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google indexing speed changed dramatically this month

Started 11 Oct 2026 · 09:18 · 5 replies · 356 views

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old_growth_seo

Senior Member

11 Oct 2026 · 09:18#1

In 2014 you could publish a page and it would be indexed within hours. Now I'm seeing new pages take weeks to show up.

Even my established sites are taking 7-10 days for indexing. The speed has definitely slowed down.

Anyone else seeing this, or is it just my sites getting hit?

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grindstone

Senior Member

11 Oct 2026 · 09:35↑ replying to #1#2

indexing takes longer now

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Marta_K

Member

11 Oct 2026 · 09:52↑ replying to #1#3

Seeing the same thing. Used to submit to Search Console and pages would appear in 24-48 hours. Now it's 5-7 days minimum.

The pattern is: quality content still indexes reasonably fast, but thin content sits in the queue forever.

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byte_broker

Member

11 Oct 2026 · 10:08↑ replying to #1#4

Depends what you're running, but Google is clearly prioritizing crawling resources for domains that demonstrate consistent quality signals.

The old model was 'crawl everything fast'. The new model is 'crawl what earns it'.

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Ravenstack

Senior Member

11 Oct 2026 · 10:25↑ replying to #1#5

What's your publishing frequency?

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old_growth_seo

Senior Member

11 Oct 2026 · 10:42↑ replying to #5#6

About 3 posts per week per site. That hasn't changed in years.

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