Time between backlink indexing and impact

Hi -

How long generally does it take from the time your backlink is indexed - i.e. the page on the 3rd party site with your link on it is indexed - to the time some impact is seen?

I've read anything from 1 week to 10 weeks to more. Is there a rule of thumb?

I don't mean how long till the page itself is indexed, I mean to the point at which you notice a change in rankings.

Thanks,

For me it's taking longer and longer, I believe somewhere around 15 weeks, but I'd like to hear some other people's experiences as maybe it's the type of links I am building.

Really Really long. I remember that around 2014 links gave there full power within 3 weeks. (own experience) Nowadays, it takes at least a couple of months. I had a good link who got indexed really quickly and that one gave me good rankings after 5 weeks but that was the fastest ever.

To give you a rule of thumb i would say 10 weeks (between 5 - 15 weeks). And if your website is younger than a year, even longer.

Really? That seems like a long time. Does it vary with DA value? i.e. backlinks from high DA site would work quicker?

These days it taskes a long time.. sometimes the effect never takes place at all, seems like a good number links are now ignored

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Originally Posted by casionmark

Really? That seems like a long time. Does it vary with DA value? i.e. backlinks from high DA site would work quicker?

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DA is a made up number by SEO tools to fill the gap pagerank babies missed.. it has no correlation with real google rankings.. any one can create a high DA site but they don't always have real traffic. or valuable traffic

Yes take your point there. I really meant a well trafficked decent site with a good backlink. But seems there are no.rules here. Trial and see ...

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Originally Posted by casionmark

Hi -

How long generally does it take from the time your backlink is indexed - i.e. the page on the 3rd party site with your link on it is indexed - to the time some impact is seen?

I've read anything from 1 week to 10 weeks to more. Is there a rule of thumb?

I don't mean how long till the page itself is indexed, I mean to the point at which you notice a change in rankings.

Thanks,

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I think everything goes faster if you regurlarly publish a lot of content. (am I right?)

For commercial keywords - no matter how good your content and links are; there are natural filters that can go as high as few months to more than a year. And even when you're ranking, there are filters for the number of impressions you get, which can again take months to gain traction.

For old pages already ranking and getting the highest impressions for particular keywords; these filters are waived off, and google quickly indexes and updates results.

So, new sites in this industry are effed. Don't quit your job or school for this.