SERPS for new website

[cybotron]

Hi,

I have just launched a new website and have quickly been indexed by having a PR5 backlink. The site has been indexed within 1 day of it going live. Please can anybody shed some light on how long it takes for the website to appear in the Google SERPS?

Thanks in advance.

[tedster]

Tracking the progress of a new website is like applying a new paint color to a room. It's exciting at first, and then you must watch it dry -- much patience is required.

Usually, within a few days of seeing the first pages indexed, you get what I call the honeymoon period if you've built the site well -- nice rankings, often better than you expected. I assume Google is measuring something in this trial period, and perhaps seeing if your site will take off very fast.

However, unless there's something about the site that stimulates an unusually high level of interest, those first honeymoon rankings go away in a week or so. Now it's time to watch the paint dry. If you keep the site "well ventilated" with new content that stimulates a growing backlink profile, the paint dries faster.

Then, over two or three months, rankings improve for real. It's sometimes faster than that, and good rankings are almost never as slow to appear as they were 12-18 months ago, in the depths of the "sandbox effect".

[crg28]

I had a similar experience. Site's been up for about 1.5 weeks. Every page in the site was indexed as soon as I had an inbound link with a PR5. Now I have an internal page that is ranked #4 for its two keywords combination search. I was definitely not expecting this....It is the only page ranked that high. If the main kw is used, then I go to page 2 results.

[new_seo]

tedster left nothing for others to post.:)
only one question to you,do you think that the sandbox effects still exist?

[minnapple]

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