How do I get people to notice my website???

[Exotic_demon666]

Who do I get people to look at my website after it's published??

[Minion]

Hi @Exotic_demon666 

Congrats on publishing your site.  Getting noticed on a website will take some time.  Besides actually announcing and promoting it on a social media platforms you can do some of the following things that are free and just take your time.

Add /Create a profile that you can list your website address to the following (if not already)

-Social Media Profiles (IG, FB, Yelp, GMB, Linkedin, Here at Square Community)

-Insert it into the signature of your email address (Simple enough I know, but the amount of emails I send a week it doesn't hurt to have it in there)

-BBB, $39 a month fee, but it is also considered a charitable donation on your taxes.

-YP.com 

-Foursquare

-Bing

-Apple Maps 

-Manta

[mixengineer]

Hey @Exotic_demon666 , I gave some perspective on how to get business via your website here, but I will answer below if it helps you as well. 

How your website is found online is something called SEO (Search Engine Optimization). This is important because where most people find businesses, products, and services is via Google search. It will be difficult to sell to people who can't find you. This involves:

-Your domain & SSL certificate (I personally use Google Domains for ease of use)

-Your meta data (Square Online provides the necessary access to this)

-Title Tags (Square Online has options for this, but extremely limited, especially on the home page)

-Canonical URL Tags (Square doesn't allow you to change this)

-Referring Pages (Other websites, Social Media, etc)

-URL Structure (Square Online doesn't allow you to change this)

-Correct robot.txt file (Square Online doesn't allow you to change this)

-And unfortunately many more things, but it's best to start with these first.

I will openly say, Square Online is not the platform I would recommend for SEO as they currently do not have the SEO tools or access for you to do it yourself. In the direct words of their support, "No, this platform wasnt designed for in depth HTML or SEO alterations." This means that your battle being found on Google while using Square Online will forever be uphill unfortunately, at least until they provide these basics for people to adjust.

If you have more questions, feel free to ask.

Mix Engineer

https://mixengineer.art/

[mixengineer]

SOLVED:

I switched from Square Online (Weebly) back to WPEngine and WordPress which gave me complete control over SEO. I recreated my website in a day, submitted it via Google Search Console, and my website was on Google in a few hours. 

Lesson learned, use the right tools for the job. 

Website: https://mixengineer.art/