Time taken for inclusion in index
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After a page is crawled, how much time does it take to be included in Google's index ? Immediately ? after few days ?
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I recall seeing a question you asked about Google + a day or so ago, but I did not know the answer to it. Sorry.
I would suggest you at least provide a link to the question otherwise no one will find it.
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Thanks again for a very detailed clarification. I wish someone answers my question about Google plus button too.
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There is not any published standard on how frequently Google will discover new content on your site. There are too many factors ranging from your DA (which is not actually a Google metric), how deep the page is in your site, how well linked the page is both internally and externally, etc.
It could be that Google was planning to visit your site, you post an article, and they find it right away. It could also happen then Google just left your site, you post an article and they may not find it for a week or more.
The normal rules of SEO apply. If your article is important then either add a snippet to your landing page or at least link directly to it from your landing page. Work immediately to earn links to the article, tweet it, etc. Send Google an updated sitemap with a link to the article. All of these activities can indicate to Google your content is important and should be indexed.
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I missed the last point. That's what i would like to know. I mean for a normal website, there must be some time delay in crawling and indexing. Not every site has a DA of 87 !
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I find it strange that one of my question about Google plus button is unanswered. I hope someone answers it.
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Thanks Ryan for your quick response.
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Thanks Ryan for your quick response.
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When Google crawls a page it is immediately added to the index, assuming they decide to index the page.
Want proof? When I look at this Q&A I see "Posted by Atul Sharma about 1 hour ago". When I search Google for this Q&A title I find this result.
Keep in mind SEOmoz has a DA of 87 which is why Google crawls this site so frequently.
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