publication of site issue.
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Hi there,
Do you mean the URL doesn’t work, or that you can’t find your site when you search its name?
If it is the former, please send the URL of your site, as well as other information (such as the browser you are using, what version it is, any extensions you have enabled, and your computer’s operating system) so that we can see if the same happens for us, and if need be staff will be able to help.
If you mean you can’t find your site when you search its name, please look at the information below:Make sure your site is set to public. If you’ve only just done this, it may take 4-6 weeks for google to index your site.
To be one of the top sites, you’ll need to have a lot of traffic etc.. There are many ways to do this, some of which are outlined below:
One way is to use a mix of appropriate broad and specific tags. For example, if your site is about reviewing books, you might create a tag ‘book reviews’, but also a more specific tag ‘book review about [book title]’. Someone who wants to find a book to read might type in ‘book reviews’ to Google, so might find your site. Someone who wanted to know whether a certain book was what they wanted might type in ‘reviews about [book title]’, which is why the more specific tags are helpful. If you wanted to appear on the WordPress reader, make sure not to use more than 15 tags and categories combined; if there are any more, the Reader won’t index your site. You can read more about that here: https://wordpress.com/support/topics/
It’s also an idea to use keywords. For example, if your blog was a book review blog, use keywords such as the book’s title or themes within it. Make sure it doesn’t turn into ‘keyword stuffing’, though; if you use so many keywords that the sentences become unnatural, this could affect your site negatively.
It’s important to keep posting. Search engines like it when blogs are being updated regularly.
You can find a support post on these ideas: https://wordpress.com/support/getting-more-views-and-traffic/You can find more ways to increase traffic on the WordPress blog. Here are a few ideas:
https://wordpress.com/blog/seo/You can find more about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) here: https://wordpress.com/support/seo/
I hope this helps!
Just a reminder that this forum is for WordPress.com hosted websites. If you use the open-source WordPress software, you’ll need to go to their forum to get help: https://wordpress.org/support/forums/
If you want to know more about the differences between WordPress.com and the WordPress software you can read the support post:
https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/
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