Understanding the Shift for Instagram Accounts: How Google Indexing Impacts Your Social Strategy
The digital marketing landscape is constantly evolving, and the latest development is a game-changer
Google is now indexing publicly available content from Instagram. This change that came in on July 10, 2025, means that your social media posts have the potential to reach a much wider audience beyond the confines of these platforms. For B2B marketers, this represents a significant opportunity to enhance brand visibility, generate leads, and establish thought leadership (yay!).
Happy little reminder: The great news is that LinkedIn professional posts have enjoyed indexing by Google for a few years now….the questions is, are you making the most of this?
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So, let’s unpack what this means for your social media strategy. Firstly, it underscores the importance of optimizing your content for search engines. Think about the keywords your target audience is using to find information related to your industry and incorporate them into your captions, descriptions, and hashtags. Secondly, ensure that your profiles are public and well-structured, making it easier for Google to crawl and index your content. Consider it social SEO, but make sure the quality of content always comes first.
Why is this important? Because increased visibility for your brand and content in search, is a great thing and it helps to level the playing field. Smaller businesses with limited marketing budgets can now compete with larger organizations by creating high-quality, engaging content that ranks well in search results. Posting isn’t enough anymore; you need to be strategic about how you create and distribute your content…and activate relevant messaging, that’s designed for your customers.
With current Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and AI search experiences, it is even more important to be interesting, relevant, and unique in how your content (and ultimately brand and offering) can provide value – as this can be more powerful than direct answers that a user may have been able to generate otherwise.
Your Instagram Activation Check: Wondering how to check if your professional Instagram account has Indexing Activated?
- Log in to your account, and visit your business’ Instagram app settings
- Select ‘Account Privacy’
- Toggle to ensure ‘Allow public photos and videos to appear in search engine results’ is selected / activated
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