current happenings. This expression of creativity has led to a vast increase
in the number of blogging websites that can be found on the internet. With the sheer number of blogsin existence today, the need for each blog to stand out on its own is growing. One great way to manage your
blog is by using Wordpress.
The great thing about Wordpress is that it offers more than just a publishing platform, CMS, and blog tools. It
also offers a large number of search engine
optimization plug-ins that can greatly optimize your
blog for search engines. However; with over 18,000
different plug-ins, it is important to know which ones
are the best for your blog. Within the following list, you will find the top 5 SEO plug-ins for Wordpress which will allow
you to optimize your blog properly.
All in One SEO Pack
The All in One SEO Pack is a jack of all trades plug-in that allows the user to fully optimize their blog for search engines. It
allows advanced users the ability to fine tune everything as they see fit while beginners can use it out of the box.
The other reasons this is atop the number one position are that it is the only plug-in to provide SEO integration for WP e-
commerce sites, avoids duplicate content found on Wordpress blogs, as well as being able to set any META description
and any META keywords you want.
Wordpress SEO by Yoast
This plug-in is another all encompassing tool that optimizes organic search results by way of click through traffic.
Another huge benefit to this plug-in is that it forces you to focus your blog on a keywordwhich helps you write more
relevant content. In addition, this plug-in builds XML sitemaps and breadcrumbs while offering Google analytics which all
help take care of robots.
BWP Google XML Sitemaps
Google XML Sitemaps generates special XML sitemaps that help index your specific blogwithin the many different
search engines. One great feature is that it doesn’t require constant manual updating but can be easily updated by the
user when needed.
The sitemap allows up to 50,000 posts per month because it is split up into sub-sitemaps per month. It even allows you to set the priority of each post.
Everyone knows the importance using images to grasp a person’s attention. With this plug-in, the user’s images will
automatically be updated with the proper ALT and TITLE attributes. With a proper ALT attribute, it can be very helpful to
draw in a large amount of traffic to the blog.
SEO Smart Links Pro
Internal linking within your own blog is important to drive readers to other related content while adding extra SEO
benefits. This plug-in allows you to take out the tedious work of linking this content manually and automates it. It uses
pre-programmed key words as well as key words that you set up in order to link to other related content. SEO Smart
Links Prois also good for adding affiliate links to other websites.
Now that you have all the information in front of you, it is simply a matter of putting the initial effort into optimizing
your Wordpress blog for search engines. With one or a combination of these plug-ins you can definitely increase the
ranking of your blog on the different search engines.
About The author : This is a guest article by Matt Crowley, a writer for The Search Labs a global leader in SEO and link building consultation.
Note: Photo courtesy of Search Engine People Blog via Creative Commons.
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