Member Login: User Name: Password: Don't see your question here? How long does it take for my site to be listed by a search engine? Many of the search engines can take up to 8 to 12 weeks to list a site. Search engines, on average, receive thousands of submissions every day so this can be a lengthy process. The approximate time for some of the more popular search engines to list sites are: 8-10 weeks: Altavista, Excite, HotBot, Lycos, Webcrawler 8-12 weeks: Yahoo!