WordPress.com Forums » Tag: new blogs - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/new-blogs WordPress.com Forums » Tag: new blogs - Recent Posts en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 tradtke on "searching availability of blog names" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/searching-availability-of-blog-names#post-1126822 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:03:23 +0000 tradtke 1126822@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have been trying to create a new blog for the past couple days. I type in a name to see if it's available. The "checking" icon indicates it is checking, but I have let it go twice now for 7 hours and it can't come up with an answer if the name is available. I have tried different names, and still hours go by until I finally give up. Whats wrong with this?

]]> timethief on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1079829 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:29:50 +0000 timethief 1079829@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I guess I tto have said this too. This Ideas Forum is for posting Ideas and and suggestions for Staff to consider re: WordPress.com improvements (widgets, features, functions, etc.)

]]> timethief on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1079826 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:26:00 +0000 timethief 1079826@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there new bloggers,
These forums are for support issues only. We are not allowed to create follow me threads here. Please read promote your blog in social networks and do not post comments of this nature here again.
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/forums-housekeeping?replies=1

]]> mercuriosity on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1079796 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:55:24 +0000 mercuriosity 1079796@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Along with globalpremiere and getrudet, I have an interest in finding others with the same interests as me. My blog was just recently created, and I would appreciate if you guys could check it out and give me some feedback.

http://everythingpsychology.wordpress.com/

]]> getrudet on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1079478 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:04:02 +0000 getrudet 1079478@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am also a new kid on the block with no blog experience and expertise but I am prepared to learn and fit this culture. Please tuck me in. Lol!

]]> globalpremiere on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1079469 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:55:26 +0000 globalpremiere 1079469@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Same here, I would love to find people who share similar interests.

]]> ladyofthecakes on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1079236 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:21:14 +0000 ladyofthecakes 1079236@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for all these useful tips, timethief :-)
It would still be nice to see a list of brand new blogs, just to see what's fresh out there.
...just imagine what THAT would do to my work procrastination strategy!!! lol.

]]> timethief on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1079052 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:25:18 +0000 timethief 1079052@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The WordPress.com search engine indexes post, pages, and comments content (body text). Unless entered as text in those contents, blog name, post titles, and post/comment author names are not indexed. http://en.support.wordpress.com/wordpresscom-search/

For Google searches use this format and replace "keyword" with whatever word you wish:
keyword site:wordpress.com/

Example search string
Queen Victoria site:wordpress.com
results > http://tinyurl.com/csaobsx

For Topics (Tags page) searches see http://en.support.wordpress.com/topics/

]]> timethief on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1079051 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:24:45 +0000 timethief 1079051@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
I can help with this. See: Find Friends Who Use WordPress > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/find-friends/

1. You can set up email subscriptions by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

2. If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts see here >
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/more-traffic-for-your-blog-with-the-follow-button/

3. You can also set up a secure contact form.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

Social networking is strictly give to get. It takes months of posting frequently to attract viewers who will actually submit comments. The best way to get comments on your own posts is to leave meaningful comments on blogs with similar content to what's in your own blog. Set a goal of commenting on "X" number of blogs weekly and carry through.

]]> maristravels on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1070933 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:15:41 +0000 maristravels 1070933@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I too, would like to know of new blogs being posted.

]]> ladyofthecakes on "How to find new blogs?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-find-new-blogs#post-1070921 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:40:50 +0000 ladyofthecakes 1070921@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As much as I am a fan of Freshly Pressed for throwing up all these good quality blogs to dip into, I really wish there was also a daily/weekly list of new start-up blogs. Or maybe there is and I've missed it...? I've tried a few searches, but to no avail.

To my mind, this would serve the dual purpose of highlighting to other WP users what's new out there, and also help new blogs get started. It can be very disheartening to get zero view counts day after day when you're new to the blogging game, particularly when you want to keep your blog anonymous and not link it up to your facebook or twitter accounts.

Just a thought... thanks :-)

]]> annadango on "Looking for a new pet?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/looking-for-a-new-pet#post-929044 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:32:16 +0000 annadango 929044@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Check out The Rat Diaries to learn why fancy rats will make the perfect pets for you!

]]> hnsaifi on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good/page/2#post-835309 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:48:07 +0000 hnsaifi 835309@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My blog's Pagerank is 3 and alexa rank in million. I don't think these things to be mattered a lot. I thought them to be essential when I was new here. Especially alexa is a bitch.

]]> jessielansdel on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good/page/2#post-834759 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:29:59 +0000 jessielansdel 834759@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oh shut it you lot. I'm getting a complex here you know!!, lol.

]]> nandobase on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-834733 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:47:25 +0000 nandobase 834733@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @teamoyeniyi, yes.... Mine was around 700,000 ++ too a month ago. I guess we have more highly spirited blogger today than last month. lol...

]]> teamoyeniyi on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-834652 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:33:14 +0000 teamoyeniyi 834652@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Nandobase, don't feel so bad about your Alexa rank - mine is falling too. I was around the 780,000 mark a couple of months ago and now I am down to just over 1 million. Very sad.

