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Wordpress Blog SEO for Beginners

July 10, 2008

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. This is when you modify your website so that it ranks higher in search engines and generates more traffic for you.

The great thing about blogging software like Wordpress is that it is search engine friendly.

Does that mean your site is as optimized as it can be? No. But you have a good base to start from.

One thing you can do with your Wordpress blog is to optimize the permalinks to use the title as the default link text. This strengthens the title words for the page.

The following image shows where to put the custom code. The code is /%postname%-%post_id%.htm

Wordpress SEO Permalinks

The code makes the link the post name and the post ID (to avoid duplication.) This is only one option, but it is a good way to set it and forget it and your posts will get better search engine results..

Another important element of SEO on your Wordpress site is the All in one SEO pack. This is a free plug-in that you can install on Wordpress that will let you set the meta tag information for the site and better target your keywords. Just search for it in the wordpress plug-in website.

Wordpress SEO Pack

The reason we want to bring this to your attention before you get too far along is because you do not want to publish a lot of information and then modify the url after it has already been indexed by search engines. It is much easier to get it set up correctly from the beginning.

The Best SEO may be NO SEO?

OK, I would not go that far.

Search Engine Optimization will always help. However, if you have a few hours to invest in your website, you should create more great content instead of worrying about modifying your meta tags. I saw one client that published 15 articles per week for years get great search engine results, even though they did not care about search engine results.  They were only publishing for their employees.

Great information, especially if it gets linked to by other people, will help you get noticed quickly in search engines.

You can set up a Wordpress Blog in a few minutes at www.outstandahosting.com and buy a great template at template monster.

- Thank You!

Posted by Ron McDaniel | Filed Under Buzz with Blogs, Internet Marketing, Blog 

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