how to increase your blogs popularity?

millymccann19 · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Copy link

Add topic to favorites
Hello everyone!

I am new to blogging & i just wanted to know how to get fllowers or comments. I have tried tweeting & fb but nothing yet! hellllpppp lol

than you xoxo

The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Copy link
Start here please > getting more traffic and also read Freshly Pressed
Please click these links to forum threads > increasing traffic > tags
millymccann19 · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Copy link
thank you!!! I will try xx
timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Copy link
You’re welcome. For the first 6 months we blog it’s very hard to secure traffic and the threads I linked to above do contain helpful tips. I have flagged this thread so our Moderators move it to the Off Topic Forum where you can meet other WordPress.com bloggers. You can locate this thread and any others you create on the forums by clicking your username link at the top of the page. Welcome, millymccann19 | Log Out
153grover · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Copy link
My blog is not showing up on wordpress, and I have all the settings for search engines and public.
timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Copy link
This is a common question that has been answered many times as forum searches reveal. We have no control over the speed at which Google and other search engines index your content. Sometimes it can take 4 – 6 weeks for the process to be completed. If you have no verified your blog ownership with the major search engines by using this process please do so now. There are 10 factors that may expedite the search engine indexing process that you may wish to be apprised of.
millymccann19 · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Copy link
Thank you!!! I will check all these out! So happy to have some followers now! :) x
timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Copy link
That’s good news. Think positive, take all the right steps to attract readers, and be sure to answer every comment, and to visit the blogs of those who have subscribed to yours where you can comment on their posts. :)
153grover · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 8:52 pm
Copy link
For some reason I do what google says to do to verify my page. It does not work.
153grover · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Copy link
It says I need to put a meta tag in the <head> page. I have no idea how to do that.
timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Copy link
We cannot access the header files on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. There is a special process for WordPress.com blogs that you must follow every carefully. Th instructions are found here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Aug 17, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Copy link
I’ll also note that millymccann19 has been blogging for only 2 days, and 153grover has been on wp.com for only 6 days.

Please keep in mind that unless you are a very famous person, it will take time—weeks, months, even years—for you to develop a large readership.

The best advice is to write interesting posts, consistently, so readers will be looking to you for new updates. If your posts are not “time-sensitive” but informative over the long term, be sure that you are providing accurate information and a way to search for it.

Timethief has offered some good advice.

No items found.