Getting a new site listed on Google

[lloyd]

How long does it take for Google to crawl pages on a new static site and for the pages to show up?

Is there a holding area (url) that indicates what Google is going or not going to list?

Thanks

[isitreal]

3-5 days from my experience, assuming you linked to the new site from another site that is currently listed in google so google had a way to find it. Your results may vary, easy to check by copy and pasting in a few sentences from new site into google with "sentence" [include quotes], when your new site comes up it's indexed.

[lloyd]

Hi Isitreal

Thanks for the reply.

I currently have no other sites linked to my site. In your experience, how long does it take to get pages indexed on Google if this is the case.

Many thanks

[isitreal]

there is no better way to get listed than by getting a link to your site, it doesn't matter what site links to you as long as that site is indexed by google.

Many years ago I tried getting listed by submitting, it never happened until I got a link up to my site. So my experience is useless, my guess though would be 2 months after submitting, if then.

Site submission is a waste of time, although it doesn't hurt to do it.

Just find someone with a google indexed site and have them link to you, it doesn't matter what page, how many pages, or anything else, as long as there is a link to you. search engines work off of links, it's how they spider the web.

[karmov]

Ya, I second isitreal's comments. My experience has been that having a site that's crawled often link to your new site works quickly. That being said, I've never done a user submit to G. I've never really felt the need though since G crawls sites that I link to quick enough for my needs.