I actually teach people how to make WordPress websites, add content to them, and get found by the Search Engines. The biggest problem I have found is that they forget to fill in all the details when attempting to publish a post. Some beginners have been know to even forget to put a title to the post. This is a bit extreme but it has really happened!
What you will need to publish posts in your WordPress Website the correct SEO way:
- You need a WordPress website. Ha ha, we all know that!
- You will need the free plugin “The all in one SEO pack”. Please see top SEO plugins.
I have developed a quick checklist that you should get familiar with when posting content to your WordPress website.
- Write a descriptive title to your post. Try and think what people would type into the search engines for this subject. What words would be the most common. Make sure your title has at least 5 – 10 words in it..Anymore is overkill. The title is going to catch the fish so make it great! Include your keyword. Here is a great way to find keywords to use in the title.
- Fill in the body of your post. Make sure each post is over 500 words, more if possible. Visitors do not like to go to a web page with two sentences of information on it. They will leave in a second. I have my own web content strategy that helps me write top content for my websites. You should also add subtitles with your keywords throughout the post, at least one bulleted list, and some bolded keywords. Google loves good information and you will be rewarded for it. Here are a 10 Onpage SEO tips you should know.
- Fill in your tags. These are basically keywords that apply to your post and title. They are not about the website. It’s all about what’s in the post. This is how you let people know what it is about.
- Choose a category. Do not publish posts in the uncategorized section. If you do then this will show up in your category list. You should try to choose a category that relates to the post. So therefore if the person clicks on the category, they know there will be posts related to that. You WordPress website categories should be set up when building your website and you should be using (LSI) related keywords. Here is an article on how to setup WordPress categories.
- Fill in your SEO details. You might have All in one SEO pack or you might have a theme that includes this option like I have with Thesis. Also the free plugin from Yoast, WP SEO is great for keeping you on track.
For more information please watch the video below.
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A lot of beginners pay huge sums of money to SEO consults, when all they need to do are those few simple steps. By just using descriptive and keyword filled titles to their post, they can start to direct a lot of search traffic to their site. Having an article or post that encourages blog commenting is also a great way to improve rankings as well.
great information im newbie i will correct my blog with this seo method
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One way of getting search engines to get to your older content a bit easier, thus increasing your WordPress SEO capabilites a LOT, is by using a related posts plugin. These plugins search through your posts database to find posts with the same subject, and add links to these posts.
Keyword research is so very important when posting content. I have my own method that works pretty good and is similar to your checklist. I still use thed Adwords keyword tool to do my basic research, but I also look carefully at the sites that are ranking for those keywords as well.
Hi Mitz,
Really love the information you offer here. Just another question about SEO plugin.
I use another SEO plugin and was wondering if you heard of it or tried it.
The plugin is called Wordpress SEO by Yoast. This plugin also seems to do allot more for you site, like handling the sitmap etc.
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Hi there Tony
I use:
All in SEO pack
Google xml sitemaps
SEOpressor
I am very happy with this combination so I have not felt the need to try others. My websites are always a success so I stick to the same thing through and through…
Yoast sounds great..What else does it do ?
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Now everyone can have a better understanding on how to make their wordpress pages more profitable. Your article made things much clearer on how to manage your wordpress posts the SEO way that will effectively get you on high rankings with search engines. Something that some may seem to be neglecting.
Great checklist, thanks for sharing the things that one has to know when it comes to posting quality content within their WordPress pages.
Really great post, not every one is able to understand how they could actually gain the full benefits of Wordpress. Your article is surely a lot of help specially for struggling online marketers.
Yes Wordpress is amazing and it practically costs nothing after you buy your hosting…All the top money making blogs are using Wordpress!
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This is so frustrating. The way you describe it Mitz, WP is very amazing. If only I could turn back time, if only I read your post first before I started my website. I opt to choose WP instead. This was very helpful. I’ll tell it to my friends though. Will keep on coming back!
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Do you know if non-wordpress website has this plugins too? I think this is very helpful. I want to try this and see if it’s gonna work.
I am not sure about non Wordpress websites…What are you using?
Thank you for your response Mitz. I’m currently using Weebly. My friend is already working on the research about that.
This is really helpful, once you have downloaded all in one seo pack you can easily optimize your post/article. This will help you and will give you traffic. I enjoyed reading informative blogs like this. Will keep on coming by, i might get lots of new ideas i can apply to my business as well.
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Hi Mitz – so glad I found you and your guest article today on maxblogpress! Wonderful information – I will be back!
Kent
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Thanks… You can also post your free ad or site url at seoflexforum.com a open forum that I visit a couple of time a day… Enjoy!
Hi. i need to ask some thing about wordpress
i am using wordpress but facing difficulty in most of the things..i am not familiar with the proper track of it .
hope so i will not take much time
now a days i am thinking to do 2 things on my website but dont know how to do that
1st one = instead of older post and newer posts icon at the bottom of the page i want to make a numeric value like page 1 2 3 4 5 … i hope u get that bcz i dont know the exact name of it
2nd one = i want to make a scroll down in the main navigation bar like http://www.thechive.com
but dont know how to do it..can u plz guide me about it ..
thanks in advance and waiting for ur reply
regards
I see that your website has page numbers installed now, but the menu depends on the theme you are using.
thanx for replying mitz..i just found the right plugin today about page numbers..can u plz tell me which theme or plugin should i use for scroll down stuff like http://www.thechive.com
thanks in advance
Getting my WP blog going. Very informative post, thanks!
If I post a comment here, will my name and email be captured in a database, which you can use to send me updates of your blog?
No. You need to enter your email in the bottom bar to get the newsletter and If you would like RSS updates then click on the Feed ME icon when it comes up on the top right.
leaded to me another question does it means that I needed to enabling all the plug in that I install??
Plugins have to be activated under the plugins section…then in the settings menu you can click on the name of the plugin to enable and change settings.
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I just plug in, I didn’t know I needed to enable it. I’m going to istall it again. Thank you so much Mitz.
-Jennifer
although I plug in all in one SEO, in my wp I don’t see all in one in my post page like your showing above would you help me? I’m kind of new to this.
Hi jennifer
Have you gone to settings – all in one seo- to enable the plugin. If you have done this then have you tried disabling the plugin and enabling it again. Also you can delete it….and install it again…
Hi mitz..i have also installed All in One SEO Pack Importer and facing the same prob..its not showing up like yours..plz guide me what should i do
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Maybe your plugin is not activated, configured or enabled. You have to do this for it to work…
thanx for replying mitz. i have checked the plugin..its activated but can you plz guide me how can i configure or enable it
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It is also good thing to have some SEO plugins installed, e.g. All in one SEO. That will help a lot! Also, if you are adding pictures, the name of the picture should be relevant.
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Thanks
MIGRATING TO WP AS i have it
on my cpanel. Still playing around
but the intention is to build my new site on wp.
Sorry about the soccer, but hey still a great country with great
rugby team. Look forward to tri-nations
Will be dropping by regularly to check our new posts
Sincere regards and tks again
(never realized “down under”
had so many talented web folks)
LOL “down under” Yeah we finally caught on to the idea that you can make money online… But there are not that many of us. There are so many non believers!
And WP kicks butt!!!! I moved a huge website to it recently and everything went up….Income, traffic, everything… Wordpress websites are the go… Not just blogs now!
Go to the settings tab on the sidebar in your Wordpress dashboard. Find the All in one SEO plugin. Go through the settings and fill in the title, description, and keywords for your blog…tick the box that says enable and then scroll to the bottom to save it.
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