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How to Submit Your Blog to Search Engines (Google, Bing, and More)
Search engines usually find new sites on their own, but it can take weeks. Submitting your blog directly gets it discovered faster, shows you exactly which pages are indexed, and alerts you to problems. In 2026 it matters even more: AI search tools such as ChatGPT search and Microsoft Copilot rely on search indexes like…
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How to Change an Old Post URL in WordPress (Without Losing Rankings)
Changing the URL (slug) of a post that already ranks is nerve-wracking. Done carelessly, it can cause 404 errors, broken links, and lost traffic. Done right, you usually keep your rankings. I generally advise against changing URLs just to add a keyword. But sometimes you have to: a partner asks you to remove a brand…
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How to Report Copied Content to Google (and Get It Removed)
If you have blogged for a while, someone has probably copied your posts. Usually it does not matter, because Google recognizes the original. But sometimes a scraped copy outranks you, steals your traffic, or even appears in AI answers instead of your page. I have been there. The fix is to ask Google to remove…
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How to Get Your Blog Indexed by Google Fast (8 Steps)
A new blog cannot get search traffic until Google indexes it. Google usually finds new sites on its own, but that can take days or weeks. The good news: a few simple steps can get your blog indexed much faster, often within a day or two. No one can guarantee indexing in 24 hours, since…
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How to Add Google Custom Search (Programmable Search) to WordPress
WordPress’s built-in search is basic: it often ranks results by date rather than relevance, does not correct spelling, and struggles on large sites. Google’s free Programmable Search Engine (formerly Google Custom Search) gives your readers Google-quality results from your own site, and you can earn money from search ads by connecting AdSense. Here is how…
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How to Set Backup Ads in Google Adsense
Sometimes you may notice that Google Adsense shows blank spaces instead of Ads. It mainly happens on blogs/websites having multi languages. If google Adsense unable to display ads for any reason it will display blank spaces. Adsense has an option called ‘Show other ads from another URL‘ to utilize the blank spaces. You can use…