[Tutorial Series] Wordpress + SEO

Hi everyone...

First of all i'm not an SEO expert but here are the facts that i have learned about wordpress powered blogs till now
If there are any mistakes then please notify it ...

Part 1/5

Proper SEO(Search Engine Optimization) is essential for all websites. Blogs powered by Wordpress are not an exception. SEO for wordpress blogs series will explain all the things needed to make ur Wordpress,an SEO optimized one.

This is Part 1 of the series which covers Permalinks and the importance of Description of the imageâ€¦

Permalinks

First and foremost u need to change ur Permalinks if u havenâ€™t have done it yet.By default all ur wordpress posts(articles) will have address(link) like blog.aditech.info/?p=123
THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR SEO.
SEO experts believe that having ur post title in the URL will enhance SERP(Search Engine Results Page) factor and will increase ur organic listings in search engines for some appropriate keywords(search phrases)
To change the Permalinks go to Settings>> Permalinks.

Choose whichever link patter suits u but take care it has ur post title.If u are advanced user then u could choose custom Permalinks.
To learn more about Custom Permalinks refer http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
I have used the Custom Permalinks /%category%/%postname%/ in my blog.As a result my URLâ€™s will be like blog.aditech.info/tutorials/adding-shoutbox-in-wordpress/

Donâ€™t neglect alt attribute aka Description of the image

Many people while adding images will forget to add appropriate Description i.e, filling the alt tag.Google bots canâ€™t read images and other multimedia formatâ€™s. Google bots will entirely rely upon Description or the Alt attribute .ALT attribute is important part of search engine optimization. It describes your image to search engine and when a user searches for a certain image this is a key determining factor for a match.

So itâ€™s crucial that u fill up the Description or alt attribute while adding multimedia formatâ€™s like images to ur post.If u are confused about what to add in Description then just fill up the name of the post(article) itself
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Source: http://blog.aditech.info/wordpress/seo-for-wordpress-blogs-part-1/

Part 2/5

Proper SEO(Search Engine Optimization) is essential for all websites. Blogs powered by Wordpress are not an exception. SEO for wordpress blogs series will explain all the things needed to make ur Wordpress,an SEO optimized one.
This is Part 2 of the series which covers Wordpress Plugins important with respect to SEOâ€¦

All in One SEO Pack

This is THE most important plugin that one must have in wordpress blogs.What it does is,it will fill up the meta tags which is very crucial in the world of SEO.
Get this plugin from http://wp.uberdose.com/2007/03/24/all-in-one-seo-pack/
After Activating the plugin go to Settings>>All in one SEO and fill up the values.
Now whenever u make any new posts,before publishing it fill up all the columns in the All in one SEO tab which is below Custom Fields in the Write Post page itself.Remember it is not an auto fill plugin and u need to fill it up for each new posts.

For further reference read the documentation provided with the plugin.

Google XML Sitemaps

A Sitemap is nothing but an XML file that lists the URLs for a site that are available for crawling(indexing).This Plugin which will generate Sitemaps for ur blog.
Get it from here

The best thing about the plugin is it will automatically update the sitemap every time u post new articles and it also automatically assigns priority to the particular URLâ€™s in the sitemap which is a very good thing.The Sitemap generated by this plugin will have the address urblogurl/sitemap.xml ex: blog.aditech.info/sitemap.xml

Robots Meta

Search Engines read robots.txt(situated at the root of ur site or blog)file to get information on what they should and shouldnâ€™t be looking for, and where.This plugin makes optimizing it for better SEO easily.Get this plugin from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/robots-meta/
Now after activating the plugin go to Plugin>>Robots Meta in wp dashboard.I recommend u to select all the options in Prevent indexing of column.The following screenshot will give u an idea.

SEO Friendly Images

In the Previous Post,i talked about the importance of filling up of alt attributive for images.If your images do not have ALT and TITLE(nothing but the text displayed when the user points the cursor on the image;this has no effect on SEO but improves user experience) already set, SEO Friendly Images will fill up them according the options you set.Get this plugin from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-image/
I recommend u to just fill up %title in both the options in settings page.

SEO Smart Links

You may be wondering why i have posted the above screenshot with Plugins highlightedâ€¦
The link to Plugins was not created by me.. It was created automatically by SEO Smart Links plugin.
SEO Smart Links plugin automatically searches for keywords and phrases in the text of your posts and comments add add links to the corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog.This is the best way to keep ur blog interlinked which is good thing in SEO world.And moreover this can also make ur old posts noted to ur readers.Get this plugin from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-automatic-links/
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Source : http://blog.aditech.info/wordpress/seo-for-wordpress-blogs-part-2/

Part 3 coming soon

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