How will people find my blog?
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Hi everyone, I’m new to this. I’ve just finished making a blog and I would like to know how people would find it. I tried to google my blog, but it didn’t show in the search results. That kind of disheartens me. How will I ever get popular if people can’t even search for my blog? :(
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Hi there!
It usually takes a while for search engines to crawl through websites to index them. Since your blog was just created and it seems that you don’t have any posts up (but congratulations on making the website! :)), there isn’t any content your site has that people are searching for (yet). Don’t worry! Just start posting with the key words you want to rank for in mind, providing great content that people search and that you love, and it will happen.
Also, if you tag your blog posts with words that are relevant to what’s inside your blog post, it can increase your chances of getting found. People can search the term (for example, “recipe, photography, etc”) and find blogs that offer what they want. Just remember not to litter your tag section with too many words that don’t make sense with what you’ve written! :)
Hope this helped!
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@miraalmm
Your blog is devoid of any content https://desihead.wordpress.com/ Start publishing posts (not pages) frequently.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
Note that it can take weeks for search engines to index content in a new blog and/or to re-index content under a new URL.
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
re: the front page error message found on every new .wordpress.com blog
Nothing Found
It seems we can’t find what you’re looking for. Perhaps searching can help.There is nothing wrong with your site. By default the front page of the blog is the only page that will display all published posts on it. As soon as you publish a post not a page the front page error message and searchbox that appears on every new WordPress.COM blog will be gone. http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
I recommend using the step by step tutorial linked to the bottom of your Admin page https://learn.wordpress.com
See also the “Video Quick Start” tutorial http://en.support.wordpress.com/video-quick-start/
The support documentation is all found at the Support link http://en.support.wordpress.com which is also linked to on the bottom of your Admin page.
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Below are some tips for increasing traffic.
It takes time and effort to build a collection of unique content, to promote it, and to attract followers. And, it takes weeks for search engines to index content in a new blog and/or to re-index content under a new URL. https://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/
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 http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2014/01/20/finding-blogs-with-similar-content/
See these for Staff tips on increasing traffic:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/how-to-get-more-traffic/
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/traffic-dos-and-donts-a-checklist/
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/postaday/ebook-grow-traffic/
See also https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/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 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/
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. 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/
I can also offer some assistance re: tagging your posts so other wordpress.com users can locate them. See here http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/03/15/quick-blog-post-tagging-tips/
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/
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/7 Common Sense Social Networking Tips
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/12/07/7-common-sense-social-networking-tips/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/ -
Thank you soooo much, friends! :)
I was almost going to delete my page when I checked my email to confirm deletion and found your responses instead. So, now I’ve changed my mind.
Thanks again! :) -
You’re welcome and do know that the way to succeed as a blogger is to calmly take one step at a time. You can bookmark the link to this thread so you can refer to it as you go. Best wishes.
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