How Yoast Opens up WordPress SEO to the Community

Joost de Valk

Yoast has been part of the WordPress community for a long time now and I’m really thankful he is. His plugins have been a huge time saver, and he’s continually been an open person to speak to. He’s taking it one step further.

All in One SEO Pack Pro Goes Platinum with v2.1

WordPress SEO Attack by Google

One of the most popular SEO plugins for WordPress ever built, All in One SEO Pack Pro just went live with version 2.1. So what has Michael and his team been up to? NEW Social Meta module – control how social media sites view your site NEW Search results preview – see how Google will [...]

Top 25 Most Downloaded WordPress Plugins

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The WordPress.org has over 20,000 plugins available to download. Some awesome, some not so awesome. I also find the WordPress.org search functions to not be very helpful, where if it adopted more of a Google style search function, it could be much more practical for people to use. However, I’ve scoured the plugin repository and [...]

Scribe SEO: Improve SEO Copywriting and Increase Your Rankings

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Scribe SEO is a one of kind WordPress plugin. In short, Scribe will help you analyze your content, ensure you meet minimum requirements for length and keyword density, and overall guide you towards writing content that is easier to read. Let’s dive into how to improve your SEO copywriting through Scribe. Setting up Scribe SEO [...]

WordPress Theme Sponsors Under SEO Attack by Google

WordPress SEO Attack by Google

Barry Schwartz of SERoundTable.com, a blog all about Search Engines, posted this morning that WordPress theme sponsors may be under attack from Google. Those links you see, either “Theme sponsored by…” or “Designed by…” may be getting a downgraded authority because of those links. I know that for a fact, some sites like StudioPress or [...]

Scalable Link Building by SEOmoz

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In this edition of Whiteboard Friday, Mike King walks through how to effectively scale and build links through Social Media.

Advanced On-Page Optimization by SEOmoz

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In another edition of Whiteboard Friday, Rand Fish walks through five on-page optimization tactics that help you go beyond “keyword in the title tag” or “keyword in the URL.” This can certainly help with your WordPress SEO as you continue to build out your site and further optimize it beyond what WordPress already offers.

How to Increase the Odds of Your Content Going Viral by SEOmoz

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In this edition of Whiteboard Friday, Rand talks about how to increase the odds of your content going viral. I don’t think I need to tell you how important more traffic is to your site. So go ahead and spend 13 minutes to listen to what Rand has to say, he’s a really smart guy.

Are You Being Outranked by a Spammer?

WordPress SEO Attack by Google

In this edition of Whiteboard Friday, SEOmoz’s Rand Fish goes into detail about what to be looking for on why a spammer may be outranking you for your own, unique content. Needless to say, this is happened to a lot of webmasters, and WordPress is no exception to this. It has certainly happened to me [...]

Best WordPress SEO Plugin

WordPress SEO Plugin

WordPress does a great job of search engine optimization out of the box, even with most themes.  Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin adds just a little more umpfh that WordPress is missing. WordPress SEO by Yoast Here are a few key highlights of this plugin. Add OpenGraph meta data (for Facebook, Google+ coming soon) Ability to [...]

The SEO Checklist for New Sites by SEOmoz

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In another great edition of Whiteboard Friday by SEOmoz, Rand Fish talks about an SEO checklist for new sites. What you should be doing, both internally and externally, and what you shouldn’t be doing. This checklist applies to all sites, not just WordPress sites.