Claude, if you do a Google search with this format "site:claudesblog.com" you'll see that 44 pages are indexed. So, those pages are in Google. They may not be ranking for anything but they are there.

I'm not sure besides those 44 how many others you may have that are not indexed, though.

Mark

Hi Claude,

Did your site ever show up?

Have your pinged your website using a tool like Pingler?

Best to use it for each post you've made.

Best,
Ewen

At a guess, duplicate content.

When I search on something specific like "Most sales trainers and sales authors talk about prospecting, presenting, and closing sales." I get:

Your book at no 1, warrior forum post at no 3 and your blog post (on Claudesblog) down at no 5.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=l...iz.Fm17F8VHWB4

Stupid Google thinks Claudesblog is just not as important as amazon or warrior forum :-)

Google values video. Might help to blog Youtube videos.

If you want to "guarantee" that the right people see your blog posts, create a Facebook Page and post there. Then boost a post (Facebook ad) every once in a while.

Alex

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Put your website on a webmaster tool. It is a software or tool which is used to cache pages from google.

Hi Claude,

Perchance have you installed a sitemap and submitted it to Webmaster tools?

I'm only an amateur but I couldn't find your sitemap.

Have you got one?

Have you got a robots.txt set up.

Maybe take a look at Yoast.

Best regards,

Ozi

Thanks guys.

How are you searching?


Because if google your blog Claudesblog.com, google shows it, and nicely.

Looking at your site the last post is from July 26, Have you added any new posts since ? If you have see if they are still in private view ?

Hellor Claude,

I'm not an SEO person by any means. However, do yourself a favor and download Google's Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines. This is a 164 page pdf file straight from Google on how they rate and rank website pages.

Here is the > link <

Since I've read it, I've had more success with my client's websites, articles, and blog posts ranking than I've had in the past. But as I said, I'm not an SEO person, nor play one on TV.

And as always, your mileage may vary.

Chinchilla

Google rewards sites with good content that are search friendly in short . You need to focus on content production and also website optimization. Your pages are not. going to show up magically .Get busy make the proper website and content adjustments if need be and build up your archives

Hey Claude,

Appsumo is running a deal on webtexttools at the moment.

It can drag in your content and point out the necessary changes if that is what you would like to do.

It tracks your articles and you can generate reports on what other articles are beating your ones for you to investigate.

Their sales page only tells you part of the equation but they just ran a webinar (you can probably get the replay) that shows some really useful info if ranking articles is something you are trying to do.

It is handy because you can import old articles and if you use MS Word they have an add-on that sits there whilst you edit.

There is a stacking deal on at the moment that includes the content ranking component.

Check it out if it interests you.

Best regards,

Ozi

Hi Claude,

First and foremost, trying to figure search engines is like trying to figure out a wife. Just when you think you got it figured out something changes and we are back to the drawing board (smile). BTW, nice site, first time I have seen it.

Took a look at your site.

1. Used two different online search engines: Google cached and DuckDuckGo uncached.
2. Other online tools: wpthemedetector.com discovers theme and plugins and wppluginchecker.earthpeople.se discovers plugins.
3. Viewed the site homepage source code.

The site only lacks one Google Application and some minor wordpress plugins to help the search engines index the articles:

Google Application: Google Search Console
Google Search Console (previously Google Webmaster Tools) is a no-charge web service by Google for webmasters. It allows webmasters to check indexing status and optimize visibility of their websites. Reports on how search engines interact with your site,
https://search.google.com/search-console/about

Google XML Sitemap (plugin)
A sitemap is a file where you provide information about the pages, videos, and other files on your site, and the relationships between them. Search engines like Google read this file to more intelligently crawl your site. Note: Google XML Sitemaps by Arne Brachhold is a well known and extremely popular plugin.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/

Broken Link Checker (plugin)
This plugin will monitor your blog looking for broken links and missing images. Note: It is a good idea to run the plugin after you create an article with any links and also good idea if you install an additional plugin after the install of Broken Link Checker as some plugins may disable/change a link. The plugin can be deactivated when not in use.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/

Side notes:
Permalink Structure
The site's permalink structure is fixed to "Post Name." For brand and authority purposes I suggest change it to "Articles by Claude Whitacre" and Tag "Claude Whitacre." That takes some special handling so as not to lose any backlinks, create broken links and it would be mandatory to study if you do it yourself or outsource to a trusted SEO specialist.
A Simple Guide to Changing Your Permalinks Without Breaking Your WordPress Website August 9, 2018
https://www.wpexplorer.com/change-permalinks-wordpress/

Suggested Plugins, but not mandatory
Sucuri Security - Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening.
Sucuri Inc. is a globally recognized authority in all matters related to website security, with specialization in WordPress Security.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/sucuri-scanner/

Google Analytics Dashboard for WP
This Google Analytics for WordPress plugin enables you to track your site using the latest Google Analytics tracking code and allows you to view key Google Analytics stats in your WordPress install. Side note: Nice resource to quickly glance some marketing info though it can be configured for very detailed info inside your wordpress dashboard.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google...hboard-for-wp/

Suggested Site Changes:
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).i.e. https
Site security is becoming more important to visitors, ad networks and search engines.
See your webhost for the security certificate.

Something to think about:
Always use the same URL structure especially if you add a security certificate, e.g. https:// vs https://www
Most webhosts and webmasters suggest https://www (with the www).

WordPress address URL:
The WordPress address URL must be consistent with any links that you create, e.g. https:// vs https://www
Its details like this that are often overlooked and extremely important to the search engines.

Almost forgot:
A contact page. It goes a long way to establish an authority site. Though I consider your site as an authority site the search engines may not. The best way, in your webhost cPanel you can create a site email address and forward the emails to a online email account such as Google Mail.

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Congrats Claude. You are indexed by G now and it looks great. Good on you!

put a website on webmaster tool. It is a software or tool which is used to cache pages from google.