1. The document outlines strategies for optimizing WordPress sites for search engine optimization (SEO) and increasing engagement, including essential plugins for SEO, template tips, promoting blogs through online conversations, and turning visitors into subscribers.
2. Key plugins recommended are HeadSpace2, Redirection, YARPP, SEO Friendly Images, and Clean Slugs. Template tips include optimizing page titles and adding descriptions to categories.
3. Engagement strategies include participating in online conversations, guest posting, emphasizing the subscribe button, and reminding readers to comment on posts.
9. HeadSpace2
- Titles
- Meta Keywords and Descriptions
- More Tags
- And SO much more.
http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/headspace2/
10. Template tip #1
Your title should look like this:
<title><?php wp_title(‘’); ?></title>
Nothing more, nothing less. HeadSpace or any other
SEO plugin will take care of the title.
11. Redirection
Use it for all your redirection needs.
http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection/
12. YARPP
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
Related posts based on tags, categories,
post content, etc.
http://mitcho.com/code/yarpp/
17. Template tip #2
Your blog title and subtitle should only be <h1> and <h2> on
your front page! Everywhere else, and <h4> and <h5> is
good enough.
To do that, do something like this in your header.php:
<?php if (is_home()) { ?>
<h1>Yoast</h1>
<?php } else { ?>
<h4><a href="/">Yoast</a></h4>
<?php } ?>
18. Template tip #3
Add a description to your categories:
<?php echo category_description(); ?>
19. Yoast Breadcrumbs
Let users and spiders find the way home!
Roy Huiskes - Internal Linking
16.30 - Platinum 7
http://yoast.com/wordpress/breadcrumbs/
20. Robots Meta
- Noindex, follow your archives, search pages, etc.
- Authenticate with webmaster tools
- Nofollow ancillary links
- Etc. etc.
http://yoast.com/wordpress/robots-meta/
21. Pagination
Because a search engine can’t skip pages.
http://www.seoegghead.com/blog/seo/stop-seo-death-by-pagination-p118.html
or http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-page-numbers/
22. More info on WP SEO?
http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/
55. Sign up to my WP mailing list!
http://yoast.com/mailing-list/
Joost de Valk
joost@yoast.com
http://yoast.com
http://www.orangevalley.nl
http://twitter.com/jdevalk