Please help me experienced SEO guys

[Toucan-marketing]

Hi, I've put on a niche blog on Sat, was waiting for the indexing, built some refs and Press Release profile. I've been checking it coming up in Google for web address, it finally came up but not the first position, the first position is still the links.
Can you tell me does it mean it is indexed, it is almost indexed or it doesn't mean anything?

P. S. I have free blogs and a website, this was my first experiment with WP blog sites, so really need help there. I was told before it is indexed if it comes up for Google.

 

[djbaxter]

Hi, I've put on a niche blog on Sat, was waiting for the indexing, built some refs and Press Release profile. I've been checking it coming up in Google for web address, it finally came up but not the first position, the first position is still the links.
Can you tell me does it mean it is indexed, it is almost indexed or it doesn't mean anything?

P. S. I have free blogs and a website, this was my first experiment with WP blog sites, so really need help there. I was told before it is indexed if it comes up for Google.

I'm confused. What do you mean by

it finally came up but not the first position, the first position is still the links

 

[Toucan-marketing]

the website on its own as a result came up but not first, the first results were the backlink references. But it is on.

 

[djbaxter]

OK. That sounds reasonable for a new site.

Type this into Google: site:yourdomain.co.uk

If you get any results at all, that means at least some of your site has been indexed.

 

[Toucan-marketing]

Thanks very much. It came up! Really pleased with what I picked up from you guys, 5 days is not so bad for my first WP blog!
P. S.... I knew you would know the answer

 

[harrysmith]

Easiest way to check whether your webpages are indexed or not is to just copy small paragraph and search it in Google. If you get your website as result then it's indexed else not

 

[Toucan-marketing]

Thanks very much, now it's clear. It is indexed but the new posts. I am actually not blonde, but this being my first WP blog, you guys helped me a lot.
P. S. Spent about 1/2 day on allowing widgets and changing CSS, but it will go quicker next time I know

 

[harrysmith]

You are welcome
There are many Wordpress SEO plugins available which will help you to build a perfect SEO blog
eg.. "All in one SEO pack" for Wordpress.

 

[Toucan-marketing]

You are welcome
There are many Wordpress SEO plugins available which will help you to build a perfect SEO blog
eg.. "All in one SEO pack" for Wordpress.

I have it installed already, plus social bookmark stuff, don't ask me how long it took to get it right.... I am struggling with getting the stats, at the mom, as no sites show it and for some reason even WP doesn't.

 

[djbaxter]

Don't worry... That takes a while to kick in.

 

[harrysmith]

I am struggling with getting the stats, at the mom, as no sites show it and for some reason even WP doesn't.

If you mean website traffic stats then you can use AWstats traffic analysis tool which will give you enough idea about your website traffic...

 

[djbaxter]

I believe he's talking about the stats in the WordPress dashboard.

 

[Toucan-marketing]

I believe he's talking about the stats in the WordPress dashboard.

Yes, on my free WP CP it shows them, but it doesn't on that. Maybe I can change it, I did get a couple of clicks already to links on the site, so there MUST be traffic.

 

[djbaxter]

As I said, I've found the dashboard stats quite slow to update and definitely incomplete. There are some other WP stats plug-ins available that do a better job of tracking visitors, or of course there is Google Analytics and/or Google Webmaster Central.

Just be aware that as you increase the number of plug-ins, you'll slow down page loads in WP.

On the other hand, adding the Google Analytics code to a page also slows down page loads: When I discovered how much it increased load time, I deleted it.

 

[Toucan-marketing]

Thanks

As I said, I've found the dashboard stats quite slow to update and definitely incomplete. There are some other WP stats plug-ins available that do a better job of tracking visitors, or of course there is Google Analytics and/or Google Webmaster Central.

Just be aware that as you increase the number of plug-ins, you'll slow down page loads in WP.

On the other hand, adding the Google Analytics code to a page also slows down page loads: When I discovered how much it increased load time, I deleted it.

Thanks very much. That helped a lot. I checked with my host, there was traffic indeed, but most of them must have been the robots I think, as per the same IP. But I will keep on testing the plug-ins. At the moment it loads OK. I don't know if you remember doing your first website in WP, but this is pretty exciting and a great experience. I absolutely love learning new stuff and you guys actually share much more than you should for free

 

[djbaxter]

I still get a kick out of it. I even get a kick out of setting up a site for someone else and watching it develop.

My worst habit is I can't inhibit the urge to tinker...

 

[Toucan-marketing]

Lol That's great. The thing I love most about IM is that you can learn as you go. And if you keep on testing stuff your results can only get better.

 

[djbaxter]

If you tinker, you HAVE to learn as you go, because sooner or later you're going to break something and then upou have to learn how to fix it... fast!

 

[harrysmith]

Thanks David for sharing... Well, if you are using cpanel hosting then you have AWstats:-Traffic analysis tool, which is better option as compare to WP stats plug-ins or using Google Analytics code which may affect website load time