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SEO for wordpress

WordPress is by far the most advanced open source blog system and being that, it only makes since that it had turned to be the most popular blog system among webmasters and SEO experts.

WordPress can be fully customize in every way possible – from designs through file structure to SE friendly urls.

Everything is possible with wordpress, so how to make the best out of it?

Well these are the things you need to keep in mind when writing any page – Relevant title, use of correct HTML tags (including Alt text, Headings[H1,H2,H3….], Bold, Lists), inner linking and correct tags (categories).

How to do all these things with WordPress? Use the following manual!

1. Choose a design
   1. Make sure your design includes all the elements you have planned for your blog.
   2. If you plan to put adsense code, affiliate banners or any other advertisements – make sure the wordpress design / template you choose have a space in a location that could convert well for you.
2. Permalinks –> in the WP-Admin panel of wordpress under Options you’ll see a the tag “permalinks” – this tag will help you choose how they way the urls of your posts will show up – this effects the htaccess file of the wordpress. It is my recommendation that your put the name of your post in the url, as the title is probably your prefered keyword for that page. You can do that by simply putting /%postname%/ in the “Custom, specify below ” option.
3. Update services – on every post you make wordpress can ping many services for you, notifying them on your post and by doing so giving your posts more exposure, more traffic and eventually more links – this is the most updated list I have if you have more services which do not appear here please comment and I will add them.
   My list:
   1. http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
   2. http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
   3. http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
   4. http://rpc.wpkeys.com
   5. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
   6. http://rpc.britblog.com
   7. http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2
   8. http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
   9. http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
   10. http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
   11. http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx
   12. http://api.moreover.com/ping
   13. http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
   14. http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
   15. http://ping.fakapster.com/rpc
   16. http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
   17. http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
   18. http://bblog.com/ping.php
   19. http://rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/RPC2
   20. http://ping.bitacoras.com
   21. http://ping.feedburner.com
   22. http://ping.myblog.jp
   23. http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
   24. http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
   25. http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
   26. http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
   27. http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
   28. http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080
   29. http://rpc.pingomatic.com
   30. http://api.feedster.com/ping.php
4. Comments – on the main bar under Options–>Discussion verify that “Before a comment appears:” – All 3 fields are checked to make sure no