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  boxfamilyhomestead · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 4:24 pm

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  show up on google.com

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

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  dave2swords · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 4:31 pm

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  Hi there!
  You seem to be asking how to increase the visibility of your site to search engines. You might find this helpful:

  Optimize Your Site for Search Engines (SEO)

  Good luck!
  Dave

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  boxfamilyhomestead · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 4:39 pm

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  how do I upload the HTML verification file to my website (to verify my website on Google.com)?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 4:58 pm

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  re: search engine discoverability

  All support docs are at https://en.support.wordpress.com/
  It can take weeks for search engines to index your site content. Please read this support doc https://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/ so you know we have no control over search engines positioning or appearance in the SERPs (search engine page results).

  To verify blog ownership of a WordPress.com hosted 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.

  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

  To gain search engine attention, I recommend that you start publishing posts (not pages) https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ frequently. That’s because it can take weeks for search engines to index content in a new blog and/or to re-index content under a new URL.

  WordPress.COM SEO resources that you will want to consult are:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/
  http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/
  https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2016/03/10/six-seo-factors-you-should-know/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/

  Ebook: Grow Your Traffic, Build Your Blog

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  dave2swords · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 5:01 pm

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  Hello again!
  Wordpress does not allow us to directly upload the Google HTML verification files. There IS an alternative method of verifying your domain with Google, and those instructions may be found here:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/verifying-your-domain-with-google/

  Dave

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  timethief · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 5:03 pm

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  @dave2swords
  I already posted the correct answer above.

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  dave2swords · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 5:05 pm

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  Was writing when you posted :) Excellent answer btw!

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  timethief · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 5:07 pm

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  Excellent answer btw!

  Thanks. I have been answering questions here for over 10 years. I predate all support docs and all support staff being on staff except one member.