WordPress.com Forums » Tag: search engine - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/search-engine WordPress.com Forums » Tag: search engine - Recent Posts en Sun, 19 May 2013 10:18:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raincoaster on "articles RARELY appear on search engines after I got my domain" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/articles-rarely-appear-on-search-engines-after-i-got-my-domain#post-1252093 Thu, 02 May 2013 08:29:38 +0000 raincoaster 1252093@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ When you change to a new username, you start out again with a pagerank of zero. You have to build it up over time; it normally takes about four months.

As well, a unique domain name always has less SEO than a subdomain of a huge domain like WordPress.com.

]]> danielisreading on "articles RARELY appear on search engines after I got my domain" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/articles-rarely-appear-on-search-engines-after-i-got-my-domain#post-1252088 Thu, 02 May 2013 08:27:27 +0000 danielisreading 1252088@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How long ago did you change to your new domain? Because it takes a number of weeks for the search engines to actually start indexing your new domain, so it won't show up in the search engine for a number of weeks. So any new post you make, won't start to show up for a while. In addition, having a new domain, means that the 'rank' of the domain starts back at zero, and it takes time for it to regain it's 'ranking'.

You can use the webmaster tools and submit a site map if you like, that could speed it up, but it's not really necessary (http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/) but your site will get back into the search engine, it just takes time.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/

]]> kate7777 on "articles RARELY appear on search engines after I got my domain" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/articles-rarely-appear-on-search-engines-after-i-got-my-domain#post-1252057 Thu, 02 May 2013 07:36:53 +0000 kate7777 1252057@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I write my own articles and in the past before I got my domain they appear on search engines - even top page if there was "no traffic" at the time I published them. But since I got my domain, my articles RARELY appear on s-engines anymore. I don't want to pay for traffic, never did, and don't want to start now. Is there something I can do to change that? Some articles even vanished on search engine.

]]> timethief on "Importing to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/importing-to-wordpress#post-1221080 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:38:28 +0000 timethief 1221080@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This word "popup" above was an error. I meant to type "you" sorry :(

]]> timethief on "Importing to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/importing-to-wordpress#post-1221074 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:37:08 +0000 timethief 1221074@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can delete the blog and if you don't either make it private or delete it popup will be creating duplicate content which is not a good thing. You may want t to place only one post on the front page of the old site directing to your new blog's URL.

It can take weeks for search engines to index your blog. It's publishing posts, not pages that attracts search engine attention.

The process we use for verifying free hosted WordPress.com blogs with search engines is found here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

Note: Even if you do not verify the blog the content will be indexed by search engines so don't feel panicky about this please.

WordPress.com provides the search engines with site maps. We bloggers do nothing. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sitemaps/

For more information read > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/

]]> terenamakeup on "Importing to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/importing-to-wordpress#post-1221001 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:51:21 +0000 terenamakeup 1221001@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Can I delete my old blogger blog once I have successfully imported it to WordPress? Are there any other steps I need to follow to ensure all search engines find my blog at its new home?

]]> danielberhane on "Questions on transferring to WP.org site" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/questions-on-transferring-to-wporg-site#post-1219807 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:57:57 +0000 danielberhane 1219807@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ One more question:
Can I redirect danielberhane.com to a to subdir - on my new website?
{I meant redirect my current blog to: example.com/daniel }

If the answer is yes, does that change any one your answers to the questions above?

]]> danielberhane on "Questions on transferring to WP.org site" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/questions-on-transferring-to-wporg-site#post-1174508 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:00:03 +0000 danielberhane 1174508@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you very much Raincoaster.

One more question:
Can I redirect danielberhane.com to a subdomain - or, preferably to subdir - on my new website?
{I meant redirect my current blog to: example.com/daniel or daniel.example.com}

If the answer is yes, does that change any one your answers to the questions above?

Thanx again.

]]> raincoaster on "Questions on transferring to WP.org site" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/questions-on-transferring-to-wporg-site#post-1173915 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:09:57 +0000 raincoaster 1173915@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 1) install the jetpack plugin, then post back here and ask staff to transfer the subscribers for you.

2) Yes, you can, and yes, it absolutely will effect the indexing.

3) no, but search engines are smarter than they used to be and they will soon learn you're not a new blog and rank you appropriately.

4) you would have to do it by manually copy/pasting and making new posts, but it's a better idea to just set it to Private; if search engines see the same content on two different blogs, they'll downgrade both of them as spam.

