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Amping up your WordPress Blog

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This document provides tips for improving the SEO and performance of a WordPress blog. It recommends using SEO plugins, adding meta tags and keywords, optimizing content and titles, improving caching, managing plugins, and combating spam. General tips include structuring pages with proper HTML elements, using a sitemap, and hosting static files externally for faster load times.

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“Amping up” your WordPress blog Or, “Taking WordPress to 11”
SEO Call a duck a duck (<h1>, <ul>, etc) Google Sitemap plugin SEO Title plugin <meta name=&quot;robots&quot; content=&quot;noindex,follow&quot; />
<head> [...] <?php if ( is_home() || is_singular() ) { echo '<meta name=&quot;robots&quot; content=&quot;index,follow&quot; />'; } else { echo '<meta name=&quot;robots&quot; content=&quot;noindex,follow&quot; />'; } ?> [...] </head>
Content Keyword sprinkling Descriptive titles “If I wanted to find this post, what would I search for?”
WordPress Performance WP-Cache plugin
General Performance Static files hosted on another domain/box CSS <link />ed in <head /> JS at the end of <body /> Optimize for a better user experience
Plugins Subscribe to Comments Related Posts Clutter Free Akismet Spam Karma 2 Bad Behavior
Spam Management Liberal use of the greylist (moderation list) Careful use of the blacklist Moderate on the fly vs en masse

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Amping up your WordPress Blog

  • 1. “Amping up” your WordPress blog Or, “Taking WordPress to 11”
  • 2. SEO Call a duck a duck (<h1>, <ul>, etc) Google Sitemap plugin SEO Title plugin <meta name=&quot;robots&quot; content=&quot;noindex,follow&quot; />
  • 3. <head> [...] <?php if ( is_home() || is_singular() ) { echo '<meta name=&quot;robots&quot; content=&quot;index,follow&quot; />'; } else { echo '<meta name=&quot;robots&quot; content=&quot;noindex,follow&quot; />'; } ?> [...] </head>
  • 4. Content Keyword sprinkling Descriptive titles “If I wanted to find this post, what would I search for?”
  • 6. General Performance Static files hosted on another domain/box CSS <link />ed in <head /> JS at the end of <body /> Optimize for a better user experience
  • 7. Plugins Subscribe to Comments Related Posts Clutter Free Akismet Spam Karma 2 Bad Behavior
  • 8. Spam Management Liberal use of the greylist (moderation list) Careful use of the blacklist Moderate on the fly vs en masse