Tumblr, Why Can’t You Embrace Search Engines?

I’m not necessarily sure why there’s a problem with Tumblr and SEO, but I’m surprised there hasn’t been much uproar in the community. The initial conversation started some days ago, but I hope we can generate even more awareness so Tumblr can become “SEO acceptable,” that is search engine ready.

A few things I’d like to point out:

  • I believe in Tumblr and the progress it’s making for both the platform and the micro-movement in general.
  • I believe that even a personal and professional site should be available for search engines. In today’s world, there is no difference between the two.

Every week, I need to check Google Webmaster and make sure that my meta tag is indexable within the search engine. It’s a safe bet that I need to implement a new meta tag into my Tumblr because it “magically” disappears. Not sure what’s going on here:

Bring it back?

Same goes for my sitemap. The post description and date always seem to cause havoc to this:

Missing Links?

Where did my (231-74) 157 links go? Did they vanish into the Tumblr cookie jar?

Lastly, invalid dates galore:

Dates: Where did they go?

Update: Discussion here.

Update #2: David Karp responds, below:

David's Response

Thanks David.

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