google refresh speed?

[Tiscali Network]

How long does it take for google to refresh my website. I keep making small changes and wanted to know if I have to re- submit my url each time?

[tomED]

A freshbot update happens generally every second day, but if your site doesnt have enough links back to it - it will probably only update on each google dance, which is generally every month, although hasn't been very predictable or the last couple of months.

Tom

www.2bscene.net

[cyanide]

every site is different as far as the googlebot crawl goes.
definitely do not re - submit your URL -there is no need.

[tomED]

Originally Posted by cyanide

every site is different as far as the googlebot crawl goes.

I don't entirely agree with that - yes google treats some sites differently, but its generally because they don't have enough backlinks for google to warrant them worthy of an update.

Nearly all my sites are get a freshbot update every second day, only ones with lower PR or lower backlinks don't.

But there is definitely no need to resubmit.

If your site is only new - it will take a while for google to index your site properly.

[Tiscali Network]

Thanks guys.

I noticed the cache google has for me has changed, does this mean it's been looked at again?

[mm99]

I resubmit whenever I make any real change and it works for me. What makes you feel you need to resubmit with only "little changes". It serves no real purpose does it. Do you think your going to be ranked better because you made a little change? I really does no t work that way at all.

I just get a ranking I'm happy with and when I do any real update, I resubmit. I also make a point of doing something once a month even if it's lame (change for the sake of change) and don't resubmit.

The engines will notice that something has changed and you are not viewed as a rock at the bottom of a septic tank if they do visit. There's a little fishy swiming around somewhere and they see that. This works.

Peace...Paul

[oomwrtu]

I know there is a way to not cache your website and I have added the following meta tags:

<meta name="robots" content="index,follow,noarchive" />
<meta name="robots" content="noarchive" />
<meta name="robots" content="no-archive" />
<meta name="robots" content="no archive" />
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">

I have found all of these on websites, and I'm not sure if I am allowed to have all of these.

If I do include these, will this hurt my Google rank?[/code]

[fathom]

Although there are some reasons "not to cache your website" most site owners would want their sites cache.

Adding... have no archive on the page doesn't make Google refresh faster - thus no point to having the Meta Tags (at least for the reasoning provided).

[prasanna_chede]

google use meta description tag.