Technical Issues of My Own Creation I lost a day due to a mysterious self-created template issue.  I'm glad to be back. I'm glad to have solved the issue.  I was prepared to switch themes, but I like some features of this one. My problems occurred because of the nature of Google Blogger, and my lack of familiarity with it.  …

Just some small changes to the site today.  Theme Changes I de-emphasized the labels/categories. Since Google's Googlebot Spider seems to find all my individual posts within a day of posting, the idea that I would get some additional use from having the same posts in many labels was mistaken. I don't think labels have much …

Contents [ hide ] I am postponing the case study for now. In my post about  having an irregular post schedule , I talked about the traffic spikes I was seeing immediately after making a post.  I proposed doing a case study of my results after publishing a post every day for 10 days straight. That was 2 days ago. So, I'm p…

Take the Initiative and Get Your Post Indexed You don't have to wait for Google to discover that you have a new post. If you have Google Search Console , you have what you need to get your post indexed by Google. I just completed a post about the need to post regularly in order to feed the Google spider, gain traffic, and built …

Contents [ hide ]  Irregularity. Does your blog suffer from irregularity?  Photo by  Edward Howell  on  Unsplash My blog does. It sounds like a personal problem doesn't it. And since this blog is just me, it IS a personal problem However, irregularity is not what you think. It's not a sign that you need to see a docto…

Contents [ hide ] Blogger is a better place to host your blog than you have heard. Photo by Stephen Phillips - Hostreviews.com There's a lot of disinformation on the Internet. Google Blogger, aka Blogspot, is a better place to host your blog than you might think. If you are easily distracted, as I am, by technical 'cur…

Sometimes Life Gets In The Way It has been a few weeks since I have posted to this blog. Sometimes life gets in the way.  My company is down-sizing and my job was eliminated. So, that means my priorities are elsewhere at the moment. So, I will update this when I can.  Stay safe, Dan

Contents [ hide ] How to Get Google to Read a Newly Created Page You have just finished a post. Your website has already been indexed by Google, but you want to make sure that Google knows you have new information. The answer is use the URL inspection tool on Google Search Console. How to Get Google to Re-index a Revised Page …