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Glossary Term

Instant indexing

Delayed inclusion
- Some search engine services may have a delay in including websites in search results.
- Delayed inclusion can be caused by factors such as the size of the index or corporate policies.
- Certain services, like Ask.com, only index content collected by a crawler program and do not allow manual adding of content.

Criticisms of instant indexing
- Instant indexing can be criticized for filtering results manually or via algorithms to prevent inclusion of violating content.
- Instant indexing affects the timeliness of the indexed content.
- Crawlers typically visit websites only if they are linked to by other websites, so unlinked websites may not be visited.
- Instant indexing bypasses the quality control mechanism of relying on incoming links.
- Search services offering instant indexing often provide paid inclusion, which can reduce the quality of search results.

External links
- Dhoom News Network provides a guide on how to create an API for fast Google indexing.
- Earth Station 9 offers a search engine guide that includes information on web directories.

Related concepts
- Search engine
- Search engine indexing
- Web crawling

References
- Dhoom News Network provides information on how to create an API for fast Google indexing.
- A guide on indexing domains quickly is available.
- YouTube offers resources on indexing your site.
- Information on submitting your site to search engines can be found.
- Wikipedia has a page on instant indexing that can be expanded.