Resources for the Up-And-Coming Webmaster
Being a new and overwhelmed blog-writer, I’ve been struggling with what seemed like a long delay in getting my spiffy new blog indexed by everyones favorite search engine, Google. I read some on googles pages for webmasters, and the general consensus there seemed to be that waiting was in order. There wasn’t alot of detailed information about how long, wether I was looking at hours, weeks, or even months worth of looking for that first google spider coming to my blog.
Then a websearch brought me to the answer, and I’d like to share it: It might never happen unless I do more than I was expecting to. I added my url and waited, and waited. Aparently though, this only starts one part of a process, that without links from other websites (and not just any old link will do), it may never happen.
I found the answer here, at Smart IT Consulting: Google Sitemaps - The How-To What-Is FAQ
I’d recommend a thorough reading of thier FAQ’s for anyone that’s in my position, wanting to get a site listed on google, or to increase the rankings of a site already there. I sure can’t wait until I’m at that point. Hopefully now that I’m back on the right track, and I know what I can do to make this work, I’ll be there soon.