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Not sure if it’s just me, but I’m seeing fresh posts sit there forever before they even get a sniff in Search Console. Used to be annoying, now it’s just weird. I’ve got decent internal links, nothing spammy, and still some stuff crawls like it’s dead on arrival. Anyone else seeing this lately, or am I just getting hit with another random Google mood swing?
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Honestly, yeah, I’ve been seeing that too, and it’s not just “new site” stuff anymore. I’ve had pages with solid internal links sit in limbo for days, sometimes longer, even when they’re not thin or spammy. Search Console will act like it’s doing something, then nothing. Feels a lot more random than it used to. What’s been weird for me is Google seems way pickier about whether the page actually adds something new vs. just being “another page on the site.” If the cluster around it isn’t strong enough, it just kind of ignores it. Internal links help, but they’re not magic if the page looks weak in the wider crawl/index pattern. Could be crawl budget, could be quality thresholds, could just be Google being Google for a week. I’ve had stuff get picked up fast after I linked it from a higher-traffic page, and other times I had to wait forever even with the same setup. So yeah, not just you. The “fresh content gets crawled quickly” thing…
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No offense, but in my opinion, Yeah, same here. It’s not even “new content needs time” anymore, it’s like Google just shrugs at half the stuff I publish. I’ve had pages sitting there with links pointing at them and still nothing for days. Then some random junk page gets crawled like it’s urgent. Makes zero sense unless they’ve quietly tightened whatever crap they use to decide what’s worth touching. Honestly I don’t trust Search Console on this anymore either. It’ll show activity and then the page still just sits in limbo. Google being weird is basically the default now.
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In my opinion, Yeah, same general mess here. We’ve had pages get picked up fast when they’re tied into a stronger section, but then other stuff just sits there like it’s invisible. And yeah, Search Console activity doesn’t mean much to me anymore either — I’ve seen it crawl a page and still not do anything useful with it In most cases,. Honestly feels like they’re being way more selective about what gets any real attention. Not sure if it’s some quality threshold thing or just Google being lazy again, but it’s definitely not the old “publish + internal links = done” situation.
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In most cases, personally, yeah, same here. Feels like “submitted” just means “maybe someday” now. And honestly I don’t buy the whole “quality threshold” talk as the only answer — I’ve seen boring utility pages get crawled quick and decent pages sit there doing nothing. Google’s just being picky in a way that’s hard to map out, which is annoying as hell.
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Yeah, “submitted” basically means “we’ll get to it whenever” now. I’ve had the same thing on a couple client sites — not even bad pages, just normal stuff in a decent section — and Google acts like it’s on a coffee break. The annoying part is when some random page gets picked up instantly and the new one sits there doing nothing for days. Could be wrong though.
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Yeah, I’m seeing the same kind of garbage. The weird part is it’s not even consistent. One fresh URL gets crawled off a couple internal links and another one in the same section just sits there like it doesn’t exist. Search Console “discovered”/“crawled” doesn’t mean much if it never turns into anything useful. I’ve stopped assuming it’s just a content issue at this point. On a few sites I’ve looked at, the crawl path was fine but Google just wasn’t allocating attention to the new stuff unless it sat under a stronger cluster or got some external signal. Which is annoying because it makes the whole thing look random. Could be one of those “Google’s being selective” situations, or just their systems being slower and pickier than they used to be. Either way, yeah, it’s not just you. At least lately.
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Yeah, I’m not buying the “it’s just quality” line either. Well, I’ve had plain old filler-ish pages get picked up faster than stuff I actually wanted indexed, which is… great, thanks Google. Feels more like they’re just stingy with crawl attention lately. New pages on weaker sites basically sit in the corner until something else nudges them, and meanwhile some junk page gets a look for no reason. I’ve started pinging them through a stronger internal path and sometimes that helps, sometimes it does absolutely nothing. Real useful system, clearly. Could be the site itself too, but when it happens across a bunch of different properties, it’s hard not to think Google’s just in one of those moods.
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Realistically, yeah, I’m seeing that too, and I don’t really buy the “just wait” answer anymore. I’ve had pages sitting in limbo even with decent internal links, and then some random older URL gets crawled instead. It feels way more selective than it used to be. Not sure if it’s crawl budget, some trust thing, or Google just being weird with fresh URLs again, but “submitted” definitely doesn’t mean much these days. Honestly the annoying part is it’s not even consistent enough to debug cleanly. That’s what makes me think it’s not just page quality. That’s how I look at it.
