Time-to-live - Google vs. MSN vs. Yahoo

Discussion in 'Google' started by Surf_Dude, Mar 30, 2005.

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    I uploaded 6 new pages on 3-1, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6 and 3-7.
    The chart below shows the number of days from "on-the-web", to "SERPs being returned", from the big 3 search engines.

    Submit---Live------Live----Live
    Day------Google----MSN-----Yahoo
    3-1---------6--------10---- >26 days, still waiting
    3-3--------13---------8------17 (in, then out, in, then out)
    3-4--------12---------7---- >26 days, still waiting
    3-5--------11---------6---- >26 days, still waiting
    3-6--------10---------5------18 (in, then out, in, then out)
    3-7---------9---------4---- >26 days


    I had 1,173 inktomi slurp hits (Yahoo) during the period.
    I had 481 Googlebot hits during the period.
    I had 192 MSN hits during the period.

    Sorry about the formatting - this software collapses consecutive spaces.
    I conclude that the biggest factor in "time-to-live" is luck - when did you happen to jump into THEIR cycle (Google and MSN). The bot visit frequency for YOU is mostly determined by YOUR recent site updating frequency history.
    I have no clue how Yahoo works, referencing the above data. Lots of visits, but little indexing.
     
    Surf_Dude, Mar 30, 2005 IP