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  • Sam09schulz
    Sam09schulz last edited by Jul 12, 2020, 12:24 PM

    lately i have been thinking , when a  crawler visits an already visited site  or indexed site, whats the duration of its scanning?

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    • Moodesburn1991
      Moodesburn1991 last edited by Oct 11, 2023, 8:42 PM

      The time it takes for Google to crawl a site can vary depending on several factors. Google uses sophisticated algorithms to determine how frequently to crawl a site and how much of the site's content to crawl. Generally, smaller and less frequently updated sites might be crawled more quickly, while larger and more frequently updated sites might take longer.

      Additionally, factors like the site's server speed, the number of pages, the complexity of the site's structure, and the server's response time can all impact how quickly Google crawls a site. Google also prioritizes sites based on various factors like the site's authority, relevance, and user demand.

      While there is no fixed time frame for Google to crawl a single site, it typically aims to keep its index up to date and ensure that the most relevant content is available to users. If you have concerns about the crawl rate of your site, you can try optimizing your site's structure, improving server speed, and generating fresh and relevant content to potentially encourage more frequent crawling.

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      • satish5881
        satish5881 last edited by Oct 11, 2023, 6:40 AM

        best use indexing plugin for WordPress
        when i tried to update my site Punarjan Ayurveda it shows already indexed

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        • edwardgeek
          edwardgeek last edited by May 17, 2023, 11:43 AM

          Recently I am experiencing a lot of deindexing and indexing randomly, what could be the reason and solution?

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          • quynhca
            Duc Quynh last edited by May 15, 2021, 3:27 PM

            For faster indexing, the following conditions must be met:

            • The content is thick enough for the google bot to understand the website
            • Make sure the onpage optimization is good enough for the google bot to go through the pages according to the anchor text
            • Website needs to have trust and be identified on google.
              When the website was ranked as high as the top 3 of the big keywords, within 2 hours the content was indexed.
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            • Vanderlindemedia
              Vanderlindemedia @olaseo last edited by Jul 13, 2020, 5:44 AM Jul 13, 2020, 5:44 AM

              You could do "site:yoururl.com" in google search to see what's indexed in Google.

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              • Vanderlindemedia
                Vanderlindemedia @Sam09schulz last edited by Jul 13, 2020, 5:44 AM Jul 13, 2020, 5:44 AM

                Update frequency, i.e how many times your updating, and value of the website for google.  Ive seen my own website being crawled daily at some point.

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                • olaseo
                  olaseo last edited by Jul 13, 2020, 3:41 AM Jul 13, 2020, 3:41 AM

                  I have same issue too. I have built couple of back links and still waiting for the index

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                  • Sam09schulz
                    Sam09schulz @Vanderlindemedia last edited by Jul 12, 2020, 4:41 PM Jul 12, 2020, 4:41 PM

                    and how would i know that there are some sites which are indexed more often. any factors?

                    actually i want my editorial backlinks to get indexed. those links are just not indexed and its been 6 months, ichecked in google search and search console.

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                    • Vanderlindemedia
                      Vanderlindemedia @Sam09schulz last edited by Jul 12, 2020, 4:14 PM Jul 12, 2020, 4:14 PM

                      It just indexes your pages. That could be done in less then a minute if it wanted. If you have everything structured with for example an up to date sitemap, no 404's or anything then your good to go really. Crawl speed is a factor on how much time it spends on the website. Crawl speed is mandatory when google is requesting alot of pages at the same time that could slow it down, or be triggered by a firewall for having too much connections at the same time.

                      Really these things are usually something from the past. If you want a quick index throw in a link on social media for example or get a quality link from some other place that's indexed more often.

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                      • Sam09schulz
                        Sam09schulz @Joseph-Green-SEO last edited by Jul 12, 2020, 4:12 PM Jul 12, 2020, 4:12 PM

                        No you got me wrong my question was when crawler visit the website how much time does it spends there , like one hour two hours

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                        • Sam09schulz
                          Sam09schulz @Vanderlindemedia last edited by Jul 12, 2020, 4:12 PM Jul 12, 2020, 4:12 PM

                          No you got me wrong my question was when crawler visit the website how much time does it spends there , like one hour two hours

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                          • Vanderlindemedia
                            Vanderlindemedia last edited by Jul 12, 2020, 3:05 PM Jul 12, 2020, 3:05 PM

                            If you update your website 'frequently' the crawler will be more there, if you dont update your website frequently the crawler will slowly back down. Ive had a client's website not updated in perhaps 2 years. We installed a complete new website with new content and it took months for it to be completely re-indexed.

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                            • Joseph-Green-SEO
                              Joseph-Green-SEO Subscriber last edited by Jul 12, 2020, 1:01 PM Jul 12, 2020, 1:01 PM

                              My Friend, It is different with each website and its different every day.

                              You can see it in 2 ways.

                              1. By setting up and checking your server logs.

                              2. Google is showing you  how many pages they crawled each day and how long it took them  in the Crawl Stats chart in Search Consol (Legacy tools)

                              I wish you all the best!

                              Joseph Green

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