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Realistically, my newer pages are just sitting there forever while garbage gets crawled and indexed in no time. Same old Google nonsense, honestly. I’m seeing posts from 2 weeks ago still not in the index, but some thin junk page on a dead domain gets picked up like it’s important. I’ve checked the usual stuff before anyone says it — sitemap, internal links, noindex, crawl stats, all that. Still feels random as hell lately. Anybody else getting this or is it just my sites acting cursed again?
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Honestly, Personally, yeah, same garbage here. New pages can rot for days and some useless scraped crap gets treated like gold. Feels like Google’s just picking random stuff to test again. I’ve had better luck forcing a few ugly internal links and letting the page sit than trying to “wait it out” like whitehat church people say. Personally,
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Personally, yeah, same here. New pages are taking forever while some absolute junk gets indexed in a day, makes no sense. I’ve had a little more luck when I hit them with a few solid internal links from pages that already get crawled, but even then it’s kinda random. Google’s been doing that annoying “we’ll get to it when we feel like it” thing lately.
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Honestly, That’s not really accurate. yeah, it’s not just you. Google’s been doing that dumb lottery thing again — new pages sit in limbo while some useless crap gets indexed like it’s urgent. Honestly I’d stop obsessing over the sitemap and all that “clean” nonsense. Half the time it’s just crawl priority being weird as hell. I’ve had better luck pushing the page from a few stronger internal spots and…
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Yeah, same here. Newer pages are just sitting in crawl purgatory while some trash gets indexed like it’s premium content. If sitemap/internal links/crawl stats are all clean, I’d look more at whether Google’s actually *choosing* to refresh the source pages that point to them. Sometimes the page is fine, but the cluster around it is stale so it just doesn’t get enough attention. Not saying that fixes it,…
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I mean, yeah, I’m seeing it too, and it’s driving me nuts. It’s like Google’s picking the dumbest possible pages to reward first. My newer money pages just sit there forever while some random thin post gets indexed like it’s breaking news 🙃 I’ve had a little better luck when I update an older page that already gets crawled and link the new one from there, but even that’s not exactly reliable. Honestly feels more…
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To be fair, yeah, I’m seeing that too. Not much point pretending there’s some neat pattern to it either — newer pages just seem to get parked forever while random junk gets in fast. Google’s been doing that for a while now. If the usual stuff is clean, I’d stop staring at crawl stats every hour and just keep pushing the page from something that actually gets revisited. Not glamorous, but that’s been the only thing that’s moved the needle for me lately.
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That’s not really accurate. yeah, same here. New pages can rot for ages while some trash gets in almost instantly — it’s like the index is run by a drunk intern. In most cases, I’ve stopped expecting any pattern out of it. Sometimes a page gets picked up after I hit it from an older URL that already gets crawled, sometimes nothing happens for a week or two and then it just appears out of nowhere. Google’s been extra annoying about this lately, at least on the sites I’m watching. What pisses me off is it’s never the stuff you actually want indexed first. Always the junk. In my opinion,. Just my experience.
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Honestly, yeah, I’m seeing it too. Newer pages feel like they’re stuck in some weird limbo while absolute trash gets indexed in a day. What’s been slightly better for me is pushing them from a page that already gets revisited, not just leaving them to sit in the sitemap and pray. Even then, it’s still hit or miss. At this point I don’t think there’s much point trying to read patterns into it. Google just seems random as hell lately. Could be wrong though.
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Yeah, I’m seeing the same thing on a couple sites. New pages just sit there forever, then some random garbage URL gets crawled and indexed like it’s priority content. Makes zero sense half the time. I’ve checked the usual stuff too, so at this point I’m not blaming sitemap or internal links every time. Only thing that’s helped a bit is getting the page linked from something older that already gets revisited. Even then it’s not exactly fast, just less dead than leaving it alone. Google’s been pretty sloppy with this lately.
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Yeah, same. Feels like crawl priority’s just doing whatever it wants lately. I’ve had decent luck getting a new URL picked up only after it’s linked from a page that already gets recrawled, but even that’s not reliable. Sitemap submission alone seems basically useless half the time. That’s how I look at it.
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Honestly, yeah, it’s not just you. I’ve seen this pattern enough times now that I don’t buy the “just improve internal links” handwave people love throwing around. Some pages get treated like they’re radioactive for a week or two, then a useless URL on a dead site gets waved through in 24 hours. Makes the whole thing look way more random than it should. What’s annoying is the logs usually don’t even show anything dramatic. Crawl happens, page gets fetched, then nothing. No obvious block, no noindex, no canonical mess, just… limbo. And then some garbage page with zero value gets indexed like it’s urgent. Honestly feels like Google’s prioritization is just off again, or they’re leaning way too hard on whatever their discovery signals are at the moment. I’ve had a couple cases where an older page with steady recrawls eventually drags the new one in, but even that’s been slow and inconsistent. So yeah, same cursed behavior here. Not thrilled about it either.
