How Long Should SEO Rankings Results take to be indexed by the Search Engines?

This question is one of the most commonly asked questions by our clients. We’re going to assume that your domain name has been around for at least a couple of years to answer this question.  That way the domain name, sandbox age issues won’t come into play.  Most search engines penalize you for being new and they want to see websites that have been around for a while in order to compete for the more sought after search terms.

If you have a website that is changed on a regular basis, two to five times per week then odds are that the search engine bots are crawling your website on a regular basis due to your website having fresh content. Fresh content is good food for the search engines. If you fall into this category then you will notice your changes are indexed in a matter of hours or days.

For website changes that are less frequent then you may only see the search engine bots on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis. If you’re not happy with that time frame then you should consider keeping your site fresher by making updates regularly.