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

@darthmongoose Kate Holden
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:36:56 +0000

@darthmongoose wrote:

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.