How long does it take for Webmaster Tools to index a site?
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I submitted my client's site about a week ago. It had 138 links, it's still at 43 links. Should it be taking that long to index?
Thanks!
Luciana
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When you say 138 links I'm going to assume your site has 138 pages and only 43 pages are being indexed. If not, let me know.
Have you submitted an XML sitemap with all 138 pages? If you have and still only 43 are being indexed, I'd take a look at the quality of your pages. If you have several pages that have similar or duplicate content, Google may decide to index only one. Also, make sure all 138 pages are easy to navigate to from either the nav bar or an HTML sitemap (or both).
If all else fails, try the Fetch as Google tool within Search Console to submit your non indexed pages and then click submit to index. I usually find this rarely does anything, but it's worth a shot.
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Hello Luciana,
The frequency at which your website gets indexed is based on several factors; whether the website is crawlable, the site structure (how many page links), how often you update the website and the popularity of the website. Your website could be indexed every 4 days to every 4 weeks. In my meta tags I request my website to be crawled every 30 days. I use this tag in my Head; <meta name="revisit-after" content="1 month">. Doesn't actually mean Google is going to crawl my website. It is just a recommendation based on the assumption that my website has data that is updated every month. If Google Bot comes to my website for a few months and notices no changes, it will begin to crawl my website less frequently.
Here is a link to a blog article by Kissmetric that gives you some tips on how to entice Google Bot into crawling your website. Great read and I recommend following the advice inside. I hope you find this helpful.
B/R
Will H.
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