Hey, I recently got some advice about how to seo my wordpress blog but because I'm not good with technical stuff, there's a few things I'm having trouble with... Something called the excerpt function, this is to stop the same content appearing on two pages, I was told to "Replace the_content with the_excerpt in archives, categories, and index. "thecontent" should only exist on single and page" I don't have a clue on how to do this, I use cpanel file manager, can anyone tell me how to do it in non-tech speak? I was also told to ditch my standard archives system and replace it with the clean archives plugin, however, the link does not work (http://sporadicnonsense.com/index.ph...chives-plug-in) is there another way to get it? Also, a couple of other things while I'm here, I installed adsense-deluxe plugin but for some reason the adsense is not displaying correctly - look here - homeremedyto.com Anyone know why? Plus, if you click on the archives link at the top of the blog, it returns an error msg, that is the way it was from when I installed it, not sure if there's a problem with the theme or if I need to do something? Thanks
The wordpress forum is crap, you hardly ever get an answer over there and if you do, it takes at least a day. This place is much better ;-)
Without any plugin interference, WP will automatically display only one content per page or post, except you manually post them. So, if the suggestion is not based on certain plugin, that person who suggested this is dumb. Sorry for the language, but that guy is absolutely has no idea how WP works. If it's about the plugin, you better ask the developer. It's not a general WP problem. So, posting to WP forum won't even help you. Your link about the "Clean" archive is not working, so can't help you. As far as I know, WP archive is "clean" enough. 99% WP blogs that I've met use the same archive system, the default.
This advice might be out of date and a bit overkill. This plugin should prevent any duplicate content issues if all the options are left at their default state. http://wp.uberdose.com/2007/03/24/all-in-one-seo-pack/
dont forget H1..H2..H3..etc tags are always good..as well as the basics like italicizing and bolding some of your keywords (NOT all of them)..plus, good fresh, unique content will help more than you think!