How long does it take to get indexed by Google?

The Google Sitemaps Program is by no means a free ticket to Google's search index. It helps Google to discover new resources, and it leads Google's crawlers to updates faster than ever before, but it does not guarantee crawling or indexing. If Google refuses to crawl and/or index a Web page during the regular crawling process, a sitemap submission will not change this fully automated decision.

A new Web site is considered unpopular, because it lacks link popularity. That is if no other page on the Web donates a link to a new page, Google usually will not index it. Many (not all!) new sites will not be placed on the SERPs [Search Engine Result Page] during a probation period, which can last 6 months, a year, or even longer. This probation period is also known as sandbox, the only escape is reputation. A Web site can gain reputation, when it receives well formed natural links from trusted resources.

During the probation period, a Webmaster should publish fresh and unique content all day long, and acquire valuable links. Reasonable linkage and unique content provided, updated pages can make it in the index within a few hours, and new pages get indexed within two days at the latest.

- A friend asked about this, so I Googled around. Vaguely heard of such a probation period before, this article sort of confirms that. For the record, it took about 5-6 months before this domain got indexed by the Googlebot. Visitors stream in every now and then based on Google search results. Interestingly, it seems that recently, the number of users coming in via Yahoo searches seemed to have picked up quite a bit as well.

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