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  simpleandcozylifestyle · Member · Jul 30, 2018 at 10:37 pm

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  HI…I have had my blog…simpleandcozylifestyle forever it seems. I used to be able to go on google and search for it. But within the last year, if I google it…nothing comes up…at all! I never touched the privacy setting…and it is public!!! Please help!

  Can you tell me why this is occurring?

  Thanks, Gail

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

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  dkmyta · Member · Jul 31, 2018 at 12:06 am

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  Hey there,

  Search engine rankings can be a complicated thing and will be dependant on multiple factors.

  There are various tasks you can perform to improve your search engine rankings and the overall traffic to your website. For more information on this topic please refer to the following documentation: https://en.support.wordpress.com/seo/

  Do you recall what you used to type into the search engine that would return your site as a result?

  After attempting the search myself I see few items worth noting. First off, the name of your website uses some very common keywords and is therefor entered into a highly competitive search result. Google will take various words from your query – for example “Simple and Cozy Lifestyle” will immediately return all of the highest ranked websites for each of the words and various combinations of them. That means you are competing against any and all of the largest web presences out there that have used these terms to rank themselves.

  Secondly, a reason why you might not immediately be returned on a query such as the one above is because your Site Title is actually “SimpleandCozyLifestyle” one word, with no spacing. Meaning that you wont even rank for the original query because it is actually not how your website is recognized. Take a look at where you rank when you search the actual site name here.

  Now changing your site title within Customizer > Site Identity so that it now has the spacing should result in you being added to the search engine results for “Simple and Cozy Lifestyle”. However, keep in mind you will still be competing with a large group of others so you may end up farther down the list then you may hope until your SEO is improved. Also, the change will not take immediate effect and can often times take up to several weeks or more to show.

  It is a lot to take in but hopefully that sheds a little light on the situation and if you need any further clarification I am always happy to help!

  Cheers