Many bloggers think that they create a blog and it will automatically be listed in Google’s search. This is not the case at all.
Having an RSS feed is necessary if you want your blog to be shown in Google’s Blog search engine. Blog Search indexes blogs by their site feed, so make sure that your site feed is turned on.
If your blog isn’t already listed in Google’s Blog search engine, you can submit it manually. Add your blog to Google’s Blog Search.
While it is true that you don’t even need to submit your site to Google in order to be indexed, Google does invite you to submit your URL to make sure they don’t miss your site.
Submit your blog via Google’s free submitting form.
When Google finds your site through an automatic crawl it follows links from other sites.
What can you do to make Google find your blog?
Get incoming links.
There are sites that the search engine spiders visit many times a day and getting links on sites that search engines visit regularly is one of the keys to getting indexed quickly.
It helps you climb in search engine results. Google, view links to your site as a vote. Search engines use the number of backlinks that a blog has as just one of the factors for determining your ranking.
Incoming links to your blog also means more visitors to your blog and I know from personal experience that high PageRank links definitely help to get the site indexed quickly.
Help search engines find your blog by getting a link from a site that Google Crawls on a regular bases.
Here is a list of the top 10 blog directories to submit to.
Once you are indexed, fresh content will keep the search engine robots returning to your blog, so update regularly.
To see if you’re already indexed by Google perform a Google search like this
site:bloggertalk.net
Keep in mind that, while Google dominates the web, it isn’t the only search engine on the web.
Submitexpress.com will submit your blog to 40 search engines.
It usually takes a new blog about a month before it’s fully indexed by Google.
For more tips like this why not join bloggertalk.net and be sure to submit your blog to our directory.
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9 responses so far ↓
Wrote: Dec 29, 2006 at 9:53 pm
Neat, and useful information!
If you Google “EDog”, my page comes up 7th overall. Not too shabby!
Have a happy New Year, Rose!
Ian
Wrote: Dec 30, 2006 at 2:52 am
I find it interesting the paths that some visitors take to find me – not always pretty! LOL
Wrote: Jan 1, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Happy New Year to you as well my friend.
Wrote: Jan 2, 2007 at 5:11 pm
nice info !
googled mustang312.. top whack.
D
Wrote: Jan 3, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Thanks for the useful info.
Wrote: Jan 4, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Thank you Ian.
Seamus, ahh yes. I noticed that on my writing community. It is strange sometimes the terms a page can come up for, but it is even stranger what people are searching for.
David, now get top place for Mustang.
My pleasure Jane.
Wrote: Feb 21, 2007 at 2:03 am
Hello Rose,
It certainly is true that you don’t need to submit your blog to Google to be listed on Google. I first published my blog on Feb 2nd and by Feb 14th, my blog had been indexed by Google. Google likely found my site by my posting on alt.www.webmaster on Feb. 4th, where I included a link to my blog at the bottom of the post. Prior to Feb 14th, this was my one and only place on the Internet where I added a link to my site. I cannot believe though how fast Google indexed and cached my blog!:-)
Wrote: Mar 27, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Thank’s a lot Rose! This is very helpful.
Wrote: May 13, 2008 at 9:04 am
Hi Rose
That is very helpful. Especially understanding that blogs can take a full month before they are fully indexed. Patience, as they say …….