So you have a Tumblr blog and hope to get indexed quickly by Google.
Here’s how:
1. Sign in to your Google Webmaster account.
2. Add your Tumblr blog URL to your website lists.
3. Verify your Tumblr blog.
Copy the Metatag from your Google Webmaster. Now sign in to your Tumblr account. At Dashboard, find ‘Customize’ in the right sidebar, click it. Find Theme, second at top left and click on it. Click on Custom HTML at the bottom, then find and paste the metatag given by Google just after that line. Save and close. Now go back to your Google Webmaster click on Verify.
4. Submit Sitemap.
As Tumblr is not what we call self hosted website, we can’t create and submit sitemap.xml file to Google. But there’s a 3rd party solution for that, in tumblrMap. Submit your Tumblr login, then follow the steps. You’ll need to add another metatag given by tumblrMap, you can follow instructions on step 3 above. You can see reports on your tumblrMap account, associated with your Tumblr blog (s) Sitemap.
5. Backup your Custom Theme.
As easy as 1 click from the theme dashboard, you can change your Tumblr theme. But that also means you’ll miss the metatags you inserted, as well as manual Disqus comments or any other third party codes you had on you old theme. Backing up will make your life easier anytime you want to switch themes/
Note on Step 3 & 4.
- On what you submitted on step no. 3:
I still need to wait some more days to see what happen to that, as it doesn’t have any sitemap submitted, which probably later relate to reports for my site in my Google Webmaster account.
- Step 4:
This also means you are giving your Tumblr blog’s website verification to 3rd party, although they cannot control anything related to your Tumblr.
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Wew.. thanks 4 info. Just know it
Hi Robin,
Thanks for posting this!
I didn’t realize you could change the tags in the themes for Tumblr. I guess it is good to note that if you ever change it you will need to update this.
Or perhaps google only verifies your ownership one time.
Either way…
Thanks for the post it was really helpful!
Sincerely,
Jay
Glad it’s helpful for you, Jay. Cheers!
I don’t think tumblrMap works anymore..
Yeah, it’s currently unaccessible.
But actually every Tumblr site has a sitemap by default –> http://yoursite.tumblr.com/sitemap1.xml.
I don’t get the point of this?
I don’t get the point of your question.