The experiment lasted five months. Here are the results.
The goal was to determine how long it takes for content generated with ChatGPT to start getting indexed by Google on its own and what affects the indexing of AI-generated content. How can you get AI content indexed automatically, keep it from dropping out of the index, and is this even possible?
Initial data:
Websites: 20
GEO: CIS
Website type: informational websites
Domains: newly registered domains
Experiment duration: five months
Content: unedited AI-generated content from ChatGPT
What did I do?
The first two weeks:
I published one article on each website every day or every other day. During the first two weeks, I did nothing else with the websites—I only monitored indexing. After the first 14 days, the indexing rate across all the newly registered domains was 0%. In other words, not a single article on any of the websites was indexed automatically within those two weeks. Either Google did not trust the websites yet, or the AI content was simply poor. Either way, the result was zero.
30 days
I then started submitting all the articles to an indexing service. First, I submitted the entire backlog, and then every day or every other day, I submitted each new article immediately after publication. After 30 days, an average of 30–50% of the articles were indexed. The first clicks started coming in.
60 days
I continued using the same approach. I submitted every new article to the indexing service immediately after publication. Once a week, I also checked the indexing status of every article on each website and resubmitted anything that was not in the index. This allowed me to keep 60–70% of all website content indexed. Traffic and user engagement signals began to increase.
90 days
I continued with the same approach, but instead of submitting new articles immediately, I gave them two or three days to get indexed on their own. After three months, I noticed that around half of the new articles were being indexed automatically within two to three days. Older articles also stopped dropping out so frequently and remained in the index more consistently. However, I still had to ping around 50% of the new articles, as well as any older pages that had dropped out. Traffic continued to grow.
120 days
Around 70–80% of new articles were indexed automatically within one or two days. Approximately 80% of the older content remained indexed without being pinged.
135 days
Eight or nine out of every ten new articles were indexed automatically. More than 90% of the older articles also remained in the index without any additional assistance.
150 days
Around 90–95% of the older articles remained indexed without being pinged. New articles also achieved an indexing rate of 90–95% without an indexing service. Traffic, clicks, and user engagement metrics continued to grow.
What conclusion did I reach?
1. Newly registered domains with AI-generated content do not get indexed by Google at all without some assistance. Perhaps some pages would enter the index after a few months, but it would not happen quickly, and they might later drop out.
2. An indexing service genuinely helps AI-generated content on newly registered domains get indexed.
3. Consistently publishing new content for three to four months shows Google that the project is active, regularly updated, and properly maintained.
Combining all these factors creates a powerful strategy:
If you repeatedly submit pages to an indexing service—even ten times if necessary—bring Googlebot to the website, publish new content consistently, and gradually get it indexed, you can eventually reach a point where Google begins indexing the same content without an indexing service, rarely removes it from the index, and starts sending traffic.
Sorry if my explanation was not entirely clear. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments.
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