Is my blog flagged as mature?
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Hi,
I just wanted to check if my blog has been flagged as mature. Wasn’t sure how to go about it.
Many thanksThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hello,
Please go to your blog and view the front page. You will see the Admin bar at the top of the page. Hover over your blog name to see the drop down menu. Click on “Report This Content” to mark it as mature.I hope this helps!
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Oh sorry, I didn’t phrase that very well! I don’t want to flag my blog I wanted to find out if it had been flagged as mature. My posts don’t seem to be appearing in tag searches. Cheers!
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One thing that will keep your posts from showing in tag searches is that you have so many tags and categories. The rule of thumb is to have no more than 15 COMBINED tags and categories. If you have more than that, it will keep your posts from being included in search perimeters. Eliminate a few of your tags/categories and see if that helps.
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All reasons for non-appearance of posts on Topics pages can be found here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/topics/#missing-posts
As you have assigned a combined total that exceeds 15 Categories/Tags to your posts, you need to edit and delete. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/ After removal of the excess categories and/or tags note it may take several days for your posts to begin displaying there.
You are inadvertently spamdexing AKA tag spamming. And, you ought to be more concerned about your posts not appearing and being well ranked on Google and Bing SERPS (search results pages) than not appearing on the WordPress.com Topics pages because it’s search engines that send a significant flow of traffic to blogs and they can choose to bury your content where the sun don’t shine for tag spamming.
The rule of thumb is to assign the least, not the most, combined number of only relevant categories and tags that accurately describe the post content.
For tips on tagging see > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/03/15/quick-blog-post-tagging-tips/
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Good luck! It may take a few days before you see any results.
There is more information about tags and categories in WordPress support documents.
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Fantastic stuff. Thanks everyone for the help and replying so quickly. Much appreciated. Looks like I have some cleaning up to do!
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It’s very common for new bloggers to assign far too many categories and tags to their posts. Best wishes with your blog. :)
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