Google your Blog title!
What do you see when you key in your blog title in Google?
I did that yesterday and was quite pleasantly surprised to find out that the first result which directs to the home page of my blog showed up 8 sub results below it! (I think it’s a good sign for a site and was quite happy about it 
).
From the total number of results on the search page, 4 were directly from my site. 2 were from connect.in and 1 from digg, bloglovin, addyourblog and wepostalot each. None from Indiblogger though 
Anyways, What about you? Have you tried googling your blog name ever? How many pages does the search result throw up from your site? How many from other sites and which sites are they? If you have never done that, do it right away and do Share the results 
Reason: Minor edit
All the links except one are related to my blog when I search for "Psyche's Visage". Might be the advantage of using unusual words and their combination, given that my blog is neither popular nor does it generate too much of traffic.
I agree with you. Look at Cybernag! It is not one of those money spinning ones getting 1000 or more hits and yet it is so popular so many pages down
True! Forget the hits, the search results speak for all the popularity you people have! Great work
My blog name does not show up easily. But my name shows my blogger, twitter and + links on the 1st page. Guess I need to change the headline name of my blog. Can anyone help?
The problem is that your blog title and your domain name are different. Cahnging both of them to the same name might help.
No, dont change the blog name just bacause its not showing up in results! I like the name and Ranjith also has a very valid point there :) Dont worry, I wish to see you here one day, saying that 'Yes, My blog name is finally showing up and whoa! as the first result itself!!! I am sure that day is not far away... Good Luck, Vishal
Hmm... True... Think I'll have to work on that...
three full pages on google with 6 subresults showing below my blog...unfortunately none from indiblogger!
Priya - Aalayam Kanden
Same like mine! Finally someone to give me company, and who... A fellow traveler! Excellent
1. When I googled 'passey'...I was at Position 1 and 3 on Page 1. There were other positions that went to my twitter and linkedin pages...
2. When I google 'The Real Fiction'...I was at Position 1 and 10 on Page 1.
When I googled the words "My Musings Poetry" I was pleasantly surprised to see my blog in "First Position" out of 3 Million Similar Blogs and what is more I found my Blog in "Show Case" put up by " http://www.indiantopblogs.com/". Thanks Arti for the suggestion!!
Thanks so much Arti and DS! Happy Blogging! Cheers Priya
It's been 3 months since I last checked and here is what I've found. I didn't just google my name though. I googled some keywords so I'm listing those firstand my place on the first page.
While signed into my White Bhabi account using Firefox:
Searching for White Bhabi I'm still number 1 and all but 2 of the results on the page are for me. (Same result on Google Chrome signed into a different account.)
Searching for my real name which I've now come forward with - #4 on the list, appropriately tied into my blog and promotional FB account.
From a Google Chrome and signed into a differernt Google account my real name and info took up half the page. Little scary that I show up more for strangers than I do for my own account since I'm new with this real name disclosure thing. I also came up #7 on the list for just "bhabi" which is kinda good for promotional purposes.
Not sure whether you want the kind of audience who search 'bhabi'. The first result for Bhabi is the 'Savita Bhabhi' and the other ones are also on similar lines.
indian bride hunt has like 14,400,000 results and being the first result for different search terms is great! :)
I meant to ask were they all from your blog, direct links or did they contain referrals from other sites too like Indiblogger, etc..
Arti any tips you could offer on Search Engine Optimization for those whose blogs appear on the 2nd or 3rd pages of Google Search?
Sorry Vishal, I dont know any.. SEO is beyond me All i can say from my exp is I have done nothing spl except regularly updating my blog with unique content and it has helped...
Mine is second on the first page. The first hit is a twitter handle. *Envies him* because of him I need to have _iChetan_ as my handle instead of simple iChetan.
Checked once again now and I've moved up.. first on the list. And that too two links.
My blog doesnt appear.. :(
Guess thats because I've started it only 5 months ago and have written very sparcely. I am still learning the tricks of the trade!
Hey Neha,
Dont worry there, try to write more frequently and feed your blog regularly.. Google likes it that way.. just a matter of time, i guess.. Visibility might also depend on your niche, so keep blogging and it will be all good
I wrote a review of a book called not totally unbelievable by Vibuthi Bhandarkar. Within a couple of hours, my review came up on the first page of the google search for the book title immedeately after the publisher's page, a couple of book selling sites and the suthor's face book page.
That is one amazing result @The Fool! You are a writing genius, Good work
Update 
Since Sriram Vadlamani moved his Indianomics.com blog to asiancorrespondent.com (may be as a paid blogger, not very sure though) my Indianomics has over taken him to be on top. CNBC's Indianomics still rules, who can challenge the stigma of Moneycontrol.com, but I am happy to be trailing them.
If you search Hemal Shah's Indianomics, which is my blog title, its obviously me on top and top 10 results are all linked to all my presences online. Hurray!
@ Hemal Thats nice to hear :) Come on.. Overtake the others too, it shud not be that tough for such a senior blogger like you :P
Ya, but your blog title and url are different so that could pose a bit of problem... see, combining the two does give you the favoured results! So that's good :)
And Thanks for the update
@Arti Thank you very much! Well I am content with what I have now, not that i do not apsire to hit the top, but at present given that I am not giving enough time to my blog too, it just feels like I have reached where I deserved to... so happy about that.. about blog url, yeah may be that should help. but again I said, right now its good.
@DS thank you yaar! No 1. needs more clout and as I said above to Arti, i am happy with where I am today
@Hemal thats again a positive attitude. Your blog progress is quite good as regards to updations as to what it was a few days/months back, so I am sure frward is the only direction for you as of now at least, Good luck, I am sure it would improve in the coming months :)
And do keep updating
I hope it does DS. that is why it will remain this way for about 3 months to come before I change it back! It is a test on how things do change for me.
@arti @DS thank you for the inspiring words! it does mean to me...
Hey @What shoud I call you.. Hemal or indiano.. ?,
You have done this name change for this?? Brilliant idea, i must say but are you sure?
Hmmm, ok.. all the best with your experiments, i do hope it brings out favorable results for you. And if it does, we all will sure follow suit :)
And ya, anytime! i am always here for inspiring and getting inspired, both
@DS It would take at least 3 to 6 months to find that out. I am already seeing some results on the Google India. You can see my IndiBlogger profile here. http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=Indianomics&meta
But at the same time, its not that prominent on Google.com site (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Indianomics&meta - some wont be able to access this from India). The only promotion I am doing is via IndiBlogger and I am yet to start contributing to other media which has effect on the global search status.
@arti call me Hemal.. I am sure almost everyone who is here knows me.. except for the new guys.. 
@arti call me Hemal.. I am sure almost everyone who is here knows me.. except for the new guys..
Sure, as of now it looks promising. But it is for experiment only, and hence not planning to keep it this way for long run. will be back to Hemal Shah soon
I am sure we all can follow if this is successful..
My thread about copyright free images, visible on search (I saw it, I thought kahi suna suna sa lagta hai....)
haan, woh kaise visible nahi hoga ;) It is one of the best threads here, after all :)
First ! :) Now with better Alexa Rank, some SEO and lots of love from you all, the whole first page shows results from either my blog or twitter or FB
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