blog doesn't show up in searches despite making it to allow searches

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  ethioanonymama · Member · Jul 27, 2014 at 12:02 pm

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  I have set the SETTINGS–>READING to “Allow search engines to index this site” but when I search for it it does not show up. That is searching by the name of the blog, multiple tags in the first post, and even the URL. However, if I put the URL in the navigation bar, it shows up. What’s up?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thenakedlistener · Member · Jul 27, 2014 at 12:45 pm

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  It takes a fair bit of time (and a fair bit of writing) for the Internet search engines to index your blog. How long? Hard to say precisely, but a few weeks would be a fair estimation.

  Other volunteers will come along and provide a better answer than mine, but in general, that is the general picture.

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  ethioanonymama · Member · Jul 27, 2014 at 1:27 pm

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  Thanks! That’s really helpful. I’m so clueless I just assumed I had done something wrong.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 27, 2014 at 1:43 pm

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  Hi there. @thenakedlistener has it right. It can take several weeks for search engines to index your site and you have only one post so far. Give it time and focus on creating new and original content, around three times a week for a start. See here for some more information: http://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/

  Something that might speed up the process is to verify your blog with Google’s Webmaster Tools. See here for instructions: http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 27, 2014 at 2:57 pm

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  What attracts search engines is unique content in posts (not pages) that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet. Start now publishing original content posts frequently two or even three times weekly. For more information read > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/

  To verify blog ownership of a WordPress.com blog with the major search engines you must use this process > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/
  Note: Even if you do not verify the blog the content will be indexed by search engines so don’t feel panicky about this please.

  Note also that WordPress.com automatically supplies sitemaps for our blogs to search engines – we do nothing. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sitemaps/#xml-sitemaps-for-search-engines