My post is not listed in the "Explore" section.

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  cartoonmick · Member · Nov 21, 2013 at 4:20 am

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  Three hours ago, I published a new post, “Relative knowledge”.
  I have just searched through the “Explore” section” under the associated Tags, and going back over 5 hours.
  I can not see it listed anywhere in the “Explore” section under most of the Tags.

  Tags = “adopt, adopted, adoptee, adoption, cousin, daughter, Family, family research, father, finding family, Life, mother, relative, relatives, Social media, son”

  Why can’t I find it listed in the “Explore” section ?

  Cheers

  Cartoonmick

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 21, 2013 at 4:29 am

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  I checked several of your posts and you are using too many tags and categories. Too many tags and categories will make you look like a tag spammer so your site will be excluded from the Reader.
  From:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/topics/

  Get Your Content to Appear in Tags

  Add up to 15 relevant tags and categories (total) to your posts before you hit publish, and your content will appear on those tag pages. Tags and categories should be used to summarize what each post is about.

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  cartoonmick · Member · Nov 21, 2013 at 8:36 am

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  Thanks 1tess, for your feedback.
  A lot of blog control and parameters tend to loose me, but I did recall something about not having too many.
  I thought it was okay to have a lot of tags and cats in my collection, and not use too many on any individual post.
  But, from what you say, it seems I need to cull my entire collection (tags and cats) back to 15 total. True ?
  That’s going to be a challenge. Also makes it awkward when wanting to write about the variety of topics I like to cover.
  All part of the learning curve, I’ll see how I go.
  Thanks again,
  Cheers
  Mick