Posted: Friday, April 10th, 2009 at 6:27 pm. Filed in Features, WordPress.com, search.
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Instant Findability
Search engines are the trade winds of the internet. Like the explorers of the sailing age, intrepid web searchers set out to enrich themselves, their ultimate destination the ultimate mystery. Never mind that they end up on a blog instead of atop a hill of glittering treasure or in the belly of a whale. Let’s stick to the romantic metaphor.
A year ago we launched the WordPress.com search engine. Monthly searches number in the millions. Today we announce a significant update: instant findability. The instant you publish, searchers will see it at the top of the “most recent results” when they search for any terms in your post. We hope this helps people find you even if you aren’t the fountain of youth.
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April 10th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
This… is… AWESOME!!!!
I desperately need mnore views on my blog, so this is a dream come true! 
April 10th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
maybe you need to make this link accessable from the dashboard for newbe’s like me
April 10th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Cool, searches should be a lot faster now.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Um, how did it used to work oh swami? Ya know, before ya “new and improved” it hehehehehehe
I am the fountain of youth.
The scientifically impossible I do right away
The spiritually miraculous takes a bit longer
April 10th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
This is great news! Thanks!
April 10th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Sounds like a great idea. Will cut back on the ancient posts that always seem to turn up.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Great tool. I hope to get some exposure through it as well!
April 10th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
This sounds really good to me. Am interested in new readers and I’m certainly not “the fountain of youth”.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
This can only be a good thing. Don’t eat too many Easter eggies!
April 10th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Holy awesomelycoolestradicallysweet!
April 10th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Wow.
This means that you’ll be found easyer, if you post often, yes?
April 10th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
This is great. It will truly help me in my searches.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Gr8 stuff.
Can we add ’searchable’ keywords in posts like in twitter (with the # prefix…e.g. #followfriday)?
April 10th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
WordPress is endlessly making me happy that I chose it for my blog’s home. Thanks for all the work.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Tried this out and it works like a charm! Thanks!
April 10th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
The only thing I have to say is… Andy, you have the best avatar I’ve seen in a long time…and I’ve seen LOTS of avatars on the internet!
I wonder what will turn up if I do a search for “vendetta avatar”…?
April 10th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Agreed, I hope this brings new viewers to my movie review blog
April 10th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Instant findability – sounds like good words to me and my measly hits. Woo!
April 10th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
This has been very beneficial to my blog. Many explorers have landed at my blog via the WordPress search engine. Thanks a bunch!
April 10th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Super cool, nice refinement!
April 10th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
i like it!
April 10th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
How does a visitor get to this search from a blog? Or is this only for internal bloggers?
April 13th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Some WordPress.com themes have a search box built in, or the blog owner can add a search box using the Search Widget and then visitors will see it in the blog sidebar.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
A very great move. Thanks.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I agree, its good to blog but better to see the stats that show people are interested in what you have to say…
April 10th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
i just know wordpress has a search engine, hehe
April 10th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Excellent improvement.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:30 am
vundabar…
April 11th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Nice
April 11th, 2009 at 12:37 am
This is great. Thanks WordPress team.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Fantastic!!! Really gonna get the word out there! I’m loving this!
April 11th, 2009 at 12:41 am
WordPress just keeps getting better and better!
April 11th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Coolness. I will have to check it out.
And I must say I very much enjoyed your metaphor, Andy. I hadn’t quite appreciated how lucky we are not to end up in the belly of a whale whenever we use a search engine! (And maybe I’ll go see where “belly of a whale” lands me…)
April 11th, 2009 at 1:05 am
Спасибо, попробую.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:04 am
Cool. Guess I better post. Thanks WordPress! Ya did it again…
April 11th, 2009 at 2:14 am
awesome thanks
April 11th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Thank you wp team
April 11th, 2009 at 3:30 am
Excellent, great job guys
April 11th, 2009 at 3:38 am
likes someone else said – i’m glad i picked wordpress
April 11th, 2009 at 3:47 am
While we’re mentioning search…I would very much like to see an update of the Search widget for our blogs. It never shows results in context and seems very rudimentary. I frequently have to use site: on Google just to find things on my own blog.
April 11th, 2009 at 4:14 am
Thanks a lot for new feature!
It seems to be working fine for us, especially when people search more:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10217343-93.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0
Is it possible somehow in “WordPress Stats” plugin to show more information about searches that brought people to the wordpress.com blog (at least a search engine)?
Thanks again,
DreamGYM
April 11th, 2009 at 11:05 am
If you send your suggestions to us here, we will add them to our user suggestion list.
April 11th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Wow, that’s awesome!
