page where I can track which pages from the list have
already been processed. This feature is called
Manual Ping Tracker. Here’s how it works:
- I click [Copy URL]
- Go to the Google Search Console tab
- Paste (Ctrl+V) and press Enter
- Click [Request Indexing]
- Wait
- If the result is green, I go back to my admin page and click [Confirm pinged]
- If the result is red “Quota limit reached,” I wait until the next day and resume from step 1
It would be logical to automate this entire process from start to finish rather than copy-pasting URLs. But there’s one problem: the Google Search Console developers have made a conscious effort to complicate programmatic access. I checked which data is being sent in the HTTP request via the browser console, and it isn’t easy to figure out. As a result, I decided on this semi-automatic approach. Besides, you can only submit 12 URLs per day. To be honest, I expected more. But what can you do—perhaps Google’s servers can only handle 12 pages a day? 🥴 This means it will take about a month to add all the pages.
:: Duolingo ::
I finally finished the Duolingo course: English to German. This is my second Duolingo course. As a result, I have now completed two courses in full:
- Russian -> German
- English -> German
I haven’t decided yet if I will take any more Duolingo courses. There are some candidate courses:
- Mathematics 🧮
- Music 🎵
- Chess ♟️
- Continue the German course in “review” mode 🔄️
I already tried taking the Mathematics course, and it seemed strange to me. You have to count the number of little green circles there. 🤔💭
