SEO

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  storygenie5 · Member · Oct 25, 2021 at 10:01 pm

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  Hi!

  Are wordpress.com sites allowed to use third-party SEO, or are they required to use the wordpress.com SEO service?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 25, 2021 at 10:09 pm

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  You’ll need a paid Business or eCommerce plan to use any third-party plugins here, that includes SEO plugins: https://wordpress.com/support/plugins/

  With that said, we have several built-in SEO items already, some even available under the free plan: https://wordpress.com/support/seo/

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  storygenie5 · Member · Oct 25, 2021 at 10:18 pm

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  Hi!

  Thanks for writing back.

  We won’t need to install any plug ins.

  The site we’ll be using just asks for the site url and does it for me. I’m asking if that is allowed.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 25, 2021 at 10:23 pm

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  What is the site you’re referring to?

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  storygenie5 · Member · Oct 25, 2021 at 10:27 pm

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  I don’t know the exact name.

  I have it saved in my browser bookmarks because the name is too hard to remember.

  I just want to make sure it’s not against the terms to use annother service to have my site submitted to google.

  I’ve checked the terms and didn’t see anything about that, but I would just like to double check and make sure.

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Oct 25, 2021 at 10:38 pm

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  I’m sure that site is fine, but I would question any stats that are gathered in that way. It sounds like they are not adding any tracking to the site source code directly, so stats may be inferred (or even just a best guess) but may not be accurate.

  Without upgrading to the Business plan, for less cost you can add Google Analytics under our Premium plan: https://wordpress.com/support/google-analytics/

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  storygenie5 · Member · Oct 25, 2021 at 10:42 pm

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  If I am on the free plan, how can I have my site appear on google?

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Oct 25, 2021 at 10:51 pm

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  SEO is great on WordPress.com without your having to do anything special other than post to your blog regularly.

  The longer your blog exists, the more you post, and the more people who visit it, the higher it should climb in Google’s rankings. A site’s search visibility is not related to the stats package that you use on it, so even free sites can rank very well in search results.

  We have some additional tips on optimizing your site for search engines here:
  https://wordpress.com/dailypost/2016/03/10/six-seo-factors-you-should-know/

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  storygenie5 · Member · Oct 25, 2021 at 10:55 pm

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  Hi again, and thanks for the reply.

  My site does have a blog, but that’s not the main purpose of the site. Can we still climb high in search results?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 25, 2021 at 11:12 pm

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  We have some SEO optional for sites under our free plan all detailed at https://wordpress.com/support/seo/

  You can track your site’s progress in Google and Bing by verifying your site in their tools: https://wordpress.com/support/site-verification-services/