Sitelink Removal Timeframe

[Chris_CM]

Hi Everyone,

Has anyone had experience using the sitelinks demotion tool within GWT after a site redesign?  How long does it take for the demotion to go into effect?

We just went live with a new version of a site for one of our clients, and the generated sitelinks are no longer valid.  I have demoted the urls associated with the old sitelinks, and it's been over a week with no change.  Does anyone have experience in a similar situation?

Also, for anyone looking for a time frame on changes to a meta description, after resubmitting an updated sitemap, it took 2 days for Google to display an updated meta description.

Please advise,

Chris Wilson

[JMacSupply]

I think the time frame will be different for every site - I believe mostly dependent on how often google crawls your site.  The more authority you have (and the faster google crawls), the quicker they will update.

[david.smith.segarra]

Hey Chris,

It took nearly three weeks for mine to update, so don't worry if it takes a little longer then you expected.

Dave

[Chris_CM]

Thanks for providing a time frame David, was that using the demotion tool or just naturally?