# Bloggers: Hints and tips to get my blog to show in Google Searches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloggers-hints-and-tips-to-get-my-blog-to-show-in-google-searches/375059>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 3, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloggers-hints-and-tips-to-get-my-blog-to-show-in-google-searches/375059 "2006-10-03T01:49:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloggers-hints-and-tips-to-get-my-blog-to-show-in-google-searches/375059/1 "2006-10-03T01:49:11Z")

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I have a blog with blogspot that does not come up in Google or any other search engine. I’ve tried searching mainly under the blog title.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloggers-hints-and-tips-to-get-my-blog-to-show-in-google-searches/375059/2 "2006-10-03T02:56:58Z")

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Can you throw some metatags in your HTML?

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**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloggers-hints-and-tips-to-get-my-blog-to-show-in-google-searches/375059/3 "2006-10-03T03:07:33Z")

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I did add meta tages to the end of the template using the code generated by [META Tag Builder](http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/mk-metas.html)

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloggers-hints-and-tips-to-get-my-blog-to-show-in-google-searches/375059/4 "2006-10-03T05:02:52Z")

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I’m not a blogger but here’s some tips:

1. Google Sitemaps: [https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/siteoverview](https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/siteoverview) (look for a plugin helper to work with your blog software)
2. Social Bookmarking sites: [Social bookmarking - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking) and [http://ekstreme.com/socializer/](http://ekstreme.com/socializer/) (get others linking to your site)
3. Make an RSS feed available: [RSS - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(protocol)) (get others linking to your site)
4. Old school SEO guidelines: [http://www.apromotionguide.com/index.html](http://www.apromotionguide.com/index.html)

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**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloggers-hints-and-tips-to-get-my-blog-to-show-in-google-searches/375059/5 "2006-10-03T06:29:06Z")

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Zipper thanks for those links. I started asking other with blogs on similar topics if they would put a link to mine on it. It’s mething of a peronal journey/my weight loss experience but I’d like it to be read by nmore people then just my friends.