Search engine optimization (SEO) is very important if you ever want to gain decent rankings in the search engine. Even though the word “SEO” can sound terribly intimidating, actually applying it to your blog is no where near as hard as it sounds. All you have to do is invest some initial time into learning the basics, and soon your blog will be better than 90% of the others out there, simply because you have SEO.
In Video #2 we’ll cover exactly why you need to optimize:
Before we go further, let’s review the basic principles of on-page optimization. As we move forward in these videos, you will see these tactics applied (along with many more advanced concepts) to a blog.
For a basics overview of on-page optimization watch Video #3. Read the rest of this entry
Before we start breaking things down one step at a time, you will need to download and install a few plugins. Please take the time now to download all of these plugins (if you don’t want to use some of them, that’s okay):
All in One SEO
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
Google XML Sitemaps
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/
No Duplicate
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-no-duplicate/
SEO Friendly Images
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-image/
Redirection
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/
Subscribing to Comments
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/
Google Analytics
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress
Popularity Contest
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/popularity-contest/
Related Posts
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-23-related-posts-plugin/
WP Polls
http://www.lesterchan.net/wordpress/readme/wp-polls.html
You can learn more about what these plugins will do in video #4 below: Read the rest of this entry
Now that you have the plugins downloaded, you will need to install them to your WordPress blog. This is a pretty easy process, but you will need a ftp program to access your files.
If you don’t already have one, I suggest using Filezilla, as it is free and a good program as well: http://filezilla-project.org
Follow video #5 to watch the upload and activation process: Read the rest of this entry