Newbie – Question

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  divinebeads · Member · Jun 26, 2010 at 10:08 pm

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  Hi I have just set up my blog but when I search for it in google it isnt found…..can anyone advise me what I need to do?

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  harrythehandyman · Member · Jun 26, 2010 at 10:14 pm

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  i’m sure you have to do a lot more than 2 posts and i think also it takes a few weeks to come through the google setup

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  timethief · Member · Jun 27, 2010 at 2:49 am

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  @divinebeads
  It can take for 4 -6 weeks before your blog posts appear in the search engine results pages.

  1. Check to be sure your your visibility settings for your blog do allow search spider access, and you know the correct URL for your blog (Tip: no wordpress.com URLs contain “www”).

  ___ I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Sphere, Technorati) and archivers – This is the setting used by most blogs. It lets everyone read your blog and allows your blog to be included in search engines and other content sites. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  2. Set up a Google Webmasters account and verify ownership your blog with the 3 big search engines. http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools

  3. Create an archive of high quality original content that’s properly tagged and publish frequently.
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/08/04/basic-seo-elements-for-bloggers/
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/02/15/new-content-wordpress-com-pings-for-you/

  4. 10 additional factors for getting search engine attention http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/