The Waiting Game Getting Listed on Google Timeline

The Waiting Game: Getting Listed on Google – A Timeline

The purpose of this article is to share info about getting lintime.org listed on Google. In this blog post, I’ll time-stamp our progress, highlighting the milestones and setbacks along the way.

Aug 10, 2024

Registered lintime.org
Updated Name Servers and checked the progress with dnschecker.org

Aug 11, 2024

Added a new site to the server. Next, I installed WordPress and set up the Blocksy theme

Aug 12, 2024

Published the index page and planned the presentation of the timelines

Aug 14, 2024

Started publishing the first blog posts.
Generated a sitemap on XML Sitemaps.com and submitted it to the Google Search Console.

Aug 16, 2024

Published two more blog posts, added the Software page and submitted a new sitemap.

Aug 16, 2024

Major Event
Added Learn to the menu to publish free online courses for new Linux users.
Submitted a new sitemap. No Google indexing yet.

Aug 17, 2024

Started publishing the first course “I Can Program” and planned the curriculum.
Created a “Friends” page to the main menu to feature talented content creators.

Aug 18, 2024

Wrote additional blog posts and published the first course sessions to introduce new Linux users to programming with Python.

Aug 19, 2024

Wrote a new blog post and published two more course modules for the free programming course. Generated a sitemap, uploaded it and checked Google which is not yet listing our website.

Aug 21, 2024

First indexed page!
Today, site:lintime.org lists one additional page. Out of 20 pages, 18 are still not listed.

Aug 22, 2024

New sitemap. No changes from yesterday.
Total indexed pages: 2 out of 37

Aug 23, 2024

As of today, Google is now indexing 3 out of 40 pages.

Aug 24, 2024

6 pages indexed

Aug 25, 2024

Surprise! today, site:lintime.org shows only 3 pages indexed
See sitemap.xml submission screenshot

Aug 27, 2024

After fluctuating between 2 and 4 pages, we are back to 6 pages once again.

Aug 28, 2024

Finished the free Python Programming course and uploaded a new sitemap.
Total pages 51 of which google shows six that got impressions.

Sep 1, 2024

site:lintime.org shows 7 pages
Makes no sense to me why they would list our privacy policy instead of a blog article? Puzzling.

Sep 4, 2024

Submitted new sitemap.
8 (of 57) pages indexed.

Sep 12, 2024

No changes. site:lintime.org reveals that only eight pages in total have been indexed.

Sep 13, 2024

It is not one month since I created the index page and as of toady, Google indexes 10 pages.

Sep 15, 2024

According to site:lintime.org, Google indexes a total of 19 pages.

Google Search Console Impressions Clicks

As of today, August 27, lintime.org is just 16 days old since I started it.

Why Share This?

I’m sharing this experience to help fellow Linux enthusiasts and webmasters who may be going through a similar process. By documenting our journey, I hope to provide valuable insights and a realistic expectation of how long it takes to get listed on Google.

Getting listed on Google takes time, and it’s essential to be patient and persistent. I’ll continue to update this blog post as our journey unfolds, and I’m excited to see when our website will finally be indexed and visible to the world.

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