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How long does it take to have your site in Google's index?

How long will it take for google to index my site.?

  • my website is http://www.jettesshop.mybigcommerce.com/ and i just wanna find out how long it will take for google to index it. if there is any problem with the site please let me know.

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    This question is asked A LOT on Google forums... There is No set time in for Google to initially index your site - the time taken can vary. The time it does take may vary based upon factors such as; * Popularity of the site (Whether it has any links to it) * Whether the content is Crawl-able (Server Responses and Content type) * Site structure (how pages interlink) It is possible for a site to be crawled/indexed within 4 days to 4 weeks. In some cases, it may take longer. ## Things to do to check/ensure that things are "optimal" for crawling/indexing ## * Check Server responses Pages should return 200/OK responses. Use tools like http://oyoy.eu/page/headers/ to check the response. * Have actual "content" This means having content that bots/spiders can "see" and understand (text!). If you are using purely Images, solely Flash or loading content up via JavaScript - then you are likely to encounter problems. Remember - bots like to "read" - so ensure that you have "text" for them to read! * Use "normal" links Normal links are things such as <a href="some_URL" title="optional"> Some Link Text </a> Using JavaScript based events (no href value, instead using on.click or using select list elements with on.click functions etc.) may result in the bots not following! * Submit the site NO - Verification is NOT the same as Submitting. To submit your site - use the URL Submittal tool http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl * Be discovered If at all possible, have a few links to the site from other sites. These links should be from related/topical/relevant sites. These links should be from quality/trusted/popular/reliable sites. Links do seem to help - but do NOT go overboard - it only needs 1 link that is "normal" (can be seen/followed by bots). * Verify your site Sign up for a Google Webmaster Tools account. This does NOT mean the same as Submitting your URL! This MAY NOT improve the chances of getting crawled/indexed. This can help in discovering/locating/understanding problems as/when/if they occur. * Provide a Sitemap This is completely Optional! Sitemaps do NOT guarantee getting Crawled/Indexed. Sitemaps MAY NOT increase your chances of getting crawled/indexed, nor improve the speed/rate. ## Common Problems/Causes for initial Crawling/Indexing ## * Poor Server responses... - The server sending Bad Responses (404/410/500 etc.), - The server being Slow/Timing out (taking ages to acknowledge/reply to the server request), - Having Excessive Redirect Strings (Redirect from URL A to B, to C, to D etc.), - Using non-standard Redirects (JavaScript etc.), ...may result in the initial crawl getting stuffed. * DomainNameServer responses... ...that fail to resolve or that have major issues can cause problems. * Really shoddy code/markup... ...such as seriously malformed <head></head> sections etc. can cause problems. * robots.txt ... - being malformed, - being incorrectly setup, - not returning a proper response code, ...can cause crawling issues * robots meta ... ...people may have unwittingly blocked bots, included multiple/additional robots tags and unknowingly be denying bots to ability index/follow pages.

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