i would like to know to. i just uploaded a sitemap again but it says there's 74 pages in the sitemap but only 1 indexed page. How come?
Yea it could take a month or so depending. Or I should just say "whenever Google feels like it". That probably captures the attitude a bit better
Yes i agree it totally depends on Google. For my site www.cookfoodrecipes.com it got activated in 2-3 days. But you really got to be specific with your submission.
My experience is, if I put up a few links on ranked sites I have, include a robots.txt, and do a little PR before submitting a sitemap, about 2-4 hours before initial index and a few days before complete index (~10 pages). Hope this helps, Jon
There's a difference between getting crawled and getting indexed. A sitemap submitted via Google webmaster central helps increase discoverability chances of your website, but it does NOT guarantee you of inclusion in Google's index. Indexing depends to a great extent on *the quality and quantity of backlinks to your domain and ** Presence of unique content. If you have a backlinks from P6+ sites you can get indexed in less than 2-3 days. On other side of spectrum, if you have no external backlinks it can take even up to 3-4 weeks to get indexed. ~Virtual SEM
If it is important to get your site crawled quicker, and you have the money, you can pay for a forced crawl.