: How long before Google indexes a new (to me) domain that previously had spam and virus problems? I registered a new ".com" domain, but when I added it to the Google Search Console I saw that

@Carla537

In my case, I registered a new domain to start everything from a blank sheet. But the answer to my question is 2-3 weeks.

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@Margaret670

I was pretty much in the same boat, save for the fact that mine was not an issue with spam or viruses. Instead, I had loads of broken links from when the domain was owned by someone else.

Patience

My advise to you is to be patient. As you say, you have already notified Google about the problem and they have cleared and approved the domain.

Your site will appear in Google between 4 days and 4 weeks after launch, so you need to take a deep breath. There are many things that you can do meanwhile;


Produce great content
Use social Media to boost your visibility
Carry out on and off page SEO


Again: Patience

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@Barnes591

This is the very interesting situation as you didn't know the history of the domain.

There are several things you may need to look.


Virus vs Spam: Check if it had infection issue or it was penalised by Google due to poor SEO practice.
If only virus issue then it's not that hard to fix, send the request and generally Google updates in about 24 hours if the website will be clean. Just check your site by typing site:yoursite.com and see if Google is indexing your page.


But if the website was penalised then it might be a bit hard get all cleared and my take longer. You may need to disavow poor links.

So, your priority should be to understand the domain history and communicate with Google to get this sorted.

Time: it may take few days to weeks depending on the issue domain may have.

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