Contents [ hide ]  Are you using the site: command correctly? Photo by  luis arias  on  Unsplash If you're not signing out of Google Chrome before using the site: command, or using an incognito window, or switching to a different browser, you may be getting discouraging results from Google. When you are signed into Google…

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…

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 …

Contents [ hide ] How does the spider see? Animals have different ways of seeing than humans. Dogs are thought to not be able to see in color.  The compound eyes of flies are particularly interesting.  At one point scientists thought the fly's compound eye resulted in many views like a wall of TV screens all tuned to the s…

Looking for a Few Good Outliners Contents [ hide ] What is Outlining? Outlining, the process of making a point and then nesting sub-points under it, seems like a natural non-fiction writing process to me. I tend to do it unconsciously.  What is Mind-Mapping? I know many who don't like outlining and in fact many who detest…

Contents [ hide ] Should your post have a Table of Contents? - Weblog Writer Journey - Day 13 Do long posts need a Table of Contents? Photo by  Sigmund  on  Unsplash I think they do. I've been looking for a Table of Contents to include in longer posts. I will link to an article I am writing about why a Table of Contents is…