So i started a site, got a few pages, wrote one article, and then left it alone for 5 months. What is the best way to get the site back rolling in google favor. I use to be ranked for a few keywords. what will it take to get that back.
Create more quality content and build links on it Target your past keywords and promote it well through different SEO techniques.
build a few links with the keywords you ranked well for. IMPORTANT: add new content so google crawls your pages.
will google put my site back on the keywords as soon as it sees new content or will it take a few months?
Add new content, obtain as many backlinks as possible and Google will find you. Which keywords you rank for will depend on the site's content. It could take a few days, it could be a few weeks, all depends on those backlinks. Log-on to Google Webmaster Tools, and submit a site map. That should help speed things up. Once you've added the new content, keep it fresh and Google will keep revisiting. Jon
If you ranked previously, you should be able to get rankings back fairly easily. Unfortunately a website that is less than a year old might have to fight it's way out of the 'Google Sandbox'. Just work at regularly adding new unique content and work at regularly building more backlinks.