My blog does not come up in the search

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  barbsorensen · Member · Jan 31, 2015 at 5:13 am

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  my blog does not come up in the search. it is not self hosted as far as I know. How do I get it to show up when someone does a search on the main page for wordpress.com?

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  sarahcada · Member · Jan 31, 2015 at 9:03 am

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  Hi there!

  Yup, your blog isn’t self-hosted. :)

  If you were searching using http://search.wordpress.com, you do come up, but I had to search for a phrase you used like, “The Battle of Morseville”. I tried searching your name, but I suppose there are too many barbs and sorensens before the search engine got to your blog. What phrase or keyword did you use for your search?

  There are many factors that affect search results. If you like, you can read up on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or you can hire someone or ask a friend to do it for you.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 31, 2015 at 9:10 am

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  There are several thousand tips in the forum on the topic of SEO, so just look at the tag on the main forum page, or do a search.