Google backlinks

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by rbay, Aug 25, 2004.

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    How long does it take before an incoming link shows up on Google's backlinks? I've had an incoming link for over 3 weeks already and its still not showing up. :confused:
     
    rbay, Aug 25, 2004 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Can be 4-8 weeks in some cases.
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 25, 2004 IP
  3. Will.Spencer

    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    Worst Case Scenario:

    Link comes from low-PR page, which gets crawled monthly.

    Day -1: Googlebot visits the linking page.
    Day 0: The link is added to the page.
    Day 29: The data dump from the Googlebot database is sent to the Google database which calculates PR and backlinks. Of course, Googlebot hasn't seen your link yet, so you miss this update.
    Day 30: Googlebot visits the page again and sees the link.
    Day 59: The data dump from the Googlebot database is sent to the Google database which calculates PR and backlinks.
    Day 73: The PR/Backlink update happens, but the algorithm which shows the backlinks for a site randomly decides not to display this link.
     
    Will.Spencer, Aug 25, 2004 IP