Why Is Google Not Caching My Blogger Blog?

Google caches blogs with relevant, regular posts.

Google crawls the Internet every day for new content, but it fails to cache your Blogger blog when it cannot find its URL. Google caches Blogger blogs that have useful content and relevant keywords; if your blog is lacking in these areas, Google may not list it. Incorrect settings also affect the way Google finds and caches your blog.

Submit Your Blog's URL to Google Indexing

Google regularly crawls the Internet to find new content to index and cache. Google sometimes finds new Blogger blogs without any assistance from you. If Google has not yet cached your blog after a month or two, try submitting the blog's URL to Google yourself. To do this, go to Google's Submit Your Content page. Click "Submit a URL." Sign in with the email address and password associated with your Blogger blog. Type the blog's URL in the box, and then click "Submit Your Request." It usually takes up to six weeks before Google indexes the blog.

Check Your Blog's Settings

After you submit your blog's URL to Google, check your settings. Blogger allows you to opt your blog out of search engine results. If you accidentally enabled this option, Google never shows the blog in search results. Correct this by signing into your Blogger blog. Click "Settings" and view the Basic category. If the "No" box is checked next to "Let search engines find your blog," check the "Yes" box instead.

Write Relevant, Useful Content

Your Blogger blog will not appear in Google search results if you fail to write regular and relevant posts. Write a new post at least a few times per week to increase your chances of Google caching the blog. Always write content relevant to the blog's topic. Original content attracts Google's attention best, so remove any content that you copied from other websites, even if you have the writer's permission to do so. If you include filler content with little relevance to the blog's topic, Google may not cache your blog.

Use Keywords

Google's search algorithm favors blogs that focus on a narrow topic. For example, a blog focused solely on pets fares better than a blog that discusses unrelated topics like pets, cooking and sewing. To help you stay on topic, select up to five keywords that describe the blog's topic. For a blog about pets, for instance, choose keywords like "dog," "cat," "training" or "behavior." Include these keywords in your posts to prompt Google to cache the blog.

References

• Google: I Can't Find My Blog on the Web, Where is It?
• Intuit: Why Isn't My Site Showing Up in Google? 7 SEO Tips to Raise Your Ranking

Resources

• Google: Submit Your Content