RE: NOTES FROM AN AMATEUR WRITER #48 - Google Seems to Know Me too Well
Front page results are always nice! And it doesn't hurt to be associated with Lovecraft.
I don't think google likes me very much. I managed to find a couple of posts from my website on the first page if I googled the exact title (which no one will ever do), but most of them are a ways down the list.
I see a glimmer of hope, though. I just googled my name and found myself halfway down the 4th page! Previously I didn't show up until page 6. Ah, the joys of sharing a name with someone famous.
Btw, if I might indulge in a moment of shameless self-promotion: I posted a short story yesterday which hasn't gotten enough attention. Since I know you have a lot of followers who like to read fiction, I thought I would post the link here.
I would also be grateful if you would pop over and take a look, and maybe even resteem if you think it's worthy. Here it is: https://steemit.com/fiction/@shawndove/hidden-forever-a-short-story
I don't write a lot of short fiction, but I might be persuaded to try it more often if there's an audience for it here.
Front page, but on a very specific wording. I don't show up for my own name. It's very common. But it least for my blog name it knows who I am. And yours has shown improvement, from page 6 to 4. It's not easy, but that is a climb up the Google ladder.
Thanks for letting me know about your short story. I do try to scan through my feed everyday, but I seem to miss some posts unfortunately. I'd be happy to read it and let you know what I think. Also I may as well mention it here because I think it is relevant - I am starting a writing and reading based curation post that I will put out once per week. I know there are lots of people posting their 'favourite' posts etc, but none that are specific to our niche area.
So it will be posts like your story that I will be looking for to help share. So do keep writing. Starting out at Steemit is a hard slog. It still is now, but yes, the audience has improved for me.
It must be incredibly difficult to keep up when following so many people. I'm only following 68 people so far and already I'm getting a bit overwhelmed. Sometimes I skip past things by accident, or just don't have the time to read everything that I want to. Well, I could read them all, but I'd rather miss a few and take the time to leave comments on the ones I like.
A writing and reading based curation post sounds awesome. I am looking forward to that!