Something a bit different for this post. I’ve still got a few more thoughts on testimonials that I’d like to share with you, but I’ll defer them for now. What is different about this post is that it has been prompted by one of my subscribers, who e-mailed me with the question: “How do you go about getting your personal blog listed on the Internet?” I thought I’d answer the question publicly, as other readers might be wondering the same.
I’m going to use 2 bits of poetic licence when answering the question. Firstly, I’m going to change “personal blog” to “website”, as the problems and solutions are the same. This way this article should be relevant to more people. I’m also going to confine this article to how to get indexed by Google - it being the most popular search engine.
Firstly, you need to download the Google Toolbar by clicking here.
Versions are available for both Internet Explorer and Firefox. Download the right version for your browser, and then install it.
Next, click in the toolbar search box and enter the address of your website in the usual format (e.g www.yourwebsite.com) and then click search. If your site appears in a new window, then the good news is that your site is already indexed by Google and you just need to concentrate on getting traffic to it. That, of course, is a whole new ball game (check out other relevant articles on my blog by finding the “Tag Archives” section on the right and clicking on “traffic”.
If the new window doesn’t display your site, it will show a “Sorry …” message. However, because Google couldn’t find your site, it will alert its spiders to go looking for it the next time they’re in your area(!)
So, give the spiders 3 or 4 days to do their stuff, and then repeat the search in the Google toolbar. You should find that your website now displays, which means that your site has been indexed.
I hope that this article helps, especially, if you were the one who asked me the question; and if you are: thank you for inspiring this article.
Speaking of inspiration, I’ve just added quite a few new quotes to the “Words of Wisdom” section. So, if your motivation is flagging, top it up by going to the “Words of Wisdom” section, which you’ll find by looking on the right under the “Categories” heading (if it’s not showing, click on the “Home” link first).
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