Google Index Speed Opinions

[JSOC]

Hello Everyone,

Under normal circumstances, new posts to my site are indexed almost instantly by Google. I know this because an occasional search with quotation marks surrounding the 1st paragraph of text displays my newly published page. I use this tactic from time to time to ensure contributors aren't syndicating content.

My question is this: I've noticed over the last day or so that my newly published articles are not yet indexed. For example, an article that was published over 24 hours ago does not appear to be indexed yet. Is this cause for concern? Is there an average wait time for indexation? XML issue?

Thanks in advance for the help/insight.

[Danapollo]

Adding to what charles1 said, I have noticed that the 'old-fashioned' ping a blogpost/content to Google isn't really relevant anymore.

Instead, if people are viewing your content - and getting to it from different sources (Twitter, Google+, Facebook, etc.), then it's more likely to be indexed sooner. The sooner someone interacts with your content, the sooner it's indexed!

[charles1]

How many times Google crawls a website varies a lot; if your producing a lot of content then it can be daily. If you’re producing very little content it might be monthly.

I've found that my content gets crawled once i share it on Twitter, Google+ and Facebook.