Searching in vain

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  1harryturnbull · Member · Sep 24, 2022 at 9:23 am

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  Hi I did a very specific Google search for my site which was ‘Name’ + WordPress and absolutely nowhere to be seen. No searches along those lines showed up anything. The only result at all is actually putting in the URL. Is this how it’s supposed to work?

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

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

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  amiteshg93 · Member · Sep 24, 2022 at 10:40 am

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  Hey there,

  A site cannot be forced to be indexed by Google. Google and other search engines will include your site in their search results as your site grows and receives more traffic.

  WordPress.com does not have any control over when or how the Search engine includes the content from search results. Content can sometimes take days or weeks to appear in search results depending on the search engine.

  For more information, please see the following FAQ:
  https://wordpress.com/support/seo/

  For more information regarding Google’s webmaster tools, click here:
  https://wordpress.com/support/site-verification-services/

  Hope this helps!

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  justjennifer · Member · Sep 24, 2022 at 4:31 pm

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  Hi there, what search terms were you using?

  Searching for “HarryT +wordpress.com” brought your site in at #1 and #2 on Google for me. If you were searching for your full name, does it appear anywhere on your website where it would be indexed by search engines?

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  1harryturnbull · Member · Sep 25, 2022 at 9:57 am

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  Hi
  Sorry I don’t know much about this stuff.
  I was searching for the site name rather than mine i.e. bbcaudiodrama + wordpress

  Are you saying the ‘bbcaudiodrama’ title should also appear throughout the site content?

  Are there any other indexing tips I can use or find out?

  Thanks

  Harry

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  justjennifer · Member · Sep 25, 2022 at 10:09 am

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  Hello again, As far as Title, the title of your site is HarryT.

  Keep in mind that if you are trying to place high in search engine ranking for bbcaudiodrama, your competition, as it were, is the BBC itself. That’s tough competition and they’ve been at it longer, so they will more than likely will push down anyone else.

  My fellow volunteer @amiteshg93 gave you some good links. Make sure to check them out.

  Also if you are interested in learning more about blogging, search engine optimization and the like, WordPress.com has free self-study courses at https://wpcourses.com/

  Hope that also helps.