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Personally, Yeah, I’m seeing the same thing. Doesn’t feel like a clean “quality” issue anymore, more like Google just isn’t bothering with a bunch of new URLs unless something else pushes them. I’ve had decent internal linking and still watched fresh pages sit there like dead weight for days. Annoying as hell.
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Yeah, I’m seeing that too. Feels like fresh URLs need way more of a shove than they used to, and “good internal links” doesn’t seem to move the needle like it should. I’ve had stuff sit for days with zero real action, then some older junk gets recrawled for no obvious reason. Google’s being stingy as…
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Yeah, same here. Fresh pages feel like they’re getting parked in the penalty box unless they’ve got some other signal behind them. I’ve seen a couple things that seemed to help a bit: stronger internal links from already-crawled pages, not just some random orphan-ish category page, and making sure the page is actually getting a few real hits/social/whatever instead of just sitting there. Still not a guarantee though. Google’s acting like it’s rationing crawls again, which is ridiculous. And honestly, “submitted” in Search Console feels pretty meaningless lately. I’ve had URLs sit there forever and then suddenly get picked up after some unrelated page got…
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Yeah, same here. “Good internal links” feels way less magical than people keep pretending it is. I’m not convinced this is just a quality thing either — Google’s been weirdly selective about what it even bothers to look at. Some fresh pages get picked up fast, others just sit there like they’re invisible. Really annoying. Just my experience.
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Honestly, Yeah, that lines up with what I’m seeing too. The weird part is it’s not even consistent anymore. I’ve got pages with decent internal links and clean canonical stuff that just sit there, then some random weaker page gets crawled first for no obvious reason. Google feels way more selective than it used to be, like…
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Honestly, yeah, I’m seeing it too, and honestly it’s getting old. I’ve had brand new posts sit there doing absolutely nothing while some random old junk page gets crawled again for no reason. Search Console just feels like window dressing half the time now. Internal links used to at least *seem* like they mattered more. Lately it’s like Google just shrugs unless the page is already “important” in its little head. Which is great, because that’s exactly what you want from a search engine, right?. Could be wrong tho.
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To be fair, yeah, same here. New pages feel like they’re getting tossed into the “maybe later” pile for no obvious reason. And before someone chimes in with the usual “just improve internal linking” sermon… yeah, tried that, didn’t magically fix anything. Google’s been weird about fresh stuff for a while now.
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Yeah, I’ve seen the same thing lately. Fresh pages just sit in limbo way longer than they should, and “good internal links” doesn’t seem to move the needle much anymore. At this point I don’t even think it’s a simple crawl issue half the time — Google just seems picky about what it bothers with. From what I see,
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Yeah, I’ve seen it too. And no, I don’t buy the “just add better internal links” thing as some magic fix either — if the crawl signals are weak or Google’s already decided the page isn’t worth much, it can sit there forever. What’s been more obvious to me is the gap between discovery and actual crawl. Search Console can show a URL exists and still Google basically does nothing with it for ages. Feels like they’re throttling a lot harder on fresh stuff than they used to. I’d be looking at logs before anything else. If the bot isn’t hitting the page, it’s not really an indexing problem yet, it’s a crawl priority problem. If it is hitting it and still not indexing, then yeah, that’s a different mess. Also, half the time the page itself isn’t the issue — it’s that Google’s already wasting crawl on crap it shouldn’t be revisiting. Seen that a bunch lately.
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In my opinion, In my opinion, In most cases, yeah, same here. It’s not just “Google being slow” either — some pages feel like they’re getting straight-up ignored unless they hit whatever stupid little threshold they’ve got going on now. And before anyone starts with the usual link spam sermon, no, internal links alone aren’t doing jack lately. At least lately.
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I mean, Yep, same here. The “just improve internal links” crowd is basically doing cargo cult SEO at this point. I’ve had pages get discovered and then just sit there like they’re on a waiting list for weeks. Sometimes they pop, sometimes they don’t, and there’s no obvious pattern that makes sense. Google’s been weirdly stingy with fresh stuff for a while now.
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