my blog isn't showing up

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  becomingnewme · Member · Aug 16, 2016 at 12:39 am

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  I don’t know if there is an err or my blog has been hacked

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Aug 16, 2016 at 4:40 pm

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  I don’t know what you mean. Your site can be accessed at https://journalofashrinkinggirl.wordpress.com/ instantly.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 16, 2016 at 4:41 pm

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  Anyone with internet access can visit your site now. It is “live”.

  re: search engine discoverability

  It can take weeks for search engines to index your site content. Please read this support doc https://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/ so you know we have no control over search engines positioning or appearance in the SERPs (search engine page results).

  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

  To gain search engine attention, I recommend that you start publishing posts (not pages) https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ frequently. That’s because it can take weeks for search engines to index content in a new blog and/or to re-index content under a new URL.

  For more information on expediting search engine indexing of your site read > http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google

  Make the Most of Our New SEO Settings Panel
  Take control of your site and how it appears in search engines.
  https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/seo-settings-panel/

  WordPress.COM SEO resources that you will want to consult are:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/
  http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/
  https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2016/03/10/six-seo-factors-you-should-know/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/

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