Thanks guys! You’re the best team ever! ;D
April 11th, 2009 at 4:32 am
Wicked. :3
April 11th, 2009 at 4:48 am
I JUST started started my blog on wordpress. Looks like I chose wisely. Sounds like a great tool!
April 11th, 2009 at 5:12 am
this sounds so good! It will definitely boost the number people our blog is able to serve informations. Thanks team!
April 11th, 2009 at 5:21 am
=)
April 11th, 2009 at 5:37 am
You’re spoiling us. I love it.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:56 am
brilliant ! thanks team wordpress!
April 11th, 2009 at 5:59 am
I like that……i really do
April 11th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Sweet, thanks. I was wondering how it worked before. I guess it doesn’t matter now.
Cheers,
Maggie
April 11th, 2009 at 6:33 am
This is great rocking feature…….
April 11th, 2009 at 6:48 am
This is great news for me to help me get indexed.
April 11th, 2009 at 6:57 am
this is great – my other blog is a marketing tool for my other life – thanks hey
April 11th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Recently I was wondering how come my posts are so fast enough to come in front of the search engine results. I understood that now. Thanks again for your outstanding features, WordPress!
April 11th, 2009 at 8:29 am
I think it’s really a good feature!!! I publish… you find… GREAT!!!
April 11th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Wow, works great! Thanks so much!
April 11th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Search engines are of great use now a days. They are being used commonly by the new generation. WordPress should keep up the good work.
April 11th, 2009 at 9:58 am
i guess im missing out on what this is. is it a plugin? where do i get it?
April 11th, 2009 at 11:39 am
It’s not a plugin, it’s faster indexing for the WordPress.com search engine.
April 11th, 2009 at 10:02 am
This can also mean additional page visits. Like It!
April 11th, 2009 at 10:03 am
great to hear this,at least my blog can now go places. thanks moses
April 11th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Thank you, this is a great new feature, great job WP!
April 11th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Great idea! This will probably help a lot of bloggers getting noticed here on WordPress.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Thanks, that’s very good…
As my blog is very very young, it helps my blog read by others.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Word press has done a good job by introducing one of the best search engine.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am
One Again, WordPress Had A Good Improvement
April 11th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
thanks… I’m stking with WordPress for life!!…
you guys are the best…
April 11th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
“The instant you publish, searchers will see it at the top of the “most recent results” when they search for any terms in your post.”
Not quite true, though I won’t quibble too much with WordPress’s wonderful free service. My recent post on Matthew Macfadyen is not listed in the search engine even though it is tagged properly. There are glitches.
Having said that, people find my posts quickly and my audience is growing. Thank you WordPress.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:50 am
It’s searches the post content, not the tags.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
thank you so much!
April 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
what a cool feature! thank you! I can’t wait to play with this.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Yes. This is great. I’m just getting started here and the search engine will definitely help with views
April 11th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Very nice… I’ve seen some of my posts appear high in Google searches.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Yeah… yay… now they will see my posts and join my ICP woo!
April 11th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Great idea, WP. Thank you
April 11th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Nice post. It’s helpful. I will be back for more.
Sincerely,Alain Power
April 11th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
great! now I only wish the related posts, links would appear under my posts… for some reason they don’t even though I didn’t opt them out so they should be there
but at least the search engine is renewed and working great
April 11th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Nice!
http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/
April 11th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
its good to know im not just throwing it out to sea
April 11th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
WordPress team: you are the best!
Thanks
Latina
April 11th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Liking it for real.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Great idea because my blogs are the best
April 11th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Thanks Word Press!
April 11th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Cool, that mean people will fast find my blog. I love this feature, Thanks so much.
April 11th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
cool
April 11th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Nice. Come check mine out…I’m just getting started!
April 11th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Word press….that’s, that’s….very good…..
April 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I never knew wordpress has its own search engine. I wonder if people use it to see my blog.
April 11th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Thank you Andy.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Kudos, WordPress gods.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
thanks for everything…i love it!
April 11th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
I want to create a account with wordpress.
April 12th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Totally awesome. Thanks for the excellence.
April 12th, 2009 at 2:06 am
Cool feature, thanx! I love WP!
April 12th, 2009 at 2:31 am
Thank you very much!
April 12th, 2009 at 2:51 am
I like your mustache.
April 12th, 2009 at 4:18 am
My blog is less than a month old, I hope it help.
April 12th, 2009 at 4:24 am
On the contrary, I like old posts. They’re not any less true, catchy or relevant than the present ones. I’m hoping I get a comment on my blog months after I write something. It gives the feeling that things you did in the past matter to the world.
April 12th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Not only beautiful, but functional, too!
Thanks for the constant improvements on the “behind-the-scenes” tools to make our visitor experience just as great as ours.
April 12th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Super stuff.