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A WebmasterWorld thread asks how long does it typically take Google to index a brand new web site that has awesome content?
The webmaster said he has hundreds of unique and useful articles on his new site but Google has still not indexed a single page of his site, even after two weeks.
To me, that sounds like an issue. I've seen sites, brand new ones, be indexed and ranking within a day or so. Now those rankings may drop down but the site is indeed indexed within days.
A typical site might take a couple weeks if there aren't enough quality links pointing to the site. But a quality site with a couple quality links should be indexed fairly quickly in Google. I'd say days but not everyone agrees with me, as you can see in the thread.
Take my poll below. A typical quality site, how long should it take?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
Comments:
James Holden
01/03/2013 01:35 pm
I've generally found that big G comes around a few hours after using the good old URL submission form, and then pages start to appear in the index within about a day. No links required for indexing, of course ranking is another matter!
Colin
01/03/2013 01:38 pm
Personally I would always say worst case scenario allow for 1 month+ before starting to worry. Yes, in the past sites have been indexed even after a day or two. But this isn't guaranteed, and often sites do take a long time...
Sidewalk Branding Company
01/03/2013 02:05 pm
I've seen search engine indexation within a day if submitted via webmaster tools, hours with a concurrent sitemap submission. Otherwise, the average small business with thin off-page content should be picked up within a week.
Marta Gryszko
01/03/2013 02:27 pm
"A typical quality site, how long should it take?" It should take from a few hours to a few days. Last time I indexed new websites the same day I used webmaster tools (Fetch as Googlebot -> Send to index). It really works fast.
davidquaid
01/03/2013 04:10 pm
With a good base of existing sites to link from - e.g. a blog and announcing it on twitter (publically) and G+, via Webmaster tools and a PR site - without spamming the web - it can start to get indexed within 8 hours. But Webmaster tools / G+ solo? Probably longer.
John Doyle
01/03/2013 04:48 pm
When setting up a new site in WMT/Analytics one day, it's regularly index the next. I'd hazard a guess that it could potentially happen in minutes in some cases.
Jeffsauer
01/03/2013 05:27 pm
I have a specific example that recently happened. Bought domain name 8/31/12. Launched first post 9/12/12 and added other content. Received 1 visit on day of launch. Then visits from organic every 2nd or 3rd day after posting, but full trust and rankings did not occur until October 18, 2012. That is also when I enabled G+ Authorship on the site, which I believe has a strong correlation to the increase in traffic. GWT does not show me search impressions until that October 15, 2012. So I believe indexation happens within a day, but ranking takes at least a month... and is accelerated by adding authorship. Authorship could actually be responsible for immediate indexation.
Taylor Toussaint
01/03/2013 07:45 pm
You could just post the link on Google+ and be indexed within the hour.
Patrick Hare
01/03/2013 09:40 pm
Is the domain name brand new or was it parked? Sometimes you have to do a reinclusion request to clear a hidden "manual penalty" on parked domains. In the request, make sure to say you bought a parked domain and now have original content. Otherwise, you can wait for months and still see nothing.
Darshan Beloshe
01/04/2013 05:11 am
I am surprised to see people actually voted for the option "A Week". This sounds some strange because every one want their site to be index in less time. Though there are many voted for "A Day" which is i also voted for.
James
01/04/2013 06:27 am
It depends. When are links to the site found by Google? And what is the reputation of the site where the link(s) come from? That's having a huge impact on when the site gets indexed and how deep Google will crawl the site. So in most circumstances it will take 3 days to a week after links where found. If Google finds a link from a reputable site, yes, then I can only be a day.
Alok Pandey
01/04/2013 11:08 am
It all finally depends on when the Googlebots crawl any website. My website was indexed within a week. SEO Delhi
Mick Edwards
01/04/2013 11:22 am
I've discovered that a lengthy no (little) content holding page can hold back indexing for a couple of weeks or more.
Anup Kumar Tiwari
01/04/2013 11:49 am
I think it shouldn’t take more than one week to be indexed by Google if there lots of quality content on the page. In this case website's webmaster must share the website on social networks.
Rahul Chawla
01/04/2013 12:25 pm
Hi, Personally i have noticed that if the site has quatlity content and also has few internal and external links , site map , google analyics , it is just matter of hours ;-) My 2 cents .
Ron VanPeursem
01/05/2013 10:29 am
Are you kidding?! Our collective wisdom is saying it's between "hours" and "months"! Yikes. We're awesome! Barry, by just sharing a link to the new url in our Google+ page, and perhaps sharing it on a FB page, we ought to see it indexed in less than 3 days.
Thomas Kane
02/06/2013 05:41 pm
If the site is set up well for SEO & sitemaps have been submitted through webmaster tools, I've seen wordpress sites be indexed within 2 days.