Basic WordPress Blog Optimization Tips

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So you decided to blog. You probably heard about people becoming their own boss just by blogging alone. And so you purchased your own domain and hosting. Then you installed WordPress in it, tweaked the theme a bit and made posts. Then after a day or two, you begin to whine why your blog is not yet indexed in Google.

First of all, you won’t get indexed that fast! Gone were the days that you’ll just sit back and wait until you get indexed. Get up your ass and let the whole blogosphere know that your blog exists! You need to learn SEO even just the basics. You don’t just blog. Make it your passion. Treat your blog like a baby. Possess the marketer’s mindset. Here are my basic WordPress blog optimization tips for you:

Change your permalinks structure into /%postname%/ Log in to your admin panel then go to Settings>Permalinks. Avoid using ?p=123 When you use /%postname%/ your post links would adjust according to the title of your posts. Spiders would then enjoy crawling it.

Don’t forget the Tags before you post an article. When you put something in your tags, those words go straight to Technorati then it acknowledges them…thus helps in indexing. Dark tip: if you’re lazy in typing what tags is suitable for your post, then you should download the WP plugin called autometa. It will scan your entire post then it will take care of your tags for you.

Increase the ping sites in your update services. Go to your admin panel then Settings>Writing then scroll down and you’ll see Update Services. For your convenience, copy my personal list:

http://api.feedster.com/ping

http://api.moreover.com/ping

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc/

http://coreblog.org/ping/

http://ping.blo.gs/

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

http://1470.net/api/ping

http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping

http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://bitacoras.net/ping

http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt

http://ping.amagle.com/

http://ping.bitacoras.com/

http://ping.blo.gs/

http://ping.blogg.de/

http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/

http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc

http://ping.feedburner.com/

http://ping.myblog.jp/

http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php

http://ping.weblogs.se/

http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2

http://pingqueue.com/rpc/

http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/

http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2

http://rpc.britblog.com/

http://rpc.newsgator.com/

http://rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/RPC2

http://rpc.wpkeys.com/

http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx

http://signup.alerts.msn.com/alerts-PREP/submitPingExtended.doz

http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php

http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php

http://www.bloglot.com/rpc/

http://www.blogoole.com/ping/

http://www.blogoon.net/ping/

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1

http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php

http://www.blogsnow.com/ping

http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://www.holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/

http://www.imblogs.net/ping/

http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php

http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud

http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php

http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php

http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2

http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/

http://xmlrpc.blogg.de/

https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/pingPodcast

Each time you post new article, your blog will ping all those sites above…telling them you got a new article. Helps in indexing.

Don’t forget the power of social bookmarking such as Stumbleupon, Digg and Reddit. Each time you have a new post in your blog, put them up also to the social bookmarking sites.

And lastly, don’t forget to do link exchanges of course! Much better if you do link exchanging with the big boys. Find out what’s the PR of their sites. If you don’t know what PR is, here’s a link for you http://lmgtfy.com/?q=page+rank

Update: Damn I almost forgot…do mass-commenting on different blogs. Much better if these blogs you comment on have good PR and supports do-follow. I recommend using Comment Kahuna to make this task easier.

Well, those are just the basics. The tips could go on and on. Ideas are endless as long as you have the marketer’s mindset. You can also mingle on forums related to your niche and smack the URL of your blog right on your forum signature (using proper anchor texts for good indexing). The rest is all up to you. I have shown you the door…you have to walk through it.

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Comment by Ethan's Hunt
2009-07-07 08:00:34

Hahaha! Man, I’ve felt that the first part of the entry is for me, roflmao! Thank you very much for this info, well done!

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Comment by Lyle Ham
2009-07-08 04:00:52

Wow. We recently just had a talk about this and now it’s up. Thanks for the tips bro. Happy earning money! :D

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