{"id":15224,"date":"2021-04-12T14:35:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/?p=15224"},"modified":"2023-12-05T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T11:53:45","slug":"google-tells-how-long-it-may-take-to-re-rank-a-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/google-tells-how-long-it-may-take-to-re-rank-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Google tells how long it may take to re-rank a website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You find issues with your website. You make the necessary changes, update the website, and wait for Google to improve your website\u2019s search rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And sometimes you wait for months, but nothing happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does this sound familiar?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be frustrating because we do not know how long it takes Google to evaluate the changes we make and then re-rank the website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Timeframe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is that now we have some idea of the timeframe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google\u2019s John Mueller recently shared insights on how long it takes Google to re-rank a site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a recent Google SEO Office Hours hangout, someone asked John Mueller how long it usually takes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCould you please let me know how much time it [for Google to take major changes in a website into account and re-rank the site] takes?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John responded with: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow long that takes \u2026 yeah, it\u2019s hard to say \u2026 It\u2019s really hard to say.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John further elaborated and suggested that there are two steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step is to crawl the content.\u00a0 The amount of time it takes to crawl depends on the scope of the changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second step is to then analyze the changes made and re-rank the website accordingly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>How Signifcant Were The Changes To Your Site?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John then added:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s like, on the one hand, we have to re-crawl the content\u2026 like if you make significant changes on your website we have to re-crawl that.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to re-crawl that across a larger site that can take a bit of time, especially if you make bigger changes like across everything if you change the structure of your website.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would assume something like that, just purely from a technical point of view would take\u2026 I don\u2019t know\u2026 maybe a month.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He further added:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd for understanding the quality changes overall, I would see that as something where it probably takes a few months on our side to actually understand that this website has significantly changed.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So not something that you can fix in a week. It\u2019s probably more like\u2026 I don\u2019t know\u2026 three, four months, something like that, if you make significant quality changes.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So now we know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on the scope of your website and changes made, it may take a few months for Google to crawl the website, analyze the steps taken to improve the quality issues, and re-rank the website in the SERPs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the way John answered this question suggested that this is a generalized answer. Specific situations may follow a slightly different timeline.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You find issues with your website. You make the necessary changes, update the website, and wait for Google to improve your website\u2019s search rankings. And sometimes you wait for months, but nothing happens. 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