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    How long does it take Google to index new title tags and meta descriptions?

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    • HiddenPeak
      HiddenPeak last edited by

      Thanks everyone, for the feedback and reassurance that I am on the right track. This is a client's site and he is not quite ready/convinced to dive into social media. At this point, we are taking it step-by-step. That said, I do have some local link-building and content creation plans in the works that are just not quite there yet.

      J.P. - Thanks for the suggestion! It's good to know that this will impact the indexing. I will work on this with the client, just believe it might take some time.

      Irving - Thanks. I resubmitted the sitemap, but have not requested the re-crawl. I will do that.

      Owen - Okay... good to know it still may take some time. And yes, it desperately needs links... working on that.

      Again, thanks to all of you for your input!

      Best,

      Erin

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      • irvingw
        irvingw last edited by

        good luck! feel free to thumbs up anyone who helps out 😉

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        • NiallSmith
          NiallSmith last edited by

          Erin, again I'd try the Google+ technique. If you decide to try this, please tell me how long it takes to get indexed between the time posted and the time you see it within the indices. I'd be interested to see whether or not my theory is correct.

          Back when Google+ was getting started, someone shared a little Google+ SEO tip with me and said that if you post a link through Google+, it should show up within their search results almost instantly.

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          • HiddenPeak
            HiddenPeak @NiallSmith last edited by

            J.P. -

            Thanks... do you mean if any link is posted through a company G+ account, it should update the results?

            That reminds me, I have a quick questions about personal G+ accounts. Is there any advantage to using a root domain email address associated with the G+ account or can any email address be used, as long as there are associated links within the profile?

            Thanks,

            Erin

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            • ORob
              ORob @NiallSmith last edited by

              JP Rand mentioned this trick in a presentation I saw recently. I got the impression it was best suited for new pages - not necessarily to update pages that have been indexed in the past. Any insight on that?

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              • NiallSmith
                NiallSmith @ORob last edited by

                Owen,

                OK, I was trying not to let the 'cat out of the bag' for those of us who did pay to see one of these presentations recently, lol.

                I don't know how this will work for pages that have already been updated, but I'd assume it works the same as 'new content' because, to the best of my knowledge, it's not updating Google search indices when you add the link via Google+, but instead pinging Google and notifying them that there's new content on your site.

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                • NiallSmith
                  NiallSmith @HiddenPeak last edited by

                  I don't really know about the email addresses, I would venture to guess (like anything else) the more simple and straight-forward it is, the better it'll be for Google.

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                  • HiddenPeak
                    HiddenPeak @HiddenPeak last edited by

                    Makes sense.

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                    • ORob
                      ORob @ORob last edited by

                      Ah yes, I know the "Choose Tall Women" deck is out there for free, but I can't remember if he had that tidbit in the actual deck content.

                      What you are saying sounds logical - would love to see it in practice and know if it works!

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                      • webestate
                        webestate @NiallSmith last edited by

                        Hi J.P.

                        I just updated some title tags as well.  I just posted the page link to my google + profile.  I will let you know how quickly google updates them in the serps.

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