I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but here goes. Has anyone else noticed that it is taking Google a lot longer to index sites? Is it just my imagination? I knew that it only took hours, maximum one day but I have had a site up for 3 or 4 days now and no luck.

May be stupid question - but have you "added" site to google using its tool for it? You can post sitemap in xml format as well. As for google itself they was testing new caffeine engine lately, so maybe theyre currently switching to it.

I was under the impression that the testing phase for caffeine was over, as their link is no longer active.

It could be this for large sites but very active sections they might try to update. Its probably part of there algorithm.

I don't think that Google slow down the indexing, There might be some problem with your website, check for GWT account of your website.

Nope, Google index our blog posts every day, forum posts too

Post your site url, we can give you some hints;]

If the content you publish is unique and original it get listed instantly.

Not really, getting indexed is a skill. Dont duplicate your content till your blog is indexed,

Blog posts and new pages posted on our sites are indexed in less than 10 minutes Even the indexing here on the HD Forums are pretty quick.

There's a big difference between an established site getting a return visit with active content, and then an established site with changes happening only every few weeks (or months) and a HUGE difference if they've never been indexed before.

A few hours is a good turn around, a week is about normal for many sites, and definitely longer if it's a brand new site/domain.

As suggested, setup a google XML sitemap, activate through Google Webmaster and you'll see results.

I will suggest you submit article to article submission or social bookmarking.This is one of the fastest way to get indexed on Google.

I'm seeing the same here. It's actually impressive that new pages and posts are indexed so quickly. I have Google Alerts and Trackle set up, and it only takes minutes to see results.

usually for blogs, i found that it takes around 1 hour to be indexed.
maybe ur site is very popular, thats y it is indexed so fast...

Iam aggre with you..
besides article submission and social bookmarking, you can also join forum submission and do promote in there ...

Thanks

Some social sites like twitter are getting live indexing done. Since this feature was added to google results.