Site not on WordPress Reader

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  quietschisto · Member · Apr 16, 2019 at 4:23 pm

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  Hi!

  I have a self-hosted site on Bluehost. As far as I know I can ‘connect’ my site to the WordPress Reader through the JetPack-Plugin, which I have installed. Regardless, I am not able to find my own blog on the Reader.

  I also created a second site (also on Bluehost), which I deleted a short while after. Funny enough, this site (and all the posts I wrote on there) can be found on the Reader. Of course, since the site was deleted, if I click on the link I get forwarded to the 404 – Site not found.

  Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?
  if it helps, my site is quietschisto.com
  the deleted site was de.quietschisto.com

  Thanks a bunch!

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

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 17, 2019 at 1:35 pm

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  Hi there,

  The only place you’ll find your site in the Reader at this point is in the site search. Go to https://wordpress.com/following/manage and paste your site’s URL in the top bar, and it will show your site for you there with an option to follow it.

  Any WordPress.com user can follow your site in the Reader in this way. You can also create a WordPress.com follow button for your site which you can add via an HTML widget:

  External Follow Button

  For your posts to appear in the posts search and tag listings in the Reader itself, you’ll need to be on a paid Jetpack plan.

  Jetpack

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  quietschisto · Member · Apr 17, 2019 at 4:52 pm

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  Hello Kokkieh!

  Thank you for your fast response, by searching for the URL I managed to find my site, although the chances of people trying out “quietschisto.com” are pretty slim :-)

  A paid JetPack plan is impossible for me, since I do not have a credit card and it does not seem like there are other payment options (like direct debit).

  What I still don’t understand is why I can find my german site (which was deleted on March 22nd) when I search for the tagline (which was shared by both sites).

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  fstat · Staff · Apr 18, 2019 at 6:46 am

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  Hi there,

  When I use keywords from your tagline I can see your site in the Reader’s search results:

  

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  quietschisto · Member · Apr 18, 2019 at 8:40 am

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  Hmm, strange…

  Now it shows for me too. But I swear, I did the exact same thing 2 days ago and it didn’t show up.

  Anyway, it seems that everything’s in order now.

  Thank you for your help!