Set up your Proparlab Key & verify (Beacon / IndexNow)

The Proparlab Key (Beacon / IndexNow) lets us instantly ping search engines the moment your pages change — no waiting for a crawl. You prove you own the domain by hosting a small text file at your site’s root. This is a one-time setup.

1. 1

   Copy your key from Proparlab

   In your project’s Connections panel, open Proparlab Key (Beacon). Copy the key string shown — it looks like a long random value (e.g. a1b2c3…).

2. 2

   Create the key file

   Create a plain text file named exactly <yourkey>.txt (the file name is your key) whose only contents is the same key value. Proparlab gives you a one-click Download key file so you don’t have to create it by hand.

   💡 The file name and the text inside must both be the exact key — no extra spaces or line breaks.
3. 3

   Upload it to your site’s root

   Upload the file so it’s reachable at https://yourdomain.com/<yourkey>.txt (the top level of your site, not inside a folder). Most hosts and CMSes have a “files” or “static/public” area for this.

   ⚠ It must be at the domain root. yourdomain.com/blog/<key>.txt will not verify.
4. 4

   Click Verify in Proparlab

   Back in the Connections panel, click Verify. Proparlab fetches the file and checks the key matches. On success the status flips to Verified.