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How long does Google take to notice changes?

by Dentimplants
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Hello,

I'm trying to get a better picture of the lenght of time it takes for various factors to impact on search ranking. If I was to look at three factors that can change SERPs, what is your experience with changes to these factors and and the length of time it took for these changes to impact on your SERPs. I know that other factors will affect it also and it is hard to tell but I just want to see if any trends develop.

1. Change in on-page SEO. This could be after you review your on page SEO and then make improvements. How long was it until you noticed benefits? Conversely my site underwent a development process recently and took a massive hit in SERPs at exactly the same time.

2. Link building campaigns. How about if you have had a big link building campaign. How long was it until google noticed your efforts?

3. Changes to the Google algorithm. If your site was affected by Panda or Penguin, how long was it between the changes went live and you noticed the difference in your search results?
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  • Profile picture of the author dadamson
    Originally Posted by Dentimplants View Post

    Hello,

    I'm trying to get a better picture of the lenght of time it takes for various factors to impact on search ranking. If I was to look at three factors that can change SERPs, what is your experience with changes to these factors and and the length of time it took for these changes to impact on your SERPs. I know that other factors will affect it also and it is hard to tell but I just want to see if any trends develop.

    1. Change in on-page SEO. This could be after you review your on page SEO and then make improvements. How long was it until you noticed benefits? Conversely my site underwent a development process recently and took a massive hit in SERPs at exactly the same time.

    2. Link building campaigns. How about if you have had a big link building campaign. How long was it until google noticed your efforts?

    3. Changes to the Google algorithm. If your site was affected by Panda or Penguin, how long was it between the changes went live and you noticed the difference in your search results?
    In my experience I have found some pretty common timeframes for each change.

    Onpage changes usually take around 3-5 days to effect my rankings, this varies quite a bit depending on the site I am optimizing though.

    Offpage SEO (backlinking) usually up to month before ranking changes take place.

    But algorithm changes instantly affect rankings across the board. You will find many posts about algo updates on this forum all started on the same date.
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  • Profile picture of the author kaytav
    I think On page changes depend on your site's indexing. The faster your site gets indexed, the faster your Onpage gets noticed.
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    • Profile picture of the author LloydMS
      Originally Posted by kaytav View Post

      I think On page changes depend on your site's indexing. The faster your site gets indexed, the faster your Onpage gets noticed.
      Exactly.

      On page changes will effect rankings immediately upon Google indexing the page. A high PR (6/7) site could take minutes for those changes to get picked up. A PR 0 site could take a couple weeks, maybe more.

      Off page SEO like backlinks again take effect when Google noticed it. When Google indexes a site and finds a link to your site, then your site's pages will be impacted by that link. If the link is on a high PR site, it could be picked up within minutes. A low PR link might take days or weeks.

      I've had new pages get ranked within hours because of links from high PR sites that in turn got indexed almost immediately after the link was placed on the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by Dentimplants View Post

    1. Change in on-page SEO. This could be after you review your on page SEO and then make improvements. How long was it until you noticed benefits? Conversely my site underwent a development process recently and took a massive hit in SERPs at exactly the same time.
    Easy, make a site wide page <title> edit.

    Example, before/after page titles:
    • Before: <title>Low Cost Auto Insurance</title>
    • After: <title>Low Cost Auto Insurance 1</title>

    Keep an eye on the SERPs with a (site:domain.com) search.

    When your done seeing how long it takes Google to see the page updates, remove the <title> edit.
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  • Profile picture of the author jfambrini
    How long does it take Google to realize that a link has been removed. Some of my backlinks were removed but many backlink sites are still showing these as back-links, just wondering how long it takes for Google to register and act on these changes.
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