How long should it take to get a new site cached?

[judyo]

I'm waiting patiently for 2 of my newest sites to get cached by Google so I can start a reciprocal linking campaign. They're both about 3 weeks old. How long does this normally take?

[CTABUK]

Hi, your doing it the wrong way round, start your linking from day one. Directories don't worry about your PR they worry about theirs. Submit them to DMOZ, then forget about it. Do some cheap ppc on Mamma, Turbo 10, 7 Search, they may not get you ppc hits, but the SE's will find you, join several forums where thy let you post your URL and the the Google bots will find you.

[judyo]

I was thinking about all of that. My one website is pretty much finished (well, they're always a work in progress), but my newest one isn't quite ready to post to forums. However, I could start getting directory links on both of them right now which is exactly what I did with my first site. I got directory links before ever knowing about other types of reciprocal links.

Guess my problem this time around is knowing which directories are good ones & which are bad (using 302 redirects, etc.). I wish we could start a thread here about good directories to use.

Not quite ready to submit to DMOZ yet, although I realize it takes forever, if ever!

[CTABUK]

Hi www.pheedster.com/directories.php

That will get you started, and you will probably curse when you see the list!
Simple tip - Go to Google and type "Directories Non Reciprocal Links"
or "Real Estate Directories" or even better in the google toolbar box list your competitors sites as follows , lets say they are ww .Smithvilleproperties.com
type "Smithvilleproperties" No www or .com - when the results (links) come up add to your favourites and start submitting to the same ones that they use.

[ResaleBroker]

... I realize it takes forever, if ever!Keep in mind that this isn't always the case. I believe ours took approx. 60 days.

[CTABUK]

Keep in mind that this isn't always the case. I believe ours took approx. 60 days.
Hi Jeff, How's Aussie, Winters coming, you'd better get those fires lit - cheers David

[ResaleBroker]

Hi Jeff, How's Aussie, Winters coming, you'd better get those fires lit - cheers DavidYou might have me confused with someone else. I'm in, the ever warm, Arizona. :)

[CTABUK]

You might have me confused with someone else. I'm in, the ever warm, Arizona. :)
I knew I knew the name, another forum, another time, welcome from the UK

[Las Vegas Real Estate]

Keep in mind that this isn't always the case. I believe ours took approx. 60 days.
Doesn't it take 4, even 6 months sometimes?

[ResaleBroker]

Doesn't it take 4, even 6 months sometimes?It can take that long and sometimes even longer. DMOZ has it's issues plus many webmasters do not submit properly.

[MaxSinclair]

This is probably a dumb question for most of you. I don't quite understand the Google algorithm. I've been doing some back links through forums and such and within a couple of weeks I'm in page 1 of MSN. How come google is so much more complex?

[STVP]

Google needs time to get to know you bro,


STVP

p.s. you need to pass through the filter which doesn't exist in MSN

[MaxSinclair]

Thanks, STVP. I knew you'd have an answer! :D

[STVP]

did you every get a cup of coffee from Piazza fine coffees in mercantile village? I told you bro its the best.


STVP

[MaxSinclair]

Thanks for reminding me, Josh. I kept forgetting to walk over from my office. Will try this week for sure.

[STVP]

Cant wait to see the new site bro, I here it is looking good.

STVP

[MaxSinclair]

Yep! I can't wait either. But I haven't heard from Martin for over a week now. Wonder what he's up to. Hmmmmm!!! ;)

[STVP]

I talked to him today and you guys are going live asap , send him an email and he will fill you in,

STVP

[San Diego Real Estate]

STVP...when are you thinking the next Google update will be? ;)

[bmegowan]

It took Google 8 months to cache my new site when I switched from another template provider.

[bmegowan]

What's up with this? I submitted my site probably six months ago and it still is not listed. There is no reason it shouldn't qualify for submission.

[itgl72]

Hi

That will get you started, and you will probably curse when you see the list!
Simple tip - Go to Google and type "Directories Non Reciprocal Links"
or "Real Estate Directories" or even better in the google toolbar box list your competitors sites as follows , lets say they are ww .Smithvilleproperties.com
type "Smithvilleproperties" No www or .com - when the results (links) come up add to your favourites and start submitting to the same ones that they use.

Thats interesting, thanks for the tip.

BY THE WAY, how can we find out if its ok to link with these sites? I'm not too well versed on bad neighborhoods yet but i know its something to be aware of.

[vamoosevarmint]

I submitted to dmoz over a year ago, they have been going thru some changes and things have been slow. I submitted my site to Google and the other major two and msn took about a week, yahoo about a month, Google about 2 months before they started to index me. It does not hurt to have a sitemap for Google to help them to index faster.

[rclafton]

One of the quickest ways to get yourself listed in a rapid fashion is to perform link injection on as many sites as possible. BlueHatSEO.com has lots of information on this, but simply start by posting to Blogs, Forums and other dynamic sites that are already being activley indexed. The more times that Google sees your url and domain name, the higher on the index and crawl list you will get.

I created a site for Pughearts of Houston Pug Rescue and then posted on every conceivable related forum, blog and rss index site I could - we were indexed and in the first page of hits within 7 days. Type in pug rescue houston into google and it's there - we have only been running the organisation for about 2 months, but we get over 2000 hits a day already. Granted, not a real estate site - but the technique is the same.

Richard
rirocIMAGING.com

[Cedar City Utah Realtor]

My new site was indexed in 3 days. I just went out and built a bunch of links for the site as soon as it went live. That is all you really have to do anymore.

[rclafton]

My new site was indexed in 3 days. I just went out and built a bunch of links for the site as soon as it went live. That is all you really have to do anymore.

Exactly, and as soon as you have a site that is being crawled on a regular basis, you can embed links into that site to ensure a cascaded index to the new ones. Ideally you should inject links to 10 or so well indexed sites to ensure a rapid crawl. Then make sure you use the webmaster tools over at Google to create a site map and check your stats. You can monitor the keywords and phrases that are indexed and this gives you a good insight into what you need to add or change to get you higher on that list.

Also, another GREAT way to get indexed is to create a blog. A site with constantly changing content - but retaining the same links will be indexed more often.

Make sure you use the metatags to set the crawl rate to something like 5 days...(any less and you will be dropped down the list).

Also, when creating multiple pages, change the keywords and descriptions slightly on each page - if the crawler sees the same tags on every page this can also lower your ranking. It wants to see content!

The effort pays off in the end.

[Cedar City Utah Realtor]

The entire 50 page site was crawled and indexed with the first Crawl.

[rclafton]

The entire 50 page site was crawled and indexed with the first Crawl.

I have had a site crawled on the same it it went live, but it did not show up for 3-4 days... I have a couple of blogs not related to my business that get crawled on a regular basis and have aprox 300 regular visitors a week - these sites get trackbacks and links from (at last count over 2000 related sites) - and as such i can simply post a link to a new site I have created and Google then comes sniffing within 48 hours...

[builderscut.com]

I know I'm new to this so someone tell me what is DMOZ,mamma,turbo10,7 search..What are these?

[waynelong]

Links seem to be all it takes to get a site indexed. To get a good ranking is a different story. Lots of work and patience it seems. Wayne

[seosusan]

All you need is one important website linking to yours. That will at least put it in the system, then you have about a year of paying your Google dues.