how long does it take to get indexed?

by ayetti
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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?
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  • Profile picture of the author 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
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  • Profile picture of the author 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?
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  • Profile picture of the author 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
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    • Profile picture of the author ayetti
      Originally Posted by tim_buchalka View Post

      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.
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  • Profile picture of the author 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.
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  • Profile picture of the author 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.
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  • Profile picture of the author 99octane
    try searching for "site:yourdomain.com" and see how many of your newer pages are listed
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    • Profile picture of the author ayetti
      Originally Posted by 99octane View Post

      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
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    • Profile picture of the author ayetti
      Originally Posted by 99octane View Post

      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
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  • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
    Don't submit a URL to Google. Check this out:

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  • Profile picture of the author 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.
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  • Profile picture of the author glock28
    less than a day usually
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOForceOne
    It usually takes around 24 hours to get indexed.
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  • Originally Posted by ayetti View Post

    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.
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  • Profile picture of the author kodshi
    It's not normal, what is your site address?
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    • Profile picture of the author ayetti
      Originally Posted by kodshi View Post

      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.
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  • Profile picture of the author ayetti
    winecountrycarpet . com

    sorry its so chopped up it won't let me post it otherwise
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  • Profile picture of the author 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..
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  • Profile picture of the author 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.
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    • Profile picture of the author 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.
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  • Profile picture of the author pontiffjane1
    Originally Posted by ayetti View Post

    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.
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