Building authority with Google is going to take more than publishing a site with just 30 pages, advises Search Advocate John Mueller.
That’s especially true if the site has stopped publishing new content for a while.
Mueller says this in response to a Reddit thread asking why new articles for an “authoritative” site aren’t being indexed.
The original poster (OP) of the thread says they’ve published 30+ articles on their site, and believes it to be authoritative because of the links it’s receiving.
After a three-month hiatus between publishing new articles, Google isn’t indexing the new content as quickly as it did in the past.
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OP asks why some URLs aren’t getting indexed even after a manual submission.
Mueller responds with a rude awakening for OP, saying it’s difficult for Google to see their site as an authority with only a few dozen articles.