]]> danielberhane on "Questions on transferring to WP.org site" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/questions-on-transferring-to-wporg-site#post-1173829 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:54:19 +0000 danielberhane 1173829@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello
I intend to transfer of my blog contents to a new WP.org site and purchase redirect.
I have four problems/confusions and I would be grateful if someone would explain it to me:

1/How do I transfer subscribers?

2/Can I make major reorganizing/restructuring of categories and tags after I exported to the new site? Wouldn't that affect the indexing on search engines? (as I am counting on redirect)

3/Is there anyway I can maintain/transfer my page rank?

4/ I would rather not delete the existing blog as I wish to keep it as back up for a while and reactivate it after a few months as a personal archive (once the new site becomes fully functional & gets dedicated admin hired). But how do I keep it updated with contents from the new site?

Thank you very much.

]]> timethief on "site not showing on google after about 8 weeks" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/site-not-showing-on-google-after-about-8-weeks#post-1135712 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:13:01 +0000 timethief 1135712@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no activity on that blog. There are no posts at all so that's not surprising. It takes time and the frequent publication of fresh content that cannot be found elsewhere on the internet to get search engine attention. The amount of traffic, backlinks and accruing authority the blog receives due to the activity on posts then effects where the posts are positioned in SERPS (search engine page results). http://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/
10 factors that expedite indexing > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/

]]> heatherwardle on "site not showing on google after about 8 weeks" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/site-not-showing-on-google-after-about-8-weeks#post-1135706 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:05:11 +0000 heatherwardle 1135706@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I created a site for a neighbour who has a hair salon. http://bluedoorhairboutique.wordpress.com

After many weeks, it's still not showing in any search engines. I've checking the settings. Will paying for the domain name help? My own personal site is working fine.

Thanks.

]]> erincathryn on "Blog not ranked with Google" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-not-ranked-with-google#post-1130608 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:45:02 +0000 erincathryn 1130608@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am not entirely sure I agree with what is being said. The issue I am having is that the blog name itself is not even popping up when it is being Googled.

How would calling my review on "Briar Rose" anything other than "Review: Briar Rose by Jane Yolen" make it easier to find?

]]> timethief on "Blog not ranked with Google" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-not-ranked-with-google#post-1130097 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:02:35 +0000 timethief 1130097@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Your blog is indexed by Google (141 results).
Latest review is here (4th from top) > http://tinyurl.com/aq4tn9e
Check out copyscape as it will reveal how many other book reviewers are using the same phrases you used. To stand out among them your review must be unique and that's not easy to accomplish in your niche.

]]> raincoaster on "Blog not ranked with Google" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-not-ranked-with-google#post-1130069 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:17:41 +0000 raincoaster 1130069@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, it's normal for the tag pages to rank higher than the individual posts.

Each search engine applies different standards. Google really dislikes overtagging.

]]> erincathryn on "Blog not ranked with Google" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-not-ranked-with-google#post-1130049 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:48:40 +0000 erincathryn 1130049@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I had wondered if tags/categories might have something to do with it... but as I tend to read multiple books by the same author, I had hoped to give blog readers a way to search for all topics about said author, or where I compare books, etc.

I guess the thing that gets me is that according to my Google Webmaster Tools (which I have asked about over there, and no one really helped) the site is ranking with the strangest search terms. It seems like the tags are getting more search action than the blog name... Is this normal for a WordPress.com blog?

For example... someone searched for a book, and the tag I have for the author popped up, but not the review I did for that book. I will be the first to admit that maybe I don't understand WordPress.com as well as I thought I did... but I just need to know why/how. And if it is an issue with content/tags, then why is the blog ranked well on Bing and Yahoo? Wouldn't it be doing poorly all around?

]]> raincoaster on "Blog not ranked with Google" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-not-ranked-with-google#post-1130039 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:34:07 +0000 raincoaster 1130039@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There are 353,000,000 results when searching "Written Permission" on Google. 70,900,000 results for "Written permission blog." I can see that your blog IS indexed with Google, it is near the bottom of the first page of the results when you google the title of your most recent post.

You are using a lot of tags and categories, which might be affecting your ranking. Cut it to ten or twelve, not eighteen. Otherwise, I think it's just that you chose a common phrase for a title and your post titles are also the default title everyone else thinks of for book reviews. If you do more posts with original titles, tagged/categorized appropriately, it should naturally follow. Also, of course, the QUICKER you do a book review after the book comes out, the better.

