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When you update information on your site it does not automatically update instantly in Google’s index. Rather, Google’s index is updated approximately once a month after the Google robots have crawled more than 8 billion web pages.

This process is totally automated, so updated or outdated link submissions are not necessary. Changes to your site’s content will be noted by the next crawl. Due to the volume of sites in the index, it is not possible to manually update pages on an individual basis.

Excerpt taken from Google Webmaster Info

How long before I am listed on Google?

First, submit your site to Google here:

Submit your URL to Google

It can take many weeks for Google to index your site.

In the meantime, check that your index page is well optimised for the search engines. Pay special attention to your index page TITLE and DESCRIPTION meta tags.

Take a look at the following page for hints and advice concerning your meta tags.

SEO Help pages

We have some general advice on site optimisation at our Optimisation Tips area:

Site Optimisation tips

Please follow the link below to view Google’s SEO starter guide:

SEO Starter guide

Even with the best optimisation, it is very much hit+miss. The Google ranking algorithm changes very frequently and so any high ranking achieved may only be temporary before the algorithm gives another site a chance at the top.

We wish you the best of luck with your site optimisation.

SEO For Beginners

Everyone wants to maximise their search engine positioning in the SERPS, but, where do you start on SEO? There is an endless amount of information on SEO so let us help you.

Based on the enquiries we regularly receive from our customers, we have compiled 10 SEO beginner videos to get you started.

Whether you are an absolute beginner or more advanced looking to revise the basics, the following 10 videos will definitely assist your SEO efforts:

    1. What is Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)?
    2. How Search Engines Work
    3. SEO Myths Explained
    4. 5 Steps to improve your SEO
    5. How to get your site listed in a few days
    6. How to get free web submissions
    7. How to boost your SERPS rankings
    8. What is Google PageRank?
    9. The importance of keywords
    10. 5 free ways to get SEO traffic

We hope you enjoy these videos and if our objectives are correct, your appetite will be whetted (is that a word?) to move on to more advanced levels in time. World domination is within your grasp!

How to get listed in Google

It is quite amazing how often this question comes up.. So, to address a very very common question here is the simple answer…

Get some backlinks! Even one link is enough for Google to find your site and begin indexing, don’t hold your breath though, Google will take weeks to index and list your site.

You can get some very easy backlinks for free by doing some Directory Submissions, allow 5 minutes of your time for each submission. Remember, you only need to do this once so grab a coffee and get started.

Here’s a handy tip, want to give Google a nudge?

Submit your site directly to Google here:

For Google UK: http://www.google.co.uk/addurl

For Google.com: http://www.google.com/addurl

Check to see if your site is indexed by Google by doing a search as such:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site:mydomain.co.uk

Obviously replace “mydomain.co.uk” with your domain name! If the result says “Your search did not match any documents” then your site is not yet indexed. When your site is indexed, you will see which pages – and how they look in Google search results.