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WordPress 3 Search Engine Optimization

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WordPress 3 Search Engine Optimization

Overview of this book

WordPress is a powerful platform for creating feature-rich and attractive websites and blogs; but with a little extra tweaking and effort your WordPress site can dominate the search engines and bring thousands of new customers to your blog or business. WordPress3.0 Search Engine Optimization will show you the secrets that professional SEO companies use to take websites to the top of search results and proliferate their business. You'll be able to take your WordPress blog/site to the next level, as well as brush aside even the stiffest competition with this book in hand. We'll begin with a typical WordPress installation and with a variety of simple techniques, turn it into a powerful website that search engines will reward with high rankings. We'll go further: with advanced plug-ins we'll connect your WordPress site to popular social media sites and expand the reach of your site to bring more visitors. You'll learn about dozens of free online tools to accomplish everything from keyword research to monitoring your ranking progress. WordPress is a great start for building search-friendly sites. However, with the tools in this book, you'll get your website/blog noticed by numerous new users/customers or your target audience.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
WordPress 3 Search Engine Optimization
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Automating Facebook updates with FacePress II


FacePress II by Alan Knox Web Development is a WordPress plugin that automatically publishes your WordPress blog posts to either your personal or business Facebook page. Setup takes only a few minutes, and the plugin can be set to run automatically or with one-click manual operation. This plugin saves you the trouble of manually posting all of your blog posts to your Facebook pages. It's a real time saver and keeps your Facebook pages updated and interesting to readers.

To install the plugin, first locate the file by searching the WordPress plugin directory at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/. Then upload the file by logging in to your WordPress dashboard, following the navigation to Plugins and then Add New. Once uploaded, click on the Activate link just under the FacePress II entry in the plugin list.

To configure the plugin, select Setting from the dashboard navigation and click on FacePress II Admin Options. You'll need to log in to your...