How Long Will It Take for My New Website to Rank on Google? Unpacking the Timeline

The launch of a new website is an exhilarating moment. You’ve poured hours into design, content, and strategy, but now comes the big question: “When will my site start ranking on Google?” It’s like waiting for a seed to sprout, knowing you’ve planted it in fertile soil. This blog aims to shed light on this timeline and the processes behind it, especially highlighting a crucial step we take care of right from the start – submitting your site to Google Search Console for indexing.

The Role of Google Search Console in Your Website’s Journey

Google Search Console is your backstage pass to understanding how Google views your website. It’s not just about troubleshooting; it’s about strategy. That’s why, as part of our commitment to setting your site up for success, we ensure it’s submitted to Google Search Console from the get-go during our Soft Launch process. This means your site gets on Google’s radar faster, and the indexing – the process of Google understanding and storing your site information – begins sooner rather than later.

Factors Influencing Your Website’s Time to Rank

Several factors play into how quickly your site can climb the ranks of Google’s search results:

Quality Content

Google’s aim is to provide users with the most relevant, high-quality content. Ensuring your site is rich with valuable, well-crafted content is step one. We make sure all the content and copy on our sites is built with this in mind prior to going live.

SEO Best Practices

From keyword optimization to meta descriptions, following SEO best practices is crucial in signaling to Google what your site is about and why it should rank well. During our soft launch process, and prior to submitting to Google Search Console, we go through all of the core pages to a site and make sure to setup the meta titles and descriptions for Google to accurately pull the information in for the brand, product, or services being highlighted.

User Experience

Google loves sites that users love. This means fast loading times, mobile optimization, and intuitive navigation are key. With our responsive designs, we know Google already loves them, and that will help get your site up that much sooner.

Backlinks

When reputable sites link back to yours, it’s a vote of confidence in your content’s quality, nudging your site up in rankings. Making sure your site is on all social media profiles, your Google My Business listing, local chamber of commerce’s, and any other kind of citation help significantly.

Speaking of Google My Business, don’t forget to read our article going over how beneficial it is to have a profile. Make sure it is active and up to date!

Average Timeline Expectations

Patience is a virtue in the SEO world. Typically, new websites can start seeing their ranking improve within 3 to 6 months, but this varies widely depending on the industry, competition, and the factors mentioned above. Through our experience, we’ve seen proactive strategies, like the early submission to Google Search Console, shave valuable time off this waiting period.

How will I know when my site is ranking?

The best way to do so is to keep an eye on the Google Search Console data. That will immediately start telling you days your site begins getting impressions on Google.

Another little trick is that you can search “site:yourdomainname.com” and actually see what pages are being crawled. This is a nice way to see how it may also be appearing with your meta information.

Accelerating Your Website’s Ranking Journey

While we can’t rush Google, we can certainly make your site as appealing as possible to speed up the process:

Consistent Content Creation

Keep your site dynamic and interesting by regularly adding fresh, relevant content. Have our team handle it for you! We have the Content Booster upgrade for our packages where we schedule two unique pieces of content to post on your site every month. This is a really great way to help build that organic SEO as a focus.

Engagement and Social Sharing

Encourage interaction with your content and sharing on social media to increase your site’s visibility and backlink profile. Every backlink helps, even if it’s just a little!

Monitoring and Adjusting

Utilize tools like Google Analytics in tandem with Google Search Console to keep an eye on your site’s performance and tweak your strategy as needed. We use both on all of our sites, so just ask for access and our team can provide it to you, and go over the data anytime.

We’ve Got Your Site Covered

Ranking on Google is a journey, one that we’re here to guide you through from the very first step of indexing. By understanding what influences your site’s ranking and following through with a strategic, proactive approach, you’ll see your site grow from a new seedling into a towering presence in the Google search forest. Reach out to our team if you are interested in a new site, or even if you are already a client and may be interested in our Content Booster to help build that Organic SEO over time!