I started my site in the middle of March, got it indexed a couple weeks later, then about the beginning of April there were 9 pages indexed. A couple days ago I submitted a site map, now 8 pages are indexed. It says the sitemap has been downloaded several times, so why are no more pages being indexed? Also I have in the past 2 or 3 days submitted my website to about 150 free directories w/out recip links. I have already been accepted from about 5-10 of them, but according to Google I still have no backlinks. How long does it take to get them? I am getting about 150 pageviews per day, with 10-15 visitors coming from Google search, so I know that the indexed pages are doing well. Most of the other visitors are coming from Google Video, where I have 22 videos so far. In the videos, Google lets you give a link to your website, and I have done that for each one. Do those count as backlinks too? Thanks in advance
Google only ever displays a few of your backlinks. Don't pay any attention to their backlinks results -- use MSN or Yahoo Search. Sometimes it takes awhile for the SE's to index your whole site. ~Adam
I'd suggest using Google Sitemaps to let Google know about all of your content. Also, each search engine seems to run differently in terms of how long it takes backlinks to "count" towards your ranking.