Resolved Indexing Issue

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about issues I was seeing with this blogger site not being found by Google. (Why Not Indexed).

After several days of digging thru Google discussions of the issue, I think I found the solution. My early searches kept pointing to an issue with the sitemap. At that point all I was finding for a sitemap url was one that placed

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500

after the root of the URL. When I would try to use my Google Search Console to enter the site map, it acted like it was taking the site map. However, when I would return to the Search Console, no sitemap would be listed.

So I kept digging and finally came across a post indicating that Google had changed the site map URL. The new URL ending is much simpler:

sitemap.xml

Thus, I entered that into my Google Search Console and waited. Each time I've returned to my Google Search Console, the site map is listed with the word 'SUCCESS'. I've also been able to search Google for my blog posts and find them -- including very recent posts.

Thus, I think my issue is resolved!

Why Not Indexed

I've been watching my Blogger stats and have noticed that Google is not listed as a referring site. Thus, I began to wonder why. I've been thru the settings and Google's Search Console and I haven't found an answer.

So, I'm going to document what I see and then reach out for help.

This morning, I tried a Google search for 'briles pauline'.

I knew I had several posts on my Wordpress blog about her and that I had re-posted at least one of those posts on my Blogger blog.

Moving Day Part 3

Have you ever copied some text and images (photos) from one source to another expecting everything to transfer without issue only to discover the images didn't quite make the transition?

That's what happened when I imported my WordPress blog content into Blogger. Instead of bringing the images along, the post links back to the images on WordPress.

I noticed something was amiss when I tried to use the icons to change the justification of the image. When that wasn't working, I dived into the HTML side to discover the A HREF code linking to my WordPress blog.

Jump Break

Have you ever found something extremely beneficial via Google but have no idea how you knew to search for it? That was my case today as I learned to use a 'Jump Break'.

I wanted to make my blog look similar to the 'Cleator' template where only part of each post appears on the front page. The partial post contains a 'Read More' link at the bottom taking the reader to the entier post.

Moving Day Part 2

Have you ever tried to copy a web site from one hosting service to another? If so, then you understand the desire to have an 'EASY' button. Without such an 'Easy' button, tedious time is needed to copy/paste the information and then clean up the HTML.

That's where I was when considering moving my WordPress content to Blogger. I needed an 'EASY' button. After all, shouldn't I be able to EXPORT from WordPress and IMPORT into Blogger? That should be easy enough, right?

I found the EXPORT link in WordPress setting when I opened SETTINGS and scrolled down.