still invisible to google

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  petrabackonja · Member · Jun 18, 2008 at 10:44 pm

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  I use my blog as a portfolio.

  http://petrabackonja.wordpress.com/

  Because it’s a portfolio there there aren’t frequent posts, just my work displayed and contact info.

  It’s been up and running since Feb or March, I’ve submitted the url to google, and still it doesn’t show up on google.

  Am I nuts and impractical to think I can use a WordPress blog as a portfolio?

  Any suggestions?

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  ellaella · Member · Jun 18, 2008 at 11:01 pm

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  Aren’t frequent posts? The link you provided shows me a blog with one post. From March.

  You need to post more often.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 18, 2008 at 11:04 pm

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  You are making static pages, not posts. Posts will help your ranking on Google. Pages will do virtually nothing. And all of those other places where you have profiles? Be sure to put the URL of your blog there, because then all of them will link to your blog and give it some authority and google ranking.

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  petrabackonja · Member · Jun 18, 2008 at 11:20 pm

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  Thanks.

  Yes, there aren’t “posts” because it’s a portfolio!

  I moved from Blogger where I didnt have this problem. I wonder what is different about wordpress?

  I wonder if I should rethink using the wordpress platform for a portfolio.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 18, 2008 at 11:26 pm

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  If you make them posts instead of pages you’ll find your rank will go up. They will still be viewable individually either by clicking on the header or via the Recent Posts widget, though.

  When you say you registered with google, where, exactly, did you register? Did you claim the blog on Technorati as well?

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  petrabackonja · Member · Jun 19, 2008 at 12:10 am

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  I used this to register with google:
  http://www.google.com/addurl/

  No, I didn’t register w/ technorati. Probably because I think my dog is a cat, which is to say, I think my blog is a portfolio!

  One reason i chose pages instead of posts was to avoid the blogginess of date stamps and all the other obviously blog-related stuff.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 19, 2008 at 12:35 am

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  Well, I just put in a report to Google as well for you, and pinged on Pingoat:
  http://www.pingoat.com/index.php?pingoat=go&blog_name=petra+backonja&blog_url=http%3A%2F%2Fpetrabackonja.wordpress.com%2F&rss_url=http%3A%2F%2Fpetrabackonja.wordpress.com%2Ffeed&cat_0=1&id%5B%5D=0&id%5B%5D=1&id%5B%5D=2&id%5B%5D=3&id%5B%5D=4&id%5B%5D=5&id%5B%5D=6&id%5B%5D=7&id%5B%5D=8&id%5B%5D=9&id%5B%5D=10&id%5B%5D=11&id%5B%5D=12&id%5B%5D=13&id%5B%5D=14&id%5B%5D=15&id%5B%5D=16&id%5B%5D=17&id%5B%5D=18&id%5B%5D=19&id%5B%5D=20&id%5B%5D=21&id%5B%5D=22&id%5B%5D=23&id%5B%5D=24&id%5B%5D=25&cat_1=0&cat_2=0

  So if you’re not listed by tomorrow maybe you will need to rethink your options.

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  ellaella · Member · Jun 19, 2008 at 12:38 am

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  Try adding it here too:

  http://blogsearch.google.com/ping

  I think, though, since you are using blog software in a way it’s not optimized to be used, you might have to put up with some “blogginess.”

  And for a portfolio, wouldn’t most people who want to view it know the url?

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  petrabackonja · Member · Jun 19, 2008 at 1:02 am

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  raincoaster–thanks so much for doing that!

  and ellaella–yes, I realise I’m not using the blog format as intended. It’s fun to try though!

  It’s true that most people would go to my portfolio via the url link in an email for example. However, in my experience, my colleagues are googlers like everybody else. For example, Writers and editors read a poem somewhere and google the author.