Super congrats on your progress, James! Great work.

So that you know it means that your site was found by Google and now it is a good time to start adding content if not doing so already.

However, first your posts get indexed and often days later down the line start getting noticed provided targeted keywords are searchable, new websites can rank efficiently.

But typically "authority" for a website starts to get established through time, usually the 3-6 month mark.

They fluctuate up and down the scale till Google decides where to place them.

Not all posts will get ranked, thus the recommendation to keep updating blog 2 - 3 posts a week and that's for the foreseeable future.

And just for some clarifications.

Congratulations :-)

Definitely, the rankings will come with time and as you continue to create content on your website. The authority really starts to gain traction from month 3 - 6 with your website, if you retain consistency.

Well done!!