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Are search engines counting my blog as content?

by gjd6599
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I have a regular site on hostgator created with web design software, and I also have a wordpress blog on the same domain. www.mysite.com/blog My question is, do the search engines consider the posts or pages I put on the blog as content for my website?

All the articles I write I have been posting on the blog. Is that a smart thing to do, or should I be putting it as pages on the site?

One thing that bothers me is that I have the plug-in counterize installed on the blog, and it shows no results. The main site shows traffic, but the blog does not according to counterizer. It doesn't even show the bots.

It is indexed by all the main engines, and I visited myself from a computer other than mine, and it still showed no results. Is this because it is part of the main site?

Thanks Glenn
#blog #content #counting #engines #search
  • Profile picture of the author The Pension Guy
    Usually, search engines love WP blogs...
    How old is the blog? Also, check in the blog's admin panel under Settings > Privacy. Which button is on? (by default, when installing a WP blog, it is set to block search engines)
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    • Profile picture of the author Eric Stanley
      Originally Posted by The Pension Guy View Post

      Usually, search engines love WP blogs...
      How old is the blog? Also, check in the blog's admin panel under Settings > Privacy. Which button is on? (by default, when installing a WP blog, it is set to block search engines)
      Just a correction: A fresh WP install has the option to be searchable ON by default.
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  • Profile picture of the author jayden.fellze
    Originally Posted by gjd6599 View Post

    I have a regular site on hostgator created with web design software, and I also have a wordpress blog on the same domain. www.mysite.com/blog My question is, do the search engines consider the posts or pages I put on the blog as content for my website?

    All the articles I write I have been posting on the blog. Is that a smart thing to do, or should I be putting it as pages on the site?

    One thing that bothers me is that I have the plug-in counterize installed on the blog, and it shows no results. The main site shows traffic, but the blog does not according to counterizer. It doesn't even show the bots.

    It is indexed by all the main engines, and I visited myself from a computer other than mine, and it still showed no results. Is this because it is part of the main site?

    Thanks Glenn
    Most probably its the setting on your wp blog. the no-follow tag can cause a lot of problems in wordpress blogs.
    Believe me, I hate it sometimes when you cant seem to figure out whats wrong despite the fact that you are doing everything right on your part and some small setting is causing your work to go unnoticed by Search engines.
    Thats why, I advocate using the Do-follow tag. Its much better...for fellow bloggers and for search engine spiders.
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