Search Engine Optimization for Your Blog

Posted by Dan | Posted in Optimization, Search Engines | Posted on 29-09-2009

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If you’re thinking about setting up you first website, or if you have hundreds, then search engine optimization is probably something on your mind. No matter what your site is going to be about, what it’s going to do, or why you’re building it, search engine optimization should always be your main priority when you’re in the planning and development phase. It never goes away either. Search engine optimization should be an ongoing process as your site grows and changes.

You’ve probably heard about Wordpress, even if you’ve never used it. Search engine optimization for a blog brings a whole new set of seo tips and rules. There are many things that you need to for a blog that vary from a static website. The first thing is permalinks. Permalinks are a way to make the URL address of each of your pages search engine friendly. You’ll find it under Settings in your dashboard. You should select custom settings and enter one of the following:

/%postname%/

/%category%/%postname%/

Install the Redirection plugin and go to Manage>Redirection>Options. For the URL Monitoring, ensure you have selected “Modified Posts”. This is an awesome plugin that makes search engine optimization for your blog with permalinks much easier to do.

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