Mar 31, 2017 / First Friday

First Friday

New blogger? Welcome! Share a link to your first post, say hello to other new faces, and find your first few readers.

For other help:
If you’re not new and are looking for support or feedback, the Community Pool is the place for you!

For technical questions, visit the WordPress.com Support Forums.

To learn more about blogging, take a Blogging U. course.

To find, copy, and paste your link:
Head to your blog’s home page — not your dashboard, your blog itself. Click on the title of your post to open the individual post.

Highlight and copy the URL you see in your browser’s address bar, and paste the entire URL into a comment here.

Welcome to First Friday, a weekly open thread where any new blogger can share a link to his or her very first post with the larger WordPress.com community. To share your first post with us, copy and paste the link right into a comment here. If you’re not new, you can still be a part of First Fridays: visit a link or two, and leave the blogger a like or comment.

Please don’t use this as a space to share your first post…. that you published three years ago; ditto for simply sharing your latest post. Posts should have been published within the last month, and should be your first post. We’ll remove other posts to keep this space focused for new bloggers.

We ask that you help us keep this space focused by following a few additional guidelines:

  • We encourage anyone who shares a link to visit a few other bloggers. New readers for all!
  • When commenting, the third time is not the charm: don’t share the same link repeatedly, or in multiple First Friday threads. We’ll remove repeat posts.
  • Link directly to your new post, rather than to your blog generally — it makes it that much easier for folks to like the post or leave you comments.
  • Avoid repeated “Follow for a follow!” comments. (Tip: if you’re trying to build a readership, it’s much more effective to visit and comment on individual bloggers.)
  • To keep from losing your place while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on links to open them in a new tab or window.
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    1. Welcome 🙂

      Looks like you haven’t given your site a title yet! If you’d like to add one (we recommend it), you can do that my going to My Site > Customize > Site Identity.

      If you feel like you could use a little more help with the ins and outs of WordPress.com, there’s a really useful “getting started” tutorial here: http://learn.wordpress.com.

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  11. Hello everyone, I finally started writing. I began with a couple of simple articles on everyday mentality. I would love for some honest feedback and also some help regarding how I should choose my topics and how I can improve my skills.I would like to thank daily Post for such a great place for beginners.
    Thanks in advance.

    searchformeaningweb.wordpress.com

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, on the right side — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

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    1. i have seen your blog. i found we both have the same intention in starting a blog. waiting to read some experiences of your’s. please visit and comment on my blog too.
      all the best to u

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      1. Thanks! I have so many on my to read list that it’s a little overwhelming, but I hope to get through a mix of classics and contemporary. I’m always looking for suggestions though, if there’s anything you’d like to see!

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    1. One thing I noticed — you’ve used a lot of tags and categories on your post. The WordPress.com Reader actually filters out posts that use more than 15 tags and categories (combined) as an anti-spam measure, so using this many tags actually makes it harder for folks to find you, which is sad! If you cut your tags down to the most relevant, you’ll actually draw more readers.

      Welcome!

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      One tip — you’re using a lot of tags and categories on your posts. The WordPress.com Reader filters out posts that use more than 15 tags and categories (combined) as an anti-spam measure, so using this many tags actually makes it harder for folks to find you, not easier!

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  29. Hey there! I know I’m late to the party for this week, but I didn’t even know this existed until I read The Daily Post’s piece on “Community Pool.” The post had a link to this for new bloggers and, well, here I am! I only started 2 days ago. Any and all feedback is completely welcome.

    https://belleteawillow.wordpress.com/

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