how long does it take to get indexed?

[ayetti]

I was wondering how long it usually takes for a site to get indexed, I have a domain that is almost a year old and just sat for like 10 months with a stupid welcome page on it. I have submited a site map for the new site (it is small 11 page site) and I am link building.

I was wondering how long I could expect to wait until google notices? Should I submit the URL in some way to tell them I added content?

[etelligent]

if your link building it could be in 1 hour. but you need to be getting quality links from good sites. if the site linking to you is high quality, then google will crawl them everyday, so they will find you easily and crawl you too.

No need to tell them you added content, you just need to keep up a weekly linking campaign. Plus on the website it self, have links to those new pages.

The other thing is, what keywords are you targeting? because really its all about being seen as a revelant site to that topic, so you get indexed in the right spots

Cheers

[ayetti]

I am targeting a few not very competitive keywords, but I am pushing really hard, because I believe they will become more competitive in the near future. I have been all over trying to build links, plenty of directories, lots of local stuff. I do blog comments sometimes using the anchor text. A
Any advice for a noob?

[tim_buchalka]

The quickest way to get a page indexed is linking from a website with decent authority in googles idea. Try twitter, facebook, even youtube (in a description). These sites get crawled huge amounts of times each day.

Remember there will be a delay between when a site gets indexed and where the new content is shown in the search engines. The reason for this, is that these are two seperate processes that get actioned by Google at different times.

No need to submit a URL, this is almost never needed or recommended. When did google last visit your page?

If you submitted the sitemap via google webmaster tools login there and check the last crawl date and see if any errors occured. If not, be patient it will get updated!

Cheers

[xerocube]

Usually,it take less than a day,however if your site still new. It might take more time and day. I will make sure i have submit my sitemap to google,bing and yahoo. Posting the link in facebook,twitter,reddit,digg and of course it depend on your post title too.

[99octane]

If you are submitting your new sitemaps thru Google Webmaster tools, and choosing to have it re-download it immediately, you can usually start getting indexed in an hour, with 24 hours or so to start finding your pages in the rankings.

[ayetti]

Originally Posted by tim_buchalka

The quickest way to get a page indexed is linking from a website with decent authority in googles idea. Try twitter, facebook, even youtube (in a description). These sites get crawled huge amounts of times each day.

Remember there will be a delay between when a site gets indexed and where the new content is shown in the search engines. The reason for this, is that these are two seperate processes that get actioned by Google at different times.

No need to submit a URL, this is almost never needed or recommended. When did google last visit your page?

If you submitted the sitemap via google webmaster tools login there and check the last crawl date and see if any errors occured. If not, be patient it will get updated!

Cheers

Hmm, not sure if I am getting indexed or not. When I google the <title> text of the site, i don't get anything from my site. When I google the name of the site I see the old .PHP pages that were there before.

[99octane]

try searching for "site:yourdomain.com" and see how many of your newer pages are listed

[ayetti]

Originally Posted by 99octane

try searching for "site:yourdomain.com" and see how many of your newer pages are listed

I was able to find my site on my computer no problem using site:yourdomain.com

But I just logged in remotely to a computer at a different house were it is not in the cash and I got nothing? weird. Same when I search links:mydomain.com

[John Williamson]

Don't submit a URL to Google. Check this out:

This tiny, simple, trick gets any site indexed in Google within 2 hours...

[AnnaSEO]

Just Ping your sites.
Post comment in a few related blogs.
Add it to your signature.

You will be indexed in a few hours.

[glock28]

less than a day usually

[SEOForceOne]

It usually takes around 24 hours to get indexed.

[TBInternetMarketing]

Originally Posted by ayetti

I was wondering how long it usually takes for a site to get indexed, I have a domain that is almost a year old and just sat for like 10 months with a stupid welcome page on it. I have submited a site map for the new site (it is small 11 page site) and I am link building.

I was wondering how long I could expect to wait until google notices? Should I submit the URL in some way to tell them I added content?

Try and bookmark your site. I use SocialMonkee, and blast my site to 100 bookmarking sites pretty easily.
It usually gets indexed the same day.

[ayetti]

Originally Posted by 99octane

try searching for "site:yourdomain.com" and see how many of your newer pages are listed

I have one more question, when I search site:mysite.com I get like 2 of the new pages listed in the search results. When I click on those results though it takes me to the sites homepage. Is this normal? or did I screw up a cononical or something?

Thank you all SOO much for your help, your the BEST

[kodshi]

It's not normal, what is your site address?

[ayetti]

winecountrycarpet . com

sorry its so chopped up it won't let me post it otherwise

[peep666]

You can get your site indexed faster by getting quality backlinks (before you´re launching your site) for many of your pages, not for only homepage..

[ayetti]

Originally Posted by kodshi

It's not normal, what is your site address?

I think you are definitely right, something is not right. When I hover over the link it shows the correct .html page, but when I click i go back to the homepage.

[eurekapsycrille]

The completion of Google's new and fast indexing system (Google Caffeine) makes it really fast for site to get indexed. And there are news about some updates that Google has made to make a site indexed faster than before.

I have seen a site got indexed in just 1 hour after it has been launched. So I think there's no need to worry about indexing your site.

[ayetti]

Starting to think it is a bigger problem than just getting indexed, I think i have a redirect set up incorrectly or something along those lines. There were a couple of pages left on the domain, and after I removed those I know only have one indexed page.

[pontiffjane1]

Originally Posted by ayetti

I was wondering how long it usually takes for a site to get indexed, I have a domain that is almost a year old and just sat for like 10 months with a stupid welcome page on it. I have submited a site map for the new site (it is small 11 page site) and I am link building.

I was wondering how long I could expect to wait until google notices? Should I submit the URL in some way to tell them I added content?

The back link will be quality made, thus for back linking you should take help of good sites link backlinksindexer or other good one.