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Honestly, personally, From my experience, yeah, same crap here. New pages can sit forever, then some trash URL gets shoved in like it matters. And before anyone starts with the “just build better internal links” routine, yeah, tried it. Didn’t magically fix anything. Google’s just doing that usual random nonsense again.
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Yeah, I’m seeing it too, and it’s not even in a clean pattern. What’s been annoying me is the pages that *should* be easy to pick up just sit there, while some random low-value URL gets crawled and indexed fast. I’ve had a couple cases where the only thing that changed was a page getting linked from something already in rotation, and even then it was still slow as hell. The weird part is crawl stats don’t always look broken. It’s like Google fetches the thing, shrugs, and leaves it in limbo anyway. So I don’t really buy the “must be your internal links” answer every time either. Sometimes it’s just Google…
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Yeah, same here. I’ve had a few newer WP pages just sit in limbo for ages while some absolute trash URL gets picked up almost instantly. What’s been annoying me is it doesn’t even look like a crawl problem half the time. Fetch happens, server’s fine, no weird noindex/canonical junk, and then… nothing. Just Google being Google, I guess. I’ve seen it happen more on sites where the new stuff isn’t getting much fresh movement elsewhere, but even then it’s inconsistent as hell. One site with decent internal linking still had a 10-day delay on a normal post, while some low-value tag page got indexed the same day. Makes no…
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Yeah, same here. Feels less like a “crawl” issue and more like the indexer just deciding some stuff is worth sitting on for no obvious reason. I’ve seen it on a couple sites where the logs look fine, fetches happen, sitemap entries are there, and still the new pages just rot for days. Meanwhile some useless thin page gets in almost immediately. Makes the whole thing feel pretty arbitrary. What’s been annoying me lately is even pages with decent internal links aren’t immune. So when people jump straight to “just improve your linking” I kinda roll my eyes — sometimes that helps, sometimes it does absolutely nothing. I’m leaning toward it being some mix of freshness signals and whatever garbage quality threshold they’re using internally, but honestly Google’s been weird enough that I don’t trust any clean explanation anymore. Personally,
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In my opinion, yeah, I’m seeing it too, and it’s getting old fast. I don’t buy the “just improve the content” line either, honestly. I’ve had cleaner pages with solid internal links sit there doing nothing while some random junk page gets picked up in a day, so it’s hard not to think the whole thing’s just flaky right now. What’s weird on my end is crawl looks normal enough, then the page just never seems to “stick” in index. It’s like Google’s half-awake or something. I’ve even had a couple posts finally show up after I poked them through from a few different internal links, but that’s not consistent at all. Feels more random than usual lately. Not sure if they changed something or if it’s just another one of those phases where you can do everything right and still get screwed. Just my experience.
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Yeah, I’m seeing the same thing. Not everywhere, but enough to be annoying. What’s been weird for me is the pages that *should* be easy wins just sit there, while some dumb throwaway page gets in fast for no reason. And like you said, all the usual checks look fine, so it’s hard not to just blame Google being weird again. I’ve had a couple cases where fresh internal links helped a bit, but honestly it felt more like nudging a stubborn machine than anything repeatable. So yeah, I don’t think this is just “your site” acting cursed. Feels broader than that. That’s how I look at it.
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From my experience, yeah, same crap here. It’s not even the “new site” excuse either — I’ve seen older properties do the exact same thing lately, which is what makes it so irritating. And before somebody jumps in with the usual “maybe the page isn’t good enough” nonsense… no, that doesn’t explain why some garbage gets shoved in immediately while decent pages just sit there collecting dust. Google’s been doing this weird selective nonsense for a while now. Honestly,
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In my opinion, In my opinion, yeah, I’m seeing it too, and it’s been off enough that I stopped assuming it was just one bad site. The annoying part is exactly what you said — the junk gets picked up fast, the decent stuff just sits there like it’s waiting for a permission slip. Google’s been doing this selective nonsense for a while now, and I don’t buy the “must be content quality” handwave every time.
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Technically, yeah, I’m seeing it too. Not on every property, but enough that I’ve stopped trusting the “just wait a few days” line. What’s annoying is the pattern looks dumb as hell — some low-value page gets discovered, rendered, and shoved in fast, while a normal page with actual links just sits in limbo. I’ve had stuff hang for 10–14 days even with clean logs and decent internal linking. Nothing dramatic in crawl stats either, which is the worst part. At this point I’m more interested in whether Google’s just throttling certain sections or if it’s some indexing queue weirdness. Feels less like “quality” and more like “we’ll get to it when we feel like it.” I don’t think it’s just your sites.
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From my experience, yeah, seeing the same crap here too. What’s annoying is it’s not even consistent enough to blame one obvious thing. Some pages get picked up stupid fast, others just sit there like they’re in some endless review pile. I’m not buying the “just improve quality” answer every time either. Sometimes it really…
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Yeah, I’m seeing it too. Not even in a “Google’s just slow” way — it’s been weirdly selective, like it’ll ignore decent pages and then happily grab some junk nobody asked for. Honestly, Honestly I stopped trying to read too much into it. Google’s been acting like it’s running on a coin flip lately. Could be wrong though.
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