When you get an automatic notification (favorite photographer posts a blog, image added to collection, etc.) there is an option to 'mark all automatic notifications as read'. If you check that it removes them from the list so when you click on your comments area in your profile you don't have to read them. They still show when you hover over the comment icon, though... So in theory - you have already read them, or marked them read (whether on purpose or not). posted in How to check the comments
Aside from it taking a day or two to show up in searches, you haven't used any of the words from the title in the description or, more importantly, the keywords. The title should include some of the most important keywords to do well in a search. posted in 