Can you get LiveJournal pages to appear in Google (read before you judge)?

[MJN SEIFER]

Add "livejournal.com" to your search parameter?

Does that mean I have to to type "livejournal.com" in my search when I'm using Google? Because I tried typing the name of the book series and "livejournal.com" into Google, and all that did was take me to THIS thread! (probably because the book is mentioned in my sig) searching for "MJN SEIFER" in the same manner also came up zilch. Sorry if this isn't what you meant.

Yeah, you pretty much just have to search really specifically, because LJ entries are not optimized for search engines at all and will have a very low rank in most search engines because of that and other issues. Of course, your entries also have to be public, ie. visible to anyone, logged in or not, for Google to be able to read them.

As far as I can see they are public; my "Default Entry Security" is set to "Eveyone (public)" and all options to "Minimize Search Results" are unchecked. The thing is, it's not a personal journal about me but rather a project I'm doing, so I want it to show up when people search for the subject itself rather than me, or or Live Journal.

also, livejournal has a option to keep journal entries hidden from spiders.
My Account Settings

I have no idea what spiders are, and I can't see that mentioned anywhere - could point it out to me (Note: I'm on a basic account, because I don't want to risk having to pay for a subcription).