Wednesday, June 13, 2007

So what is Google's Time Frame Anyway?


Many wonder how long it takes for Google to notice new content. Of course the time varies, but in our experiences, Google can access new content almost immediately, though it may take up to a week to become indexed and perhaps up to a month to be ranked.

The SEO game in general is a game of patience. Though I do know some teenagers that published a new blog and counted over 30,000 hits it the first week. Wouldn't we all love results like that?

Often buried or hidden pages are not indexed or slow to be indexed. A lot of webmasters add keyword rich pages to boost content but hide them, so the potential effect is lost because Google ranks them low or doesn't really look at them if they are not well linked with the other site pages. If you have sub pages that are not being indexed by Google but you want them to be you can submit a site map, which may or may not help, but certainly will not hurt.
If you do not see the results you were expecting in about a month or month and a half you may want to reconsider your strategy.

No comments: