That could well be the case. I hope that the whisky site will end up like that also. Thanks Veronica

Is your cat site looked as an "autority" site?? I have had the same thing happend to my "authority" sites the posts get ranked very quickly. It is almost like they are pre approved because of previous content on that site.
Then I have sites where it takes a long time to get my posts ranked... Like Rich said it might have to do with the topic as well.

Thanks for that, it would make sense but it is frustrating. It did not use to happen to the whisky site so doubly annoying if Google is playing big brother

Hi Roger. This is from a total noob, and hearsay at that but a mate told me a long while back that certain topics get indexed slower. He was talking about sites other than Google, but mentioned products like alcohol, pharmaceuticals and topics such as suicide, etc. get listed at a glacial pace, possibly due to examination or intervention. I know this is certainly true on ebay, where specific brands, such as Louis Vuitton, can take a long while before they show as auctions due to counterfeiting, etc. Just my 2¢ for what it's worth. Rich.