My blog does not appear in Google, what can I do? Do the following to get your blog listed on Google: Go to Google Search Console > Sitemaps > Add your blog's sitemap URL > Submit. The previous solution may be the one you were looking for and the ideal one if you are just launching a new blog. However, later I will explain the step-by-step so that you can find the sitemap of your website and send it to Search Console.

But what if you've already done that step? Are there other solutions you can turn to? Of course! And we will see them later. Pay attention.

Why is my blog not appearing on Google?

The reasons why your blog does not appear in Google can be diverse, among some of them are: it was just published, it got a penalty and there is deterrence.



Let's see what each one is about.

1. Just published

If you recently published your blog, it is likely that search engines, including Google, will not crawl it and include it in their search results. The time to index a new site is not defined, sometimes it is in a couple of days, other times weeks. See what Google says about it:

it takes to index a blog or site

Excerpt from "Why doesn't my page appear in Google search?"

All in all, check if your blog appears in Google by entering the following command in its search bar: site:tublog.com

In the case of Pleybast, it would be: site:pleybast.com

And to find a more specific page, follow the same command, but add the URL of the page. For example, site:pleybast.com/blog/what-is-a-blog-and-what-is-it-for

2. Got a penalty

This may not be the case with your blog, but life does give surprises... Google can penalize a blog when it considers that the blog does not meet the quality guidelines. For example, some reasons may be:

  • On optimizing the SEO of the web
  • buy links
  • Make deceptive redirects

If the largest internet search engine has penalized your blog (manually) it is very possible that it will disappear from the SERP. Typically, if you're logged into Search Console, you'll get a notification that your blog has been manually penalized. But just in case, follow these steps within the Console so you can see if there is a penalty: Security and manual actions > Manual actions.

How to solve a penalty? It depends on each case, but you must act promptly.

3. There is deterrence

It's common for people to wonder why my WordPress blog isn't appearing in Google, not realizing that they've set it to not be indexed (deterred)

The way to solve it is very simple, I'll tell you right now.

Other reasons why a blog does not appear in Google:

  • Contains a lot of SPAM content
  • It is infected with Malware

How do I get my blog to appear on Google? 4 quick fixes

1. Submit your blog sitemap

There are two methods to enter the sitemap of your blog: by URL or by using an SEO Plugin like Yoast SEO, for example.

First method:

Type in the browser address bar: yourblog.com/sitemap_index.xml

Second method:

1. Go to WordPress> SEO > General

2. Choose the “Features” option from the menu

3. Scroll down the page to the “XML Sitemap” section

4. Click the question mark next to the “XML Sitemap” section, then click “View XML Sitemap”

Once you have the URL of your sitemap in sight, copy it. And do the following:

1. Sign in to Google Search Console

2. Click on Sitemaps

3. Add your blog sitemap URL and submit

Submitting the sitemap will speed up the process for your blog along with its pages to be indexed.

 

2. Uncheck the “Dissuade search engines” box

When creating and designing a blog, a box is checked so that it will not be indexed until it is ready. I show you how to uncheck the box:

1. Go to WordPress> Settings > Reading

2. Scroll to and uncheck the setting and click Save Changes

Doing this will give way for search engines to crawl your blog.

3. Remove tracking blocks

Crawl blocks are one of the main reasons why a blog does not appear in Google. To find out if you have made these types of blocks, go to the robot.txt of your site. That is, to yourblog.com/robot.txt and see if there are any of these two codes:

User-agent: Googlebot</p>

<p>Disallow: /

User-agent: *</p>

<p>Disallow: /

In case you find both codes, delete them. By removing them, you give permission for Google robots to crawl your blog.

And if you have problems because an article is not indexed, check if there is no disallow in the robot.txt that has a connection with the article.

If it is the case, delete it.

Author's note

The robots.txt file is not a game. Making a change without prior analysis of why can harm the site. Take it gently. What if my blog does not appear in Google, but it is a section of my website? In this situation, continuing with the robot.txt, you should look for a disallow rule similar to this:

Disallow: /blog/

When you find it, delete it.

4. Disable the search for safe function

What if your blog shows up on Google, but you can't see it because you turned on the safe feature search a long time ago?

So, if this were the "problem", the solution would be to disable the safe function search so that Google shows you the results, including explicit content. By doing so, Google may already display your blog.

To disable the setting click on this link.

You should try this solution, I know it's not the best or the one that will help everyone, but it does help someone, and it was worth writing about.

Resources that can serve as guidance for your blog to appear on Google

Have the solutions not been very helpful? Well, here are some resources that might help you:

  • Why my blog does not appear in Google (Blogger)
  • My website does not appear in Google
  • Also ask the core Google Search Console community for possible solutions.

Page theme: How to make my blog appear in Google?

If you will have problems with the pages (or entries) that you publish on your blog and they are not indexed in the Google search engine, here are some reasons for their solutions:

They do not respond to search intent

All the pages that you have published on your blog with the aim of being included and positioned in Google need to respond to the user's search intention.

If they do not respond to what the user wants to see, it is difficult for them to appear.

Arrangement:

Do not start creating content based on a keyword if you have not previously reviewed the best results that are currently ranking.

For example, if the keyword is “car” it is a bad idea to make a blog post to position it since this type of content is not positioned:

You activated no index by mistake

In plugins like Yoast SEO, there is an option for blog pages not to be indexed. If you use Rank math the same thing happens.

It is useful to activate the "no index" when, for example, the legal pages are published (Legal Notice, Privacy Policy, etc.). But it is useless at times when you want to appear in Google search results.

Arrangement:

Remove the no indexmeta tag. In Yoast SEO go to the page, go to Advanced and select “Yes” in the section “Allow search engines to show this post in Search Results”

On the other hand, in Rank math, go to the page, go to Advanced, and in the “Meta Robots” section select “Index”

For duplicate content

Google does not know how to penalize duplicate content, however, it is one of the reasons why other pages are not indexed, because the crawl budget that the site has is wasted on it. Backlinko is an article thinks the same:

Duplicate content is having two identical or similar pages, but with different web addresses. Google tries for its part to identify the most appropriate version and index it.

But it's not very efficient at doing that, so it's better to tell it which page is the best.

 

Arrangement:

Add the “rel=canonical” tag to the ideal page you want to rank for.

If you don't know where to find the duplicate pages of your blog, use Search Console. One way to do it is: Click Coverage and then Excluded, scroll down and start looking for the following text: “Duplicate: Google has chosen a different canonical version than the user”

Conclusion

That your blog appears in Google is very important, since it will be able to receive organic traffic, attract the public that interests you and convert it. But you must be clear about this: one thing is to appear in the search engine and quite another to position in it.

If you are just starting with the publications, do not expect to be in the first positions immediately, SEO is a medium/long-term strategy, so patience is needed. Well, now that I have tried to answer your query: "Why does my blog not appear in Google?" What if you know, what elements a blog has? Arm it well to compete on the internet!