When your comic has the same name as another ip (sigh) - IT DOESN'T SHOW UP ON GOOGLE

[smokesalty]

GOD. I literally cannot find my own comic on tapas by searching because there's a damn movie also called 'The Commune.'

It sucks, because if I search up 'The Commune Tapas' it doesn't pop up either. I'm only able to find the webtoon verison if i specifically search 'The Commune Webtoon'

However with my other comic, 'Vigilante, My Love' just searching that up immediately shows up with the tapas link for it.

Does anyone have any tips for search engine optimisation or whatever it's called? I don't plan on changing the name of my comic, but I'd like to at least have my comic pop up when people are looking for it.

[darthmongoose]

Well, this tip comes a little late I'm afraid but uh....

Always search the name of the comic you want to make first. Especially search "[name] comic" and "name [webcomic]". I made sure to bag the name Errant on Tapas months before I started uploading, and checked to make sure, finding that while there were comics called Knights Errant and Errant Story, there was no comic simply called "Errant".

But since you have the name now, making sure there's social media for it that's updating regularly and having a website for it that mentions phrases like "The Commune is a webcomic on Tapas" and "You can read The Commune for free on Tapas" that might help things.
That said, don't expect to be top of the search rankings immediately. It tends to take a while of a combination of regular updates, mentions on social media etc.

[Lev404]

When I search my series on webtoon mine doesn't pop up without scrolling down (I counted and out of 31 webcomics with the name "voices" in some part of it mine is the 17th on the list so u have to scroll down so much to find it)

[smokesalty]

Yup, true true. I think I did originally search up my comic's name with comic after it and there didn't seem to be a comic with the same name but somehow I didn't think to search the title on its own

But yeah, good idea! Luckily my website pops up when I look up the name along with comic, so I ended up updating it with links to my webtoon, tapas etc. And yeah, from what I've heard google takes a while to update with these kinda things, so I'll just have to see how it goes.

[smokesalty]

I think we both have the issue of multiple ips with the same name

But yeah, I think that might be the case for one word titles, since it can be a key word for other comics as well. Have you considered adding a bit to your title so it's easier to find by people searching it up? I know that names of comics are pretty personal, but maybe that could be something to look into.

[Lev404]

well I'm currently working on the reboot of my webcomic so yea I'm thinking of maybe changing the name to something a bit more unique

[Aleksei]

I searched 'the commune webcomic' and jumps to your twitter account, and from there to Tapas. It's something!

edit: Oh, and of you search it with this things: ", like "the commune" webcomic, it goes to your wix page, and from there to everywhere.

[darthmongoose]

Yup, true true. I think I did originally search up my comic's name with comic after it and there didn't seem to be a comic with the same name but somehow I didn't think to search the title on its own

If you're the only comic called The Commune, it's at least not so bad. Just try to make sure to make lots of mentions on social media of your comic's name and words like "comic" or "webcomic" and either make a webpage for it or have a dedicated page on your general art/portfolio site too.

This is exactly how I deal with the fact that there's a fairly well known Australian novelist who is also called Kate Holden. I'm not likely to beat her at just being the best known Kate Holden, but I can make sure I'm the strongest result for "Kate Holden Comics" or "Kate Holden Illustrator"

[NickRowler]

I guess my tip if you ever make a comic in the future is to have at least two words in your title (excluding “the”). Most films now a days have single word titles and studios pay Google to make sure their films are the top result.

[Llyrel]

Seconding what @darthmongoose said, searching for the title you're planning to use before actually using it is definitely a good strategy! My original plan for the comic was to call it "The Midnight Coven"(not much reasoning behind it, I just thought it sounded cool XD) but after a quick Google search I realized that there were actually multiple works called like that (a website, a book, a music album... the list goes on ) so I ended up changing it.

THAT SAID, it's definitely true that it takes a while for your comic to appear on top of Google searches and that results will vary depending on updates and how frequently you use certain platforms or hastags! When I just got started, searching for my comic title would mostly bring up a book called "Heidi Hecklebeck and the Hair Emergency!" by a certain Wanda Coven
After a few months, my comic on CF started to appear as the second/third result. Right now, after one year and a half, the first page of Google contains solely results related to my comic, with my website being among the top 3 results (wheeee!). I also noticed that my Twitter page, where I'm being more active now, is appearing much higher in search results compared to a few months ago. So yep, promotion and constant updates help a lot!

[powerplantanimations]

Yeah that's scary af. What I do is go full silver age and add adjectives for my other work.

For example, I have a comic coming called "Dreamweaver"; so I renamed it to "The Daring Dreamweaver" :v

[pinxfoxx]

I actually searched the name Witchy Life before publishing my webtoon and there was nothing with that exact name. I published my comic end of last year. But this year there was a game called Witchy Life released so yeah. It's still appears, but under like 3 links about the game.

[N1ghtm4r3]

mine is okto find on this platform but webserching my comic can bring up a jrpg

[Legendofgenii]

Mine is the second result, after a collectable vintage magazine for magicians.

Edit: lol. Bellah and Erras?

[fleurravenbooks]

name of my novel doesn't exist (at least not according to google) but few books have similar name so they pop up before mine, even if i type full name of my novel, i need to type "tapas" at the end to show my novel or i need to type name of novel+ my name/username

[Fafnir]

I guess I got lucky. If you search Succubane, it's just all me, top to bottom. I mean. I did vet the name through google first, like the above posts suggest.
I also have my own website, which uses SEO optimization, maybe that helps?

I also google searched the commune, and i think unfortunately, Commune is an insanely popular name for many things. Your competing with alot, not just the movie... =/

[Lunar-Turtle]

Ah yes, the name of the project. The bane of existence. It is pretty hard to pick a name that will stick out, because if you use common english words, there is a chance you will always collide with somethign that already exists. I have two tips for you. Make sure you do good promotion for your comic so it stucks in people's head. Or, if you are up to it, pick some new name, that will be more original and individual.

When I look up my comic, it shows up in google, because I chose astrological term that almost know one knows. They also don't know what it means, lol. I also reccomend you to choose some more obscure words, because it greatly helps to be recognized.

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