WordPress search engine optimization tutorial
Welcome to my WordPress Search Engine Optimization tutorial. First of all, remember to subscribe to my RSS by following the link on the top right of this page, so that you will always be up to date with any new post on the subject.
The tutorial might be particularly interesting because it is “live” and applied to a real case: this brand new blog. Every action explained during the tutorial is also taken on the site itself; you will also be able to see and comment real statistic data.
Why Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization is the discipline that allows websites to be easily found with search engine searches.
Search engines are the most influential traffic source (unless the brand is extremely well established); for an online shop / service, be in the firsts result of a search, for keywords related to the business, might mean hundreds of orders per day (depending on the industry).
For blogs, being in the first result page could mean lot of traffic and popularity. Ever wanted to be a blogstar? Follow me xD
The tutorial
If something is not clear or some steps seem omitted, feel free to comment and ask questions.
- Step 1: The tutorial idea was born
- Step 2: Choose the right theme for your blog and edit it, make your theme seo-friendly
- Step 3: Install a web analytics tool (like Google Analytics, which is free)
- Step 4: Install and customize the All in One SEO plugin
- Step 5: Install and customize the XML-sitemaps plugin, submit your site to Google, Yahoo! and other search engines
- Step 6: Increment your link popularity
- Step 7: Monitor results
- Step 8: Link building
- Step 9: Monitor results
- Step 10: Link building
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