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Penny

8:19 pm on Jul 23, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Below a noob here.

Googlebot last successfully accessed my site may 2,
is this normal, i have not started links yet?

janharders

8:28 pm on Jul 23, 2008 (gmt 0)

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If you don't have any incoming links, google can take quite some time between visits, yes. Also, if your pages don't change alot, it's crawlers may increase time between visits.
Give it time, gather links and put more fresh content on your site. If it doesn't change after a few new links and a little time, check back here. And "a little time" really means: patience. Especially with small sites it can take some time before your changes become visible.

Penny

11:27 pm on Jul 23, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Thanks very much. I change my index page, 2-3 times a day. Am I waisting my time?

janharders

8:04 am on Jul 24, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Well, do you change them with substantial content, like news, so your visitors will be up to date or do you do it for google's sake only? I guess you can relax a little until your site has gained some weight.

My personal opinion is: when the site's up and you don't have more content to add, go work on something else. don't refresh the stats ever 2 hours to see what happened, that'll just disappoint you and you waste your day. and wasting your day is what flash games are for, not work ;)

ecmedia

1:25 pm on Jul 24, 2008 (gmt 0)

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<<I change my index page, 2-3 times a day. Am I waisting my time? >>

Most likely. I don't know what you are doing but you would be better off starting a blog and adding fresh new content daily. Even a 50-word relevant post daily will benefit you if you discuss the latest in your niche.