: Google Site Search reindexing At the moment, Google Site Search isn't really working for me. I checked Google Cache and it says that the site was last updated on Dec 16 back when there was

@Jamie184

If your site is new then Google won't have established a suitable crawl rate. You can submit new or updated pages in Google Webmaster Tools:


Goto Health > Fetch as Google
Specify a URL or leave blank for the home page and click Fetch
Once the page has been fetched there will be another button Submit to index
Select "URL and all linked pages" and click OK


You should also consider submitting an XML sitemap if you have not already. Again, in Google Webmaster Tools, under Optimization > Sitemaps. You can also specify the location of your sitemap in robots.txt:

Sitemap: example.com/sitemap.xml

When your sitemap changes, resubmit it to Google. You can do this programmatically using an HTTP request. See the Google Help Docs for more information.

And then wait; it takes time. As godka states, Google will generally find and index your content without further intervention. In the meantime, write great content and get people to link to it!

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@Shelley277

How do I get Google to re-index the website so that it can find the new content?


You don't! Google is like Chuck Norris :) they will find you...


Is there anything I can do programatically for this to happen with html or javascript maybe?


Programmatically no, but you could add some quality content to your website and then sit and wait for it to be found and shared/linked to (or force this a little by getting your site/articles known -again you'll need quality content-)

Search engines might not be interested in your content if:


your site is updated rarely
site is too new
poor content or copy/paste content found on your site
poor SEO (your site doesn't follow W3C standards)
etc...

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