Day 6 - Wordpress Tweaks for SEO (Google Domination)

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Today's Glossary

SEO = Search Engine Optimization (the art of getting visitors via google searches.)

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Everyone wants to get visitors from Google, and we will cover ways to do this over coming days via content..

However, you first need to get the foundation correct.The key to which is having your Wordpress blog setup perfectly for Google.

Here is an example, which of the following do you think will be better for Google?

a) example.com/?p=54353&6573

b) example.com/this-is-better

As I am sure you have guessed, example B is by far the better option

But Wordpress uses option A as the default.

Unfortunately, most people don't realize this, so here is our guide on how to get all your blog links to be nice and and clean like above.

Wordpress SEO Made Easy

Go to your Wordpress admin panel, click settings, and then permalinks... go to custom structure as the option (tick that option) and then use the following code in the box: /%postname%/

If you get a writeable error, follow the instructions to fix that.

Your links will now be search engine friendly.

If you want to take this a step further, I recommend the Wordpress All in One SEO pack plugin, you can grab this from here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/

Installation instructions are here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/installation

You now should have a blog that has the setup the rank highly in Google... all you need now is great content.

We will cover that in the coming days, so stay tuned.

Note: Tomorrow we will be showing you how to build a list, what list software to use, and why a list is the single most powerful thing you can create.

All the best,

Dean