WordPress post indexation speed

[edwardlewis]

Has anyone noticed any increases in the length of time it takes for WP posts to get indexed by Google?

I have a website with the following:

domain.com - CMS with lots of pages/content

blog.domain.com - subdomain for the blog using WP

It's odd.. the pages on the main site are indexed almost immediately. The posts on the blog are taking between 2-5 days.

The blog posts are all unique content, here's an example of a recent one:

blog.looksfishy.co.uk/2013/three-rivers-angling/

[PaulRonin]

Hey Edward, at first glance I don't see anything extremely out of place in your WordPress implementation.  However I did notice that you have a sitemap on your main site, but not on on the blog.  I've found my new pages always get indexed faster when using a sitemap that is submitted to Webmaster tools.  Possibly the addition of a sitemap to the blog would help.

[ske11]

Hi Edward

I have not noticed any slow down in the speed of Google indexing Wordpress sites, the point from Paul about adding a blog sitemap is a good one, also ensure you submit it to webmaster tools.

I do not know if it will speed up the indexation times but it would not hurt to have the author attribution connected to a Google + account, it is another signal that the content is important to the blogger.

I hope this helps

Sean

[edwardlewis]

The sitemaps are listed in the robots.txt file: blog.looksfishy.co.uk/robots.txt

They are also submitted to GWT. When I add a new post, the urls show up as being submitted but they dont get indexed

[edwardlewis]

The author tag should already be in there. It shows up when you use the tester tool: http://sht.tl/xGAw

[PaulRonin]

Excellent, glad you have a sitemap.  Sorry I didn't look at the robots.txt for the sitemap to begin with.

So in looking at your sitemap I can't help but pay attention to your post frequency/or lack there of.  In addition to the newness of the URL, just over three months.

I always feel that post frequency plays a major role in how quickly your site is indexed, so if your updating the blog every 2-3 days you can expect a quicker indexation time.  Especially if you do this for a long period of time.

In your case I see some pretty long times in between posts.  They average out to about 12 days between posts.  Even though recently you've posted more frequently, you haven't really set a precedent to warrant Google coming back every two to three days.

I realize that dedicating resources to write content can be tough, but if you want faster indexation I have to recommend that you increase the post frequency.

Hope That Helps!