Blogging Essentials: Wordpress Seo Plugins

By Author: Abe Cherian
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One of the biggest advantages to setting up wordpress on your site is the search engines really like most of the themes used on its platform.

The other great thing is that Wordpress has a very active developer community. That means there is an almost endless supply of themes and plugins that you can use, for almost anything you can think of.

Since we recently published an article on how to install wordpress, let’s take a look at some of the wordpress SEO plugins that you can use. Laying the ground work for a well-optimized start from the beginning, will mean you can start ranking in the search engines a lot quicker.

To make this easier for you, we’ll take a look at some free and premium (paid) plugins that you can use.

Free Wordpress SEO Plugins

All-In-One SEO Pack
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/

This plugin is very easy to get started with.

It generates your META tags automatically and allows you to automatically optimize your post titles for the search engines.

If you know your way around Wordpress, you can get your hands ...
... dirty and tweak every area of the plugin to custom-tailor it to your needs.

SEO Rank Reporter
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-rank-reporter/

One of the main reasons for writing content, is to rank for certain keywords to drive organic (free) traffic from the search engines.

SEO Rank Report allows you to keep a close eye on certain keywords that you’re using and give you a graphical view of where you stand (as well as past rankings).

Every 3 days, you receive a custom report to show your progress.

Running a new SEO campaign?

SEO Rank Reporter will also send you an e-mail, whenever any of your keywords experience a significant spike or decline in ranking.

Google XML Sitemaps Generator
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/

Want to help search engines crawl and index new content on your site?

This plugin allows you to create a free sitemap that you can submit to the search engines.

Another cool feature is that the plugin will update the sitemap every time you add a new post. Once the plugin updates that information, it will also doing all the heavy lifting and let the search engines know about it.

This plugin will save you a ton of time and headaches!

Vibe SEO Pack
http://www.vibethemes.com/vibe-seo-pack-wordpress-plugin/

Imagine having an auditor to walk around your site and give you a detailed list of what you need to fix, in order to make your site as SEO-friendly as possible...

The Vibe SEO pack checks your website title and description for your pre-determined keywords, as well as whether or not your sitemap is properly setup.

You’ll even be able to see a detailed list of other things, such as your new posts’ keyword density, H tags using your keyword, if you forgot an alt image (tag) in your pictures, and more!

Premium Wordpress SEO Plugins

Keyword Winner
http://www.keywordwinner.com/

Keyword Winner is a pretty popular paid wordpress plugin, which allows you to do things such as:

- Find suggestions for low-competition, highly-search terms...
- Find search trends...
- Analyze backlinks
- Suggestions for highly-searched blog post titles
- Etc...

SEO Smart Links
http://www.prelovac.com/products/seo-smart-links/

Even if your site covers a variety of topics, chances are you will still occasionally create posts that are related to each other.

By linking these pages to one another, the overall strength of your site’s SEO is improved.

The SEO Smart Links plugin has the added benefit of creating a pre-defined list of keywords that will automatically be converted into your own affiliate links.

Additional Resources:

Wordpress Plugin Directory
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

Main Takeaway: If you’re just getting started with using Wordpress, it would probably be best to stick with the free tools that are available. At least, until you get a little more comfortable with the platform - and a better idea of what keywords you might want to target.

By using any of these Wordpress SEO plugins from the start, you’ll be able to instantly begin building your rankings in the search engines!

Abe Cherian is an Internet Entrepreneur since 1999. As the founder of AdClickMedia.com, a pay-per-click advertising network, and the CEO of Multiple Stream Media, an online Advertising and Marketing firm, Abe and his team has helped tens of thousands of online advertisers reach 'the right market' at 'the right time', with the 'right message'. To start advertising and driving traffic click here to open your free account: http://www.rent-a-list.com