Tagging a post and getting your blog noticed

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  jonathanjberger · Member · Mar 17, 2011 at 6:21 pm

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  Hello all, this is my first blog. So I successfully managed to post my first blog on my new site, atelierjonathanberger.wordpress.com, but i couldn’t seem to add tags I wrote to the particular post, and I also wonder now if there is another proactive step I need to take to get this blog noticed on the internet, (indexed is the term I think??) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  -Jonathan,
  P.S. I was planning on going onto my facebook pg to tell people about my new blog but I wonder if it’s too early – will they be able to find it yet?

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

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 17, 2011 at 7:16 pm

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  Some answers:

  How to get noticed is the most ask question here, do a bit or research in the forum and you will find hundreds of ideas.

  Lots of good information here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/

  Don’t “tell” your friends about your blog – give them a link they can click on, you never want someone to need to Google your site to find it. Also put a link on your Facebook page or wherever so your friends and visitors can just click on a link to your site.

  Write stuff that is interesting enough that your friends and visitors will want to share your writing with their friends.

  It can also take 4 to 6 weeks for a new site to get indexed by search engines. See the link above on how to register your site.

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  jonathanjberger · Member · Mar 17, 2011 at 10:12 pm

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  Thanks so much for taking the time to answer this. I have taken your advice and I have put a direct link onto my FB page.

  Thanks again, I appreciate it,
  -Jonathan

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  timethief · Member · Mar 17, 2011 at 10:19 pm

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  @Jonathan
  Have you verified your blog ownership with the major search engines?
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools
  There are factors that do expedite the indexing process.
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/
  Are you applying basic SEO to your blog, posts and images?
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/08/04/basic-seo-elements-for-bloggers/

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  timethief · Member · Mar 17, 2011 at 10:21 pm

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  Are you promoting your posts in wordpress.com, in social media and on social networking sites?
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-badge/