How Long Does it Take to Rank on Google?
Any business starting out in Search Engine Marketing will always ask the question: “How long will it take my website to rank on top of Google?” The most common response marketers will give is “It depends”. There are far too many factors to take into consideration, such as website strength, the competition, your budget etc. Google has said on many occasions that they use more than 255 factors in their algorithm. How Old are the Top-Ranking Pages? Sites that are older and trusted are more likely to have a higher ranking on Google than newer websites, provided other SEO factors remain equal. This is not to say that new websites can’t achieve good rankings, it simply means that it’s likely to take longer to do so. Websites are considered new when they are active for 6 months or less. After that 6-month period, your website has the potential to seriously jump up the ranks. Research conducted by ahrefs first identified how old ...