That repo seems to have been created less than an hour ago.
Give Google a little time to parse the new repos, and it should show up.
Note that it is referenced by GitHub search already:
https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=RoboSpice-Extn-Retrofit-Tutorial
As the OP used the Webmaster Tools to submit its URL, the repo is now indexed in Google.
Update 2019: the section "Enabling GitHub Pages to publish your site from master or gh-pages" is now (since 2014) more precise:
To select
masterorgh-pagesas your publishing source, you must have the branch present in your repository.
If you don't have amasterorgh-pagesbranch, you can create them and then return to source settings to change your publishing source.
Once the correct branch is created/populated, and selected as the publishing source, the Google indexing appears to be quick.
Update 2025, as noted by James in the comments:
- The older URL submission tool has been deprecated. Now, to submit a URL (or to speed up indexing), you must use Google Search Console.
Note that you can only verify a domain or a site that you control. For GitHub repositories, this isn’t directly possible unless you have a GitHub Pages site with a custom domain. - You don't have to use the
masterbranch anymore as a publication source.
As I mentioned in 2020, you can use any branch.
I want google to be able to find my github repositories (public ones) - Google Search Central Community
I can't find my github repo in google search
google search - How can I have a public searchable GitHub account? - Web Applications Stack Exchange
My GitHub repositories are not known by Google
That repo seems to have been created less than an hour ago.
Give Google a little time to parse the new repos, and it should show up.
Note that it is referenced by GitHub search already:
https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=RoboSpice-Extn-Retrofit-Tutorial
As the OP used the Webmaster Tools to submit its URL, the repo is now indexed in Google.
Update 2019: the section "Enabling GitHub Pages to publish your site from master or gh-pages" is now (since 2014) more precise:
To select
masterorgh-pagesas your publishing source, you must have the branch present in your repository.
If you don't have amasterorgh-pagesbranch, you can create them and then return to source settings to change your publishing source.
Once the correct branch is created/populated, and selected as the publishing source, the Google indexing appears to be quick.
Update 2025, as noted by James in the comments:
- The older URL submission tool has been deprecated. Now, to submit a URL (or to speed up indexing), you must use Google Search Console.
Note that you can only verify a domain or a site that you control. For GitHub repositories, this isn’t directly possible unless you have a GitHub Pages site with a custom domain. - You don't have to use the
masterbranch anymore as a publication source.
As I mentioned in 2020, you can use any branch.
This is how I managed to get at least my github pages-page to be found on Google:
- go to google search console https://search.google.com/search-console/
- add new "property" with "URL prefix" as suggested
- add the meta tag on your github-pages site (html-head) as described, looks like
<meta name="google-site-verification" content="..."> - paste your page URL to the "search bar" on the top of the search console and press
<Enter>. Important: use full path to page, including the .html page, e.g.https://<user>.github.io/<your repo>/demo/index.html - Click on "request indexing"
I first only did points 1-3 with the URL https://<user>.github.io/<my-repo>/demo/ and the page still did not show up after waiting for a month. However after doing points (4) and (5) my github-pages site immediately showed up in the Google search results.
edit: one day later also the github repository showed up on Google search (but maybe only because I link the original repository in my github-pages site).
I created my repository with GitHub.
When I try to google it, its not listing in the search.
https://github.com/hcleung35/SRGAN_Cramer
How can I do?
Thank you.
I have made partial progress. Google has verified my GitHub Page and is in the process of indexing that page. I have not been able to verify my GitHub repository. However, my GitHub Page links to my GitHub repository. So, after Google finishes indexing my GitHub Page maybe Google will be able to list both the page and the repository in search results. I will not know for maybe another week.
Below are the steps I used to verify my GitHub Page based on this post by klues:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26199705/github-repository-not-listing-in-google-search
- Go to
Google Search Console
https://search.google.com/search-console/welcome
I made sure I was using the same Gmail account to log into both GitHub and Google Search Console.
- Paste the
URLof yourGitHub Pageinto theURL Prefixbox. For example, I used:
https://icterusgalbula.github.io/RAWStutorial/
This GitHub Page is referred to as a property.
Click
ContinueScroll down to the
HTML tagverification method section and copy the meta tag displayed by clicking the wordCOPYPaste that text into your
index.htmlfile in yourGitHubrepository. Bracket that text between<head>and</head>. The actualhtmlcode was not displayed here when I tried. Myindex.htmlfile is in thegh-pagesbranch of myGitHubrepository.Commit the changes made in your
index.htmlfile (i.e., update your repository).Click the word
VERIFYon theGoogle Search ConsolescreenHopefully
Google Search Consolewill verify yourGitHub Pagesite. My site was verified.Click
GO TO PROPERTYYou must wait approximately 48 hours after which a different
Google Search Consolescreen will appear with a search bar at the top.Paste the
URLof theGitHub Pageinto that search bar at the top of the newGoogle Search Consolescreen. However, this time use a slightly different version of theURLthan was used in Step 2. This time addindex.htmlto the end of theURL:
https://icterusgalbula.github.io/RAWStutorial/index.html
Click
EnterRequest Indexing
Wait for Google to index the
GitHub Page. I do not know how long this will take but I guess it could take anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of weeks. Here is a screenshot of the current state of myGoogle Search Consoledisplay while I wait forGoogleto index myGitHub Page. Note the checkmark next toIndexing requested:
I will update this post after the indexing of the GitHub Page is completed (or fails).
EDIT: August 19, 2021
Google still is not able to locate my GitHub page. The following screenshot shows that Google Search Console Coverage is still processing data ~ one month after creating this post.
Your project is also successfully found by DuckDuckGo and Yahoo. I would guess that this is a search engine crawler problem, perhaps to do with your title being one very long word.
My advice was to replace the underscores with space, which the poster did, and then let the search engines time to crawl it.
Have you got any followable backlinks pointing to your profile from other sites?
Github is huge, and Google will presumably see most of its pages as low priority unless it has signals to suggest otherwise. If you only have internal links, it's unlikely Google's crawler will hit many of their pages on a frequent-enough basis to be able to find it by crawling Github alone.
I see the issue is the same on Bing and DuckDuckGo, so I think you're just not very findable.
If your GitHub profile is what you consider your homepage, then popping it in your profile on any other sites you frequent may be enough.
You have to have valuable back links to the repo. Use dev.to or medium to write shore articles about your repos. This is one of the quickest ways to get the repo indexed.
You can't force Google to index a page if it doesn't want to. You can suggest one to Google by using this link:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url
If you were an owner/administrator of the Github website you would have more options available to you by using Google Webmaster Tools
Garrulinae's answer is technically correct, but leaves out key information. Ownership verification with Google Search Console (GSC) would improve the search ranking of your Github account, repository, or website, as documented on google.com, so obviously that method is preferred. But currently it's not possible.
Many sites allow ownership verification through an arrangement or procedure worked out with Google, such as Squarespace, Medium, etc, in which you indirectly submit Google verification info for pages you control (a property, to use Google's GSC terminology). After submission these sites handle verification codes and .html files for you. Unfortunately that's not possible with LinkedIn and Github, because they are owned by Microsoft, who has no such arrangements with Google.