Google search not finding site
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The Healthy Roanoke Valley site (HealthyRV.org) has been active for about 5 months & Google doesn’t display it when I search on “Healthy Roanoke Valley.” It finds other sites with links to the HealthyRV.org site.
I have followed Google Support suggestions at https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/34592?hl=en – but no luck.
Any other suggestions?
Thank you!
Becky – (email visible only to moderators and staff)The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi Becky,
Is your site utilizing Website Verification Services for Google?
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For starters you have a small site with no Posts – Posts search better than Pages. Make some Posts for events you do
Search Engines and Building Traffic
http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/seo-and-your-blog/The folks at WordPress.com have written an e-book about it! http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/grow-traffic-ebook/
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You are indexed by Google
https://www.google.com/search?q=HealthyRV.org&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=site:HealthyRV.org
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This is going to sound harsh but I am going to assume that you can learn from constructive criticism, so please allow me to shoot from the lip based on my 10 years of blogging experience.
You have set a static front page and that can be and usually is a traffic killing choice made by folks, who think page based website structure is more aesthetically pleasing, or more professional in appearance, and is in some way superior to post based blog structure, when the exact opposite is the case. A page based structure is inferior to a post based structure when it comes to attracting traffic and securing subscribers.
Note that a blog is a website.
A blog is a post based website designed for interactive communication. As the posts are frequently updated and appear on the front page of the site it’s very attractive to search engines. That is important to note because it is the SERPs (search engine page results) from whence the major flow of traffic to most sites is gained.
What most people call a website is merely a page based site that functions as a one way noticeboard. As the structure is page based and as pages are for static content that rarely changes, and as pages do not have RSS feeds, and as others do not backlink to pages, it is not as attractive to search engines as a post based blog structured site is.
By default the front page of your new blog displayed all published posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. That was for the convenience of your returning visitors, who will not be happy to have to click through an About page every time they visit your blog, as they come to read your most recently published content. Creating that situation of extra clicking alone to find what they want to read ie. new information can make some visitors annoyed – so annoyed that they choose not to follow the blog, or to stop following the blog. Also creating such a structure and failing to provide an active posts page where new entries are frequently published can make the site appear to be moribund.
Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based to being page based – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/ Here’s a link to my step by step post too http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/ But do note that not a single blog of mine has a static front page.
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/
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Here are some tips.
If you want to increase traffic then don’t listen to anyone who professes there are passive ways of doing that. Increasing traffic to a blog is hard work. If you want your blog to rank well in search engine results and secure a traffic flow from the SERPs (search engine page results) then that begins with creating and publishing original content posts (not pages) ie. unique content that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet. See How to Identify Your Blog’s Target Audience http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/09/01/how-to-identify-your-blogs-target-audience/
It is commenting on other blogs with similar content that encourages traffic to flow to your own blog. If you are a WordPress.com blogger there are onsite tools you can use to find blogs by subject matter that are hosted on this multiuser blogging platform http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2014/01/20/finding-blogs-with-similar-content/ However, do stop there because the classic error new bloggers tend to make here is focusing only on gaining traffic from this site alone.
These 5 videos introduce how Google discovers, crawls, indexes your site’s pages, and how Google displays them in search results. It also touches lightly upon challenges webmasters and search engines face, such as duplicate content http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/03/22/5google-webmasters-video-tutorials/
If you are using a WordPress.com theme good SEO is a given.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/seo-and-your-blog/
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/However, going beyond the theme what the blogger has done within that structure is worth evaluating. Whether you write informative, persuasive or controversial content learning how search engines work, and how to apply basic SEO to you content will benefit your blog as it will increase traffic from targeted readers. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/10/21/two-seo-videos-for-bloggers/
6 Ways to Make Google Your Blog’s Best Friend > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/10/08/6-ways-to-make-google-your-blogs-best-friend/
12 Tips for Improving Search Queries Ranking Position. If you want people to find your site through the use of keywords, then from the readers perspective, keep it natural and use key words or keyword phrases only if they are a natural “fit”.
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/01/25/12-tips-for-improving-search-queries-ranking-position/7 Common Sense Social Networking Tips
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/12/07/7-common-sense-social-networking-tips/Social Networking Blunders. Despite the ubiquitous statements to the opposite effect, autoposting to socila networks, rather than manual posting results in fewer people reading your full posts on your site.
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2014/09/10/social-networking-blunders/Also read: Getting started in the forums: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/forums-faq-getting-started-in-the-forums?replies=2#post-2170304
Are you looking for feedback on your blog? This could range from the design of the site to the actual content of a post. You can get feedback from our Community Pool:
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/category/community-pool/Also, if you just want to connect with other bloggers, get inspired, build your brand, and get inside tips from the folks who bring you WordPress.com, take a look at our Blogging University here:
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/blogging-university/ -
EDIT to include missing word.
However, do NOT stop there because the classic error new bloggers tend to make here is focusing only on gaining traffic from this site alone.
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Thank you for the great information and tips! I won’t be managing this blog for much longer, and will pass along the information to my replacement.
Thanks again for your time & valuable insight.
Becky
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