How to optimize a site in Wordpress?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by sasha_cali, May 11, 2010.

  1. #1
    Guys, I have Platinum SEO plugin and all in one etc... But my challenge is to add a title and proper description to the site. It seems I added it, nevertheless when I submit RSS everywhere is says "Tittle unknown" or something like that.

    What's the issue and how to fix it?
     
    sasha_cali, May 11, 2010 IP
  2. simpley

    simpley Member

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    #2
    Just keep one of them , all in one is recommended
     
    simpley, May 12, 2010 IP
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    All in one is way over rated!
     
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    double check to make sure the Plat. plugin is showing up in your headers.
     
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  5. sasha_cali

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    #5
    "double check to make sure the Plat. plugin is showing up in your headers."

    how?

    reminder: my concern is: why my title is not picked up by resources, why it doesn't find it. Where to check it and edit it?
     
    sasha_cali, May 13, 2010 IP
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    Each post and page that you create in WordPress has a permanent home called a ‘permalink’. This is simply a permanent (sort-of) URL that you can use to link directly to that post. When you first install and set-up WordPress, it creates URLs based on the ID number that it uses in the databse to keep track of everything. If you look at the URL, it will look something like this: ‘http://mysite.com/?p=1′.

    The problem (besides being ugly – hence the name ‘ugly URL’ or ‘ugly permalink’) is that search engines use the URL as one of the most important factors for deciding what a page is about. Wouldn’t it be much better if you wrote a post about an event you just photographed and the URL could be something like ‘http://mysite.com/beverly-hills-wedding/’ instead of ‘http://mysite.com/?p=1′?

    This is an easy fix in WordPress.

    * In the admin area, navigate to settings>permalinks.
    * Under ‘Common Settings’ you will probably see that ‘default’ is checked off.
    * Under that is a series of options for more SEO friendly (and reader friendly) URLS.
    * ‘Month and Name’ is best for sites with one author.
    * ‘Day and Name’ would be better for a multi author site where you might expect tbe publishing a large amount of content.

    (src: martythornley(.)com/2009/05/optimize-your-wordpress-site/)
     
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  7. sasha_cali

    sasha_cali Peon

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    Jason, thank you very much. All that i do know and use, but still, I appreciate it. The page titles are not a problem.
    What i can't figure out is the title of the site/blog itself. It's mot showing when RSS is submitted.
     
    sasha_cali, May 13, 2010 IP
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    mmm - odd - what is it grabbing instead of the title - or is it just not putting a title in? maybe its the feed you're using... what feed service?

    i use platinum seo in some of mine and title is only thing i see in feed. on feedburner...
     
    dietcola, May 14, 2010 IP
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    IIRC the plugins grab the title from header.php whether you hard code it or not - try putting your hand written title in the <title> part of header.php and see if the rss sends. IIRC I think the plugins grab the contents of <title> meta (dynamic or not) and then replace it with their own setting as defined in the admin tools. So I wonder if the wp_head is not finishing to complete the page title before the rss sends the page?
     
    thefordhams, May 14, 2010 IP