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your new web site and google's aging delay
Jill Whalen, of HighRankings.com, explains why you may not be able to find your site anywhere near the top of Google's search results pages:
"If your site is only 6 months old, then you are still the victim of Google's aging delay.
Submitting to Google won't help; you simply need to build up trust, links and credibility. Plus, as with everything in SEO, you'll have to have lots of patience! The aging delay time frame averages around 9 months, so you've most likely got at least another 3 months or so to go.
Also note that if you're in a highly competitive area, things can take quite a while even without the aging delay. It's difficult to gain a decent trust factor in competitive areas, so you'll want to think of everything you can to set your site apart from the others in your niche. The more useful stuff you can offer that isn't offered by others, the better your chances will be for search engine success."
[Note: For a young site, pay per click advertising (Google AdWords and Yahoo! Overture) can be an affordable alternative to "organic" search results as a way to get your site to the top of search results pages. My associate Cherie Young offers pay per click advertising consultation as one of her search engine marketing services.]
