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10 days ago I submitted several new pages on several sites. But Googlebot didn't visit any of them so far, and it continues to crawl already indexed pages from time to time.
Do my new pages still have a chance to appear in March listings? Seeing that Google will update in 2 days I don't have much hope :/
The imminent update will be based on crawls that have already been made.
You may want to read this thread: [webmasterworld.com...]
[edited by: troels_nybo_nielsen at 11:35 am (utc) on Mar. 6, 2003]
The safest way to get them indexed is by linking to them.
This way you might be able to get a freshtag on them.
Googlebot: Deepbot and Freshbot FAQ and Information [webmasterworld.com]
Google Updates and Everflux, the Monthly Mid-Cycle Changes [webmasterworld.com]
From what I understand, the deep crawler (which adds new pages) doesn't usually see a lot of activity this close to the update. Freshbot (which crawls pages already in the index), is still out there roaming around and is probably the one that crawled your other pages.
The deep crawler comes back strong soon after the update starts, so it will probably find your pages then, and they will show up on Google in a month or two.
Keep in mind as well that Google prefers to find new pages by following links rather than having them submitted.
The word for dealing with search engines is: patience.
I have consistently been visited on several sites by 216.239.**.** over the past several days (including this morning). Obviously, with just hours before the dance, Google must be using their 216 servers for FreshBot as well?
I assume this is deep crawl, since freshbot usually looks only at 10 or so pages - usually :}
I temporarily link new pages from my homepage which the freshbot visits regularly. You can title it something about new info on the site.
Not only does this get the fresh bot to the new pages fast it also gets visitors to check out new material. Plus you are updating your homepage more often and that keeps the fresh bot comming.
Anne
