It is only when the content is indexed on Google that it becomes searchable on Google. That is, your audience can search for your web content on Google that you have published on your web page. When the content gets indexed on Google, the web content gets its "real/genuine" value!  

There has been a lot of discussion in SEO forums about how long it takes to get content indexed on Google and the fact is that all content published on web pages is not indexed. This can be due to several different factors that I will not go into in detail in this article.  

Back to the length of time to get your content indexed on Google. I have made a measurement and in this measurement I compare the date value that an article has on my Joomla web page and time variables that Google regrets when searching on the entire article's title (H1:a). 

The article is published on my website 2025-04-26.

Google says that the article is published 3 days ago. Which should indirectly mean that this article has been indexed on Google shortly after it was published.

So the answer to how long it takes for a Joomla site's content to be indexed on Google is: 

Relatively immediately/in the near future after the content has been published on the website. This is not a general answer but a result tied to my article on my Joomla site. 

What seo technical settings etc can you do as a website owner to increase the odds of indexing your content on Google?

• Add the site's sitemap to Google Search Console. 

• Add the site's sitemap to Bing Webmaster Tools.

• Set the robot.txt file to “index all”.

• Use Schema in all articles.

• Use meta description, meta keywords.

• Use headings in the content (H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6)

• Link internally on your website.

• Use Feedburner.

• Use Open Graph.

• Enter the date in each article.

• Enter author. 

• Create qualitatively informative and fact-based content that provides answers to questions. 

• Never duplicate content.

• Have a web page that loads content quickly. Avoid large image files, javascript and more that can make the website slow. Measure the web page load time with the Google Page Speed ​​tool. 

• Use the Joomla system.

Fast indexing of web content is a form of indicator that the website works and that Google knows about the website. 

By knowing the approximate time for indexing in Google, publication of content can also be planned based on times that may, for example, be current for online campaigns etc. 

Indexing content on Google can be difficult. 

This is because the information flow on the internet is massive and the web content to be indexed may already exist and in such a case in a better qualitative and informative format. This means in concrete terms that if the web content is of low quality in combination with few or no seo technical settings then the content will most likely not be indexed. 

To produce “quick and dirty” web content for the purpose of being indexed on Google does not work. 

That time is over. Google has set the bar high when it comes to getting web content indexed. If you want to be part of Google's search results, it helps if the information that is published is unique, informative and guiding, entertaining and, last but not least, fact-based. 

Those of you who have read my other articles about seo and digital marketing are probably beginning to understand the complexity of creating quality web content. 

All the pieces must be included in the content if the possibility of a positive result in Google is to be achieved. Precisely for this reason, you should use a web system that gives you the right conditions to succeed and that makes it easier for you when you create web content with the aim of indexing it on Google. Wordpress and Joomla are examples of web systems that facilitate and give the content creator the right conditions for indexing web content on Google.

The time invested in creating web content is time well spent if done correctly. 

That is, if the web content gets indexed on Google. If your web content is visible on Google, then you get to take part in the global audience flow that is on Google. If your web content is not visible on Google, then your audience flow is radically limited and thus also the value of the web content. 

Publishing web content that does not include seo technical settings is a waste of time.  

Publisher:

Karl-Johan Gyllenstorm - New Zealand

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