Instant Yahoo indexing

Once indexed, how long before a site starts ranking?

[Hemeno]

It seems like all of my pages are added to the Yahoo index within a couple of days or usually in the same day... (much better than Google)

But, my question is this:

Since my pages are being indexed so often, when should I expect the changes to reflect in the searches for my target keywords?

Is it random like Google or more dynamic?

[alphacooler]

Not long. A week or so.

[jd01]

Since my pages are being indexed so often, when should I expect the changes to reflect in the searches for my target keywords?

I think this depends in some degree to the size of your site also... Mine take anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks, but the site I am referring to is also over 15K pages, so if I add another more relevant page, I have to wait for Y! to notice that the page is more relevant than any page that may currently be ranking.

I normally notice the less relevant page drop from the SERPs about a week before the new page replaces it, which holds with the 1 week stated above, but sometimes it takes time for my internal pages to get sorted out before things get to this point.

Justin

[edd1]

Yahoo has only indexed one of our pages. Google and eventually MSN hundreds. I'm gradually hearing more and more people reporting the same thing.

[Marcia]

The only one page indexed is a new site, right? I'm seeing the same thing with two new ones. New pages on an existing site are a different story, those get picked up right away and can rank quickly.

Hemeno, are you talking about new pages on a brand new site or a site that's already been in Yahoo for a while?

[Hemeno]

These are new pages on an existing site. The site has been active for about 4 years, but I haven't added any new pages for at least 3. Now that I have restarted the project, all of the pages are indexed in yahoo in a matter of days.

Google on the other hand....only the main page has been indexed.

Btw, I think it is safe to say that search engines will search an entire directory for html and php files; even if the files aren't linked anywhere. I guess I need to be careful with testing pages. (This is probably common knowledge to most of you)

[Dayo_UK]

I am amazed how quickly Yahoo picks up and indexes pages on an existing site.

Best SE out there at the moment (IMO)

[Marcia]

Yahoo's very quick on new pages if it's an existing site. MSN indexes and ranks new sites in less than a month - but with Yahoo it's only been the index page indexed on new ones after over a month. If I weren't reading about others experiencing the same thing I'd suspect that there's a problem with the IP or the host they're on.

Once Yahoo gets going, they're right up to the minute on it, though rankings don't necessarily happen for a bit on the new pages.