]]> nandobase on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-834586 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:10:49 +0000 nandobase 834586@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Bloggers with PageRank 4 are considered as blogmasters in my neighborhood.
I've been stuck with PageRank 3 for the last 6 months. And my Alexa Rank is falling fast.

]]> teamoyeniyi on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-834547 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:17:57 +0000 teamoyeniyi 834547@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I've been stuck on 4 for what seems like forever!

Maybe "TeamOyeniyi" wasn't a good choice of URL, given no-one can spell or understands Oyeniyi, but I think it is WAY too late to change that now. :(

]]> endofthegame on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-833838 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:46:18 +0000 endofthegame 833838@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My page ranking is 1... I thought it would be higher to be honest!

]]> auxclass on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-805148 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:26:42 +0000 auxclass 805148@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ A further note on URL names - it all depends - my main site uses two words together with one of them being abbreviated and it works fine - another name that is used by a group I work with uses auxnorthwest.com - works great - people can remember it and it rolls off the tong fine - we thought about shorter and decided to go with the longer version because we are in the Northwest part of the US and everyone is used to referring to the area as The Northwest so we just hitched a ride on the coat tails of almost 200 years of local custom.

You DO want the name to be easy to remember and spell, not real obscure either. Another group I belong to had problems getting traffic as many members could not spell "yacht" (it's a club) and things are much nicer now that we use just a four letter abbreviation of the name.

So it all depends and writing down a few versions and different names is good - try them out and see how they sound - how they look -

]]> hnsaifi on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-805135 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:11:32 +0000 hnsaifi 805135@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ And a free SEO lesson.
Chose your blog name precisely.
Like Tesux, Blogger, etc.
Don't chose the blog names as Ofpedia. It sounds like two words joined together and search engines will never suggest it when someone write "of" as a search term.
So never use joined words when choosing your blog name.
Another example to make it clear, my blog name is itspak and I should had to make it pakits to make it a single word.

]]> timethief on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-804679 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:10:22 +0000 timethief 804679@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ lol "Goo" was meant to be "Good" :D

]]> timethief on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-804678 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:09:24 +0000 timethief 804678@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @auxclass
Goo day to you. :)

trying to figure out why one package counts a few more or few less page views is in my opinion a total waste of effort

Agreed. No two or more stats programs will never agree. Each one of them decides how and what they will count as a hit. Some count page views and some count unique visitors. Therefore, use any of the stats counters only as a general guide to hits and I don't fret about stats at all.

A stats application that isnot running on the same servers your blog is on is going to be susceptible to wild fluctuations. This is because all hits have to be transferred over the internet to different servers, and there are literally thousands of things that can go wrong between the server your blog is on and the server at the stats place. There's also the possibility that the software or hardware at the stats provider's site may be broken and not recording, or counting things as intended.

The bottom line for WordPress.com bloggers is that we Volunteers can't address specific site stats issues. If we have any concerns about the accuracy of our stats we contact Staff.

]]> auxclass on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-804673 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:55:29 +0000 auxclass 804673@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ All stats are best estimates - before moving onto WordPress.COM I had three stats packages all running on the same server as my site and they would not agree with each other - how search engines and robots are filtered can have a great effect on the numbers - the important info is the trend - are you going up or down? Is traffic constant - I look at the different stats packages but only look at the trends not the exact numbers - trying to figure out why one package counts a few more or few less page views is in my opinion a total waste of effort.

]]> timethief on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-804663 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:25:47 +0000 timethief 804663@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ oosp! edit: "sode " was meant to be "code"

]]> timethief on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-804662 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:25:15 +0000 timethief 804662@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As WordPress.com runs advertising on our blogs and Staff embed the Quantcast sode required if you have any concerns about the accuracy of your stats on a free hosted WordPress.com blog then please contact Staff by using this link.

]]> timethief on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-804653 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:05:51 +0000 timethief 804653@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @bunnyali2011
Comparing apples to oranges is a useless act. Unless blogs are in the same niche, publishing on the same topics and are the same age the apples to ornages compariosn provides no valuable dtat. Aside from that, we don't need to tell you what our traffic stats and page view stats are because we can all locate this information and other metrics like demographics on any site very easily.
Example 1: http://www.quantcast.com/mysteryworlds.wordpress.com
Example 2: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mysteryworlds.wordpress.com

]]> bunnyali2011 on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-804650 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:54:52 +0000 bunnyali2011 804650@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ By the way, can I know how many visitors you get per day and how many total visitors you have? Of course, if you don't mind all of you :D

]]> ourwweviews on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-804647 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:50:08 +0000 ourwweviews 804647@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ lol, I'll be a while :P

]]> bunnyali2011 on "Is a Google page rank 3 good?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-a-google-page-rank-3-good#post-804646 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:48:48 +0000 bunnyali2011 804646@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @Timethief, thank you very much for your support...

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