i had one post indexed in 1 minute and 23 seconds. While i know you can influence the speed of indexing, i guess in this case it is poor luck. I was not able to replicate my performance again, and i would bet that you are not able to replicate yours as well.
I was using a new technique for making mr googlebot visit my site faster, and i was tracking the time in order to see its efficiency. When i saw that in less than 2 minutes i was indexed i thought that i found the magic seo secret. However, i applied the same technique to another post, and another post, and another post, and i was not able to obtain such a good value again. Poor luck on my side i guess.
Doesnt wordpress ping sites like technorati? Could be as services alerted google of your post. Perhaps googlebot was passing your site at the time, he took a ride on the new train?
Solicitations & Announcements Link Sales I'm not sure if technorati is in my ping list, I posted it a few post back tho, I'm sure it is.
The fastest I've heard was 16 minutes. It's on kuya Abe Olandre's Yugatech. http://www.yugatech.com/blog/gooooogle/google-indexed-in-16-minutes/
Wow ! That was quick. Once I got a thread of my Forum indexed within 15 minutes. And not only this, it ranked #1/2 for the three keywords that it had in it. -Shadab.
ya, I've noticed it takes a bit longer to get a thread indexed. I think it's still under 20 tho, I'll have to run some test.
I made a blog post and it was on 2nd position for google 4 minutes after for it's keyword. All this in a blogspot blog. I was soooooooooooooooooo shocked, never thought it would be indexed so fast and more than that...reaching such a high position in the serps.