So I started with blogging and was wondering if there were any communities where people share their blogs? And also will google index my page when I use wordpress theme? Is there any way of making google visit my site more often? Is the theme I use attractive? when should I use google ads? the blog is http://blog.loiqdesign.be (just has a starters post, nothing special) Regards
I've just asked the same question about blog communities. Here's the only one I'm aware of so far - mybloglog.com
There are many blogging communities: My Blog Log Blog Catalogue Spicy Blog Million Dollar Avatar Those should get you started, I am sure some one has a list around here somewhere. Google: "Blog Communities" and they will pop up all over the place.
One of the reasons why I use wordpress is just for that...New sites with wp get indexed rather quick and I havn't had any prblems with the sandbox. You need to do some basic things tho 1. adjust your permalinks at Options->Permalinks and change the structure to either /%category%/%postname%/ or only /%postname%/ 2. add the following plugins a. seo title (http://www.marketingop.us/plugin-page/seo-wordpress-plugin/ ) b. Google sitemap (http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-final) c. Ultimate Tag Warrior (http://www.neato.co.nz/ultimate-tag-warrior/ ) d. Related posts (http://wasabi.pbwiki.com/Related Entries ) Next you can look at the ping list and your robot.txt file and tweak some things there but this will get you started. The Q about when to place ads...It depends but having at least 5 articles/posts on your blog is something I try to have as a rule of thumb..but some people will tell you they add it from the start and others will wait untill the site is fully indexed...It's personal and as always for all ways is something to say and no way is the "one and only good way" Some goes for your theme....it's clean and looks good but you have to figure out yourself what theme works for your vistors. it's so easy to change it so when you have the ads in experiment with it and find what works for you.
Trust me, Google will be around more times than you want them to. Like a bum smelling Hamburgers. They're good like that
You shouldn't go looking for generic blogging communities. Just go with the flow of blogging by using Google blog search to find blogs on the same topic, and try to get link to by them.
Wow thanks alot for those plugins and tips! I'm surprised about wordpress, didn't know it had so many features shouldve started earlier with this