Is this the "Google Dance"?

[CsmBill]

We just did a site redesign, and removed the noindex, etc. about 10 days ago. Over the last 24 hours, I've gotten some of my top keywords on the first page, but now they are gone, a few hours later. I assume this is typical?

[jesse-landry]

Yup! Totally typical.

[CsmBill]

Thanks Jesse. I need to take back some high fives.

[jesse-landry]

The good news is that when you get to dish out those high fives once again it will be all-the-sweeter.

Good luck! Build some quality relevant links and keep at it!! The tools here at Moz will definitely help you along the way.

Also keep an eye on things. Your SERPs are bound to dance for a few weeks before settling (somewhat).

[CsmBill]

The good news is that a lot of our rankings have stabilized somewhat, and we are doing better than expected. We need to build more content and backlinks, but we have a decent foundation.

When can you feel relatively (in SEO safe is extremely relative) safe that your rankings have settled? Any indications?