Quick S.E.O. Fixes for WordPress

I’m no SEO guy, but I do hang out with SEO guys often. Here are a few quick things I learned about SEO on WordPress:

  1. WordPress does most of the hard work, but you should still register. Your domain is registered, all of the metadata is factored in easily, but you still should take advantage of registering for the Google webmasters program. The insights for dead links and keyword rank alone are worth your time.
  2. Tag more descriptively, less vague.“Wall-E” over “robot,” “Joplin copywriter” over “copywriter,” and “MSFT” over “tech stocks.”
  3. Rename old tags based on a move. Change your business? Move to a new city? Making your site kid-friendly? Instead of retagging all of your old posts, try renaming old categories to fit your new season of life.

There are others, but those are the best for now.

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  1. Helen Ross

    Hi Lance. Thanks for the tips. I know I don’t know enough about SEO stuff but I think it is time to find out more.

    1. lanceschaubert

      The basic thrust is that all site traffic comes down to a Google algorithm that determines your page’s rank in a given search. Some things can optimize that rank to get you higher.

  2. jennifromrollamo

    Is SEO free from wordpress or is there a fee attached to it?

    1. lanceschaubert

      Free. It’s set up from the get-go every time you type a tag or slug or description.



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