website isn't showing up on google after 4 months

[em7]

Hi! I've had my website up and running for 4 months, and it's linked to many places including twitter & multiple poetry presses. But it won't show up on google... When I logged into google search console it said no clicks/traffic/anything, even though a few people have been clicking on the site. it also says there are no backlinks, which is odd because it's not true! My twitter profile with the link comes easily when I search the keyword, but my website just doesn't. I tried emailing Weebly a few weeks back but I didn't receive a response. I have all thee SEOs done and everything! Please help!

[whitemonkey]

@em7 

Hi  please  what is your website  URL ?

i do not know how much you have done with your site, so sorry if i am asking  'basic questions'

Did you add your site to google search console?   ie   did you tell Google about your site?    Publishing your site is not the same as telling Goohle that you have a site..

An easy way to check if your site is ON google, is to type:

site:yourwebsitename.com          or .weebly.com    no need to include the https  or www

This will list all your pages that are known to google..

If you have set your site to GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE and GOOGLE ANALYTICS, where did you paste the codes?

To check on site hits   you need Google analytics

Let me know how you get on   and can assit more if required...  please send screen shots to help me troubleshoot

[em7]

@whitemonkey 

I'm not sure how to tell google about my site, can you lead me through it? 

I don't think it's "on" google

[whitemonkey · Accepted solution]

@em7   glad you got back to me..

So you have to tell google that you have a site.

Its been a while since i did mine     but

The steps are indicated here on Weebly's very own   and VERY helpful SEO GUIDE

https://www.weebly.com/seo/search-console

I have a travel blog   BUT i love Weebly and made some pages to help other users with some HACKS.

so once u have the code,   from Console and Analytics,  my own page:  https://www.nomadicbackpacker.com/adding-google-analytics-code-and-google-search-console-code-to-you...

Shows you what the code looks like      and where to put it.   

Once you added the codes to yiur site, please press save AND publish

Then on GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE,   u must submitt a sitemap     this is an auto generated link set up by Weebly.

On the left site of the google search console you will see SITEMAPS  on the little index

Hit that.

Then simply add    sitemap.xml      where it is requesting        and hit SUBMIT    then wait for google to do its stuff   which can take ages     be patient

I see u just replied me as i am typing    

Any questions   please ask   

[em7]

@whitemonkey great! thanks so much for the help! really appreciate it.

[whitemonkey]

  @em7      did u manage?    The codes and submitting site map.xml?

Another trick  to FAST TRACK google      is to INSPECT  the pages      add the home page url   to where there is a  little search magnifying glass.... at the top of the serch console page.    press return....   then wait    then press   REQUEST INDEXING   

And let it finish  

Do not request indexing too many times    it annoys google...

If u add a new oage to uiyr site, u can submit the site map again...    it can take ages for Google to index ur site

[whitemonkey]

@em7     seems like it indexed  it already          that was fast       cool     

[em7]

@whitemonkey yeah, that was fast! Any reason why it says "Weebly" after the name? Or is that something I have to change?

[whitemonkey]

@em7 

Yeah   you have the free plan    ie   a weebly sub domain

U can purchase the CONNECT PLAN   and then buy ur own domain.   a   dot com domain.  

This is a referal link from my website if you choose to buy the plan.

https://www.weebly.com/r/L2IQPB

Its like a AFFILIATE thing     u have the same on ur site    to refer  other people too.   Its on the weebly dashboard.

Ur own domain is a good idea if u want people to take your site seriously.  It looks more professional

[em7]

@whitemonkey i just submitted a request to index my site! what else should I do?

[whitemonkey]

@em7    did a long reply      here is a submitt sitemap screen shot    ::      add sitemap.xml    where indicated...

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