Desperate need of SEO help!

Slylake, I just created a robot.txt file that says this verbatim:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin
Disallow: /wp-includes
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins
Disallow: /wp-content/cache
Disallow: /wp-content/themes
Disallow: /trackback
Disallow: /cgi-bin
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /feed
Disallow: /rss
Disallow: /comments/feed
Disallow: /feed/$
Disallow: /*/feed/$
Disallow: /*/feed/rss/$
Disallow: /*/trackback/$

Is that ok? I want a crawler to crawl everything on my site I guess as I don’t have anything on there that I wouldn’t want shared.

As far as the permalinks goes, I am going to get on it right now. I am not sure how it works but every newb must sink or swim!

I changed my permalinks to Day and name but once I visited site and clicked on a post it brought the 404 screen or something similar. Is there a way to retroactively change all the rest of the posts to permalink with date and time?

Thanks for the tips RoseCitySister!

I still am not having ANY luck.

I have change to Permalinks.
I have setup Webmaster account with Google which it is still telling me:

No pages from your site are currently included in Google’s index. Indexing can take time. You may find it helpful to review our information for webmasters and webmaster guidelines.

You have recently submitted one or more Sitemaps for this site. Processing Sitemaps may take some time. Check again later to see if pages from your Sitemaps are included in Google’s index.

I have All-in-one SEO activated as well as SEO Title Tag.

My robots.txt file has this in the file:
User-agent: *
Disallow:

Google has detected my sitemap.

I still do not have one single hit on Yahoo, Ask.com, or Google.

What am I doing wrong?

Who is your web host? Contact them to ensure that they are not blocking bots. If you are using anything to block bad bots yourself, I’d recommend disabling it.

Also, there is a code error that needs fixing. Change this:

<meta name="verify-v1" content="QwiJgrXKNBYYQYzALVyXbCzMCLLQf4ysZf/iNIzKY6E=" >

To this:

<meta name="verify-v1" content="QwiJgrXKNBYYQYzALVyXbCzMCLLQf4ysZf/iNIzKY6E=" />

Make sure that you keep checking Webmaster Tools for any messages or reported errors.

Could always create a Google Reader account or add it to your existing Google Account and subscribe to your own blog’s feed.

Also, make sure to have something like https://rpc.pingomatic.com/ in your Update Services option in the Writing Settings to notify various places when you make a post.

Actually, Google pulls up 10 entries for your site now, https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aeyesonthelies.com&btnG=Search

So, it has been there.

Here’s what you’re doing wrong: you’re not waiting long enough. Just be patient. Sheesh.

Build your site to be SEO friendly, as others before me have stated, using proper tags and attributes. Use meta keywords, <h1> tags, have incoming links, promote your site, include a robot/crawler file, validate your site, etc etc etc.

morerockin, reflexion studio is right – slow down!

Enthusiasm is great – I wish I was feeling what you’re feeling right now, but I’ve been doing sites for years and am very jaded!

Time is on your side (great song) and if you’re applying the tips and techniques that members have described to you, and adding good, rich content on a frequent basis, you are going to get there! Just not in a couple of minutes, lol