]]> erincathryn on "Blog not ranked with Google" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-not-ranked-with-google#post-1130034 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:27:14 +0000 erincathryn 1130034@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello all,
I am completely stumped here. My blog has been active for almost a year and has never actually returned when searching for it by name (either "Written Permission", "Written Permission Blog", or "Written Permission WordPress").

I have claimed the blog through Google, I have checked with them, and there is nothing blocking it on their end. The site ranks well with other search engines (Bing and Yahoo).

Any ideas? Is it content based? Is it a glitch somewhere? I really don't get it...

Thanks in advance!

]]> hovercraftdoggy on "Google Panda Update" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-panda-update#post-1125654 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:04:04 +0000 hovercraftdoggy 1125654@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hey all,

after the latest google panda update on the 21st of december, our google traffic has dropped significantly, so that it seems google has downgraded our site.

We were wondering if anyone knows or could suggest why this might be as we generally try to create a very high quality blog with good seo (alt tags on images, no broken links, no funny backlinking, no duplicate content, keeping the website loading time down etc...)

Since the 21st we also changed our theme, which should improve the sites performance at the next google update - so we hope, but we are still wondering what we could do / if there is anything that we might be missing.

thanks

]]> raincoaster on "How to increase blog traffic easy steps?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-increase-blog-traffic-easy-steps#post-1111106 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:58:36 +0000 raincoaster 1111106@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Have you tried a forum search? We've answered this question literally thousands of times, in simple, easy to understand language.

]]> hettychatters on "How to increase blog traffic easy steps?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-increase-blog-traffic-easy-steps#post-1111098 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:41:57 +0000 hettychatters 1111098@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi all,

My mind is totally boggled! I would like my blog to be more accessible via search engines, so that I can increase traffic. However, I have been trolling through lots of information on how to do this and I am struggling to make sense of any of it! Please could someone shed some light on the situation for me, I would be eternally grateful!

Many thanks

]]> 1fans2allfans on "How do people see my blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-people-see-my-blog-1#post-1091769 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:24:31 +0000 1fans2allfans 1091769@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks, found it :)

]]> notawoodpecker on "How do people see my blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-people-see-my-blog-1#post-1091764 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:20:57 +0000 notawoodpecker 1091764@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ In case you lost track of your other thread:

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-know-if-my-blog-appears-on-search-engines?replies=3

]]> 1fans2allfans on "How do people see my blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-people-see-my-blog-1#post-1091761 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:19:11 +0000 1fans2allfans 1091761@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Since this is a wordpress blog, can only wordpress users find my blog. How do I get my blog on other websites and search engines?

My blog is 1fan2allfans.wordpress.com

]]> macmanx on "robots.txt blocking all search engines" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/robotstxt-blocking-all-search-engines#post-1083569 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:37:10 +0000 macmanx 1083569@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome!

]]> muz4now on "robots.txt blocking all search engines" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/robotstxt-blocking-all-search-engines#post-1083341 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:43:47 +0000 muz4now 1083341@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm getting this information from the robots.txt that exists on my wordpress.com site. I do NOT want to have search engines blocked.

Thanks to macmanx who knew where to change this and shared it with us!

]]> macmanx on "robots.txt blocking all search engines" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/robotstxt-blocking-all-search-engines#post-1082918 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:23:13 +0000 macmanx 1082918@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You have set your blog to block search engines. You can change this at Settings -> Reading in your blog's Dashboard.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

]]> timethief on "robots.txt blocking all search engines" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/robotstxt-blocking-all-search-engines#post-1082467 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:02:05 +0000 timethief 1082467@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This thread id tagged for Staff assistance. I did a quick search and found this information for Staff:

Your robots.txt file prevents GoogleBot from fetching http://wellspringholisticcenter.com/feed/. This may harm your search engine rankings.
Your robots.txt file prevents MSNbot (Bing) from fetching http://wellspringholisticcenter.com/feed/. This may harm your search engine rankings.
Your robots.txt file prevents Slurp (Yahoo) from fetching http://wellspringholisticcenter.com/feed/. This may harm your search engine rankings.
From: http://ismyblogworking.com/wellspringholisticcenter.com

]]> timethief on "robots.txt blocking all search engines" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/robotstxt-blocking-all-search-engines#post-1082464 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:59:37 +0000 timethief 1082464@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Where are you getting your information from? if you have some type of error message please post it here along with identifying the source.

]]> muz4now on "robots.txt blocking all search engines" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/robotstxt-blocking-all-search-engines#post-1082462 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:57:54 +0000 muz4now 1082462@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ (Sorry: it's Disallow, not Deny.)

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