Sitelink Removal Timeframe
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Hi Everyone,
Has anyone had experience using the sitelinks demotion tool within GWT after a site redesign? How long does it take for the demotion to go into effect?
We just went live with a new version of a site for one of our clients, and the generated sitelinks are no longer valid. I have demoted the urls associated with the old sitelinks, and it's been over a week with no change. Does anyone have experience in a similar situation?
Also, for anyone looking for a time frame on changes to a meta description, after resubmitting an updated sitemap, it took 2 days for Google to display an updated meta description.
Please advise,
Chris Wilson
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Thanks for providing a time frame David, was that using the demotion tool or just naturally?
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Hey Chris,
It took nearly three weeks for mine to update, so don't worry if it takes a little longer then you expected.
Dave
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I think the time frame will be different for every site - I believe mostly dependent on how often google crawls your site. The more authority you have (and the faster google crawls), the quicker they will update.
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