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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

Building links with article submission sites and directories


Not all links provide the same amount of benefit to your site. Link directories, for example, usually do not provide as much link "juice" as you will get from other types of links. One of the best ways to get high-value links to your site is by submitting articles to the article directory and article submission sites.

The links you will get by using article sites are considered in-content links, and they are more valuable than the links you build through blog commenting and forum posting. However, they also require more effort. To get these links, you have to create the quality content to post on other people's sites—and then give it away.

Some people have a hard time understanding why they need to write articles for other websites, but remember that the number of incoming links is the number one factor in how you will rank in the search engines. If you have chosen your keywords carefully, you may find that it only takes a few articles...