How I'm Fixing the SEO for this Blog

I recently discovered Google Search Console, and learned to my absolute disappointment, that over two thirds of the pages on this blog aren't indexed by Google.  Well, it would explain why they don't get any traffic.  Worse still, it looks like nothing since 2020 was indexed.

So, here's what I've been doing to try and get my pages indexed, and attract more traffic to my blog.   This is known as Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).

1. Google Search Console - I've submitted my sitemap, several times, and added individual pages that have the best quality content (in my view).
2. Removed extraneous links on the page - the calendar of blog posts was diluting link juice and so that's gone.  Is it really relevant for you to know that I've been blogging here since 2011?  Probably not.
3. Tidied up the category labels - there was a whole cloud of these (literally) and I've reduced them to a manageable list, which I continue to prune.
4. Added group links on similar pages to show that they have a common theme - the Star Trek pages and calculator games pages first.  These now have 'Other pages you may be interested in' with links.  The Star Trek reviews and the Star Wars reviews all have links to the other episodes in the same season, showing Google that they're connected, they're not just 10 random pages.
5. Created static pages per category - Chess and Maths first - although these aren't getting much interest yet.
6. Submitted my site to Bing's webmaster tools and tracked traffic there - much easier, and much more straightforward.
7.  I've created external links to my site  - backlinks such as this one on Goodreads for Calculator Fun and Games.

Am I seeing an improvement in traffic? 

Not yet.

Am I giving up?

No!