Search Engines

dickiebo · Member · Mar 21, 2009 at 8:27 am
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I have two blogs. This one has been going for over a month now and there has not been even one Search Engine reference, which I find surprising, as my other blog gets several every day. I wonder whether there is something tht I have omitted to do, that might generate enquiries from Search Engines. Any ideas, please?

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gentledove · Member · Mar 21, 2009 at 10:52 am
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Pray
dickiebo · Member · Mar 21, 2009 at 1:08 pm
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Thank you, my gentle, li’l dove!
gentledove · Member · Mar 21, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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There just seems no science to it at all, my top hits from google are posts that translate popular foreign songs into english, people wanting to know the eng stand a good chance of being directed to me, and also by providing a little background story to a song but it is by no means fool-proof. Other things is providing pics and giving them a catchy title not forgeting to assign to it url I do believe having a flickr account has helped me, every picture being linked back. In other words give Google [IMO the only search worth bothering about]tit bits of the kind that people browse. It usually is a month or so before they start picking up. Okay soldier boy? :)
gentledove · Member · Mar 21, 2009 at 4:39 pm
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Give it time, I just saw your awesome blog, you’ll awash with hits.
dickiebo · Member · Mar 22, 2009 at 7:15 am
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Ta, very muchly!
feartheseeds · Member · Mar 22, 2009 at 7:24 am
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You might want to make sure your privacy settings are set so search engines can find your blog.

Dashboard > Settings > Privacy: make sure the top option is selected.
raincoaster · Member · Mar 22, 2009 at 7:35 am
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Google can take up to six weeks to index a site.
dickiebo · Member · Mar 22, 2009 at 12:55 pm
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Thanks. I think, perhaps, I am being a little impatient. I must learn to have patience. I must learn to ……………..
gentledove · Member · Mar 22, 2009 at 1:21 pm
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It’s a long way to googlily
such a long time to wait
the science seems willy nilly
you have to wait with breath abate.
There’s no point in going yahoo
asking Jeeves or em ess en.
It’s a long, long way to googlily
till they gi’ out the gen.
dickiebo · Member · Mar 22, 2009 at 3:56 pm
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They’ll nae gi’ oot the gen on me,
Cos I’m a veteran, don’t you see?
I’ve had me day, and good it was,
Now I’m all knackered, and it’s becos……
They’ve struck me orft!
gentledove · Member · Mar 22, 2009 at 5:19 pm
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Three bloggies I ‘ave got to flog parley vouz
three bloggies I ‘ave got to flog parley vouz
three bloggies I ‘ave got to flog
well really it’s two and the shine of a dog
inky pinky parley vouz
tellyworth · Staff · Mar 22, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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http://ismyblogworking.com/ will tell you if your blog has been indexed by Google.

Note that “being in Google” and “being on the first page of results for a popular search term” are entirely different things.
arcadata · Member · Mar 23, 2009 at 4:52 am
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“http://ismyblogworking.com”

Whoa – what a nifty little tool! Thanks!
dickiebo · Member · Mar 23, 2009 at 8:16 am
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Excellent. Ta very much.

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