7 Ways to Gear a New WordPress Blog for the Search Engines

October 17, 2009 by Albert View Comments

toolboxWordPress is no doubt one of the world’s most used blog platforms online for simply blogging. What makes WordPress so advantageous and a superior choice to other blog platforms, is that it is a search engine friendly platform that is easy to use. Those two reasons let alone can already sell a webmaster.

7 Ways to Optimize WordPress for the Search Engines

1. Proper Permalinks – Simply changing your default permalinks from the ugly domain.com?p=## to having a keyworded permalink, should be the first step you should take when first optimizing a WordPress blog for the search engines. Here is the permalink structure that we recommend using. Reason why our blog still use archive permalinks is because it brings the essence of a blog and nothing more.
Permalinks>Custom Structure>/%category%/%postname%/

2. Incorporate rel=”nofollow” Properly - Ever linking out without the rel=”nofollow” tag to a helpful reputable sources is okay. When you start linking to bad sources without it, that is when it goes all wrong. Whenever citing a bad source, use the rel=”nofollow” tag. This is just a precaution that Google incorporated in the webmaster world years ago. Linking to bad neighborhoods can negatively hurt your “trust” with the search engines. Link only to trusted sources.

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3. Install the All in One SEO Plugin – This plugin will let alone be probably the most beneficial plugin you will ever install for your search engine needs. It already does the majority of the work. It gives webmasters an easy to use interface to simply change their link structures at any given time, title, meta descriptions, and etc for the search engines. It is a plugin worthy of being called one of the necessity plugins of WordPress, along side Akitsmet.

Upload All in One SEO plugin to your WordPress blogs now!

4. Make Use of WordPress’s Pinging Feature – Simply what this feature does, that is already incorporated in WordPress, is that it notifies every website in the list whenever you make an update to your blog. This is a great practice to ensure that your site will get indexed more quickly and thoroughly throughout the tons of services out there. Here is a ping list that I recommend copying and pasting to your ping list to guarantee quick notifications to services all over the Internet. Simply copy and paste to Dashboard>Writing under Update Services.

http://1470.net/api/ping

http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

http://ping.wordblog.de/

http://zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php

http://api.my.yahoo.co.jp/RPC2

http://audiorpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://blogpeople.net/ping

http://blogsearch.google.ae/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.at/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.be/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.bg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ca/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ch/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.cl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.cr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.hu/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.id/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.il/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ma/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.nz/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.th/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.uk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ve/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.za/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ar/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.au/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.br/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.co/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.do/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.mx/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.my/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.pe/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sa/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ua/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.uy/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.vn/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.de/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.es/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fi/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.gr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.hr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ie/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.lt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.nl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ro/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ru/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.se/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.sk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.us/ping/RPC2

http://feedsky.com/api/RPC2

http://hamo-search.com/ping.php

http://ping.blogoon.net/

http://ping.blogs.yandex.ru/RPC2

http://ping.fc2.com/

http://ping.kutsulog.net/

http://ping.namaan.net/rpc

http://r.hatena.ne.jp/rpc

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080

http://rpc.pingomatic.com

http://rpc.reader.livedoor.com/ping

http://rpc.technorati.jp/rpc/ping

http://rpc.twingly.com

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/

https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/pingPodcast

http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc/

http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

http://geourl.org/ping/

http://rpc.bloggerei.de/ping/

http://xmlrpc.bloggernetz.de/RPC2

http://www.blogexplosion.com

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://rpc.twingly.com/

http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc

http://www.bloglines.com/ping

http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?XmlPing

http://ping.feedburner.com/

http://www.octora.com/add_rss.php

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

http://api.moreover.com/ping

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://ping.bitacoras.com

http://ping.blo.gs/

http://ping.feedburner.com

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://www.blogoon.net/ping/

http://www.blogsnow.com/ping

http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php

http://www.wasalive.com/ping/

http://1470.net/api/ping

http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

http://ping.wordblog.de/

http://zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php

http://api.my.yahoo.co.jp/RPC2

http://audiorpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://blogpeople.net/ping

http://blogsearch.google.ae/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.at/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.be/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.bg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ca/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ch/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.cl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.cr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.hu/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.id/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.il/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ma/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.nz/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.th/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.uk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ve/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.za/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ar/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.au/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.br/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.co/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.do/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.mx/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.my/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.pe/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sa/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ua/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.uy/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.vn/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.de/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.es/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fi/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.gr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.hr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ie/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.lt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.nl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ro/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ru/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.se/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.sk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.us/ping/RPC2

http://feedsky.com/api/RPC2

http://hamo-search.com/ping.php

http://ping.blogoon.net/

http://ping.blogs.yandex.ru/RPC2

http://ping.fc2.com/

http://ping.kutsulog.net/

http://ping.namaan.net/rpc

http://r.hatena.ne.jp/rpc

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080

http://rpc.pingomatic.com

http://rpc.reader.livedoor.com/ping

http://rpc.technorati.jp/rpc/ping

http://rpc.twingly.com

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/

https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/pingPodcast

http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc/

http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

http://geourl.org/ping/

http://rpc.bloggerei.de/ping/

http://xmlrpc.bloggernetz.de/RPC2

http://www.blogexplosion.com

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://rpc.twingly.com/

http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc

http://www.bloglines.com/ping

http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?XmlPing

http://ping.feedburner.com/

http://www.octora.com/add_rss.php

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

http://api.moreover.com/ping

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://ping.bitacoras.com

http://ping.blo.gs/

http://ping.feedburner.com

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://www.blogoon.net/ping/

http://www.blogsnow.com/ping

http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php

http://www.wasalive.com/ping/

5.  Make Use of Tags and Categories – Tags and categories are great user friendly functions that WordPress has implanted to make everyday blogs user friendly as well as to help your site optimize higher for the keywords you want in the search engines. Read more about Why Tagging is Important.

6. Install Related Posts Widget – Not only is the related posts widget a great user friendly plugin that gives readers the ability to navigate through out your blog through relative generalizations, it helps to emphasize on your site’s internal linking structure as well. It doesn’t stop there. You can also install the recent comments widget as well as the popular posts widget to help build a internal linking structure within your blog that is both user friendly and search engine friendly. With the thousands of free plugins that goes along side WordPress, installing a widget only takes seconds!

Here is a related posts plugin that I recommend. It is called Similar Posts.

7. Get Rid of Unneeded Links - When installing a new WordPress theme, most of the time, you would see a link in the footer when you see your website all fresh and new. Simply get rid of unnecessary links that aren’t of any benefit to you. If you are a person who simply likes to give credit to the original theme designer, so be it, however, keeping your links to a minimum and only linking out when necessary is one of the skills you should maintain as a Blogger, as linking is an important aspect of a site’s evaluation for the search engines.

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    This article was written by Albert        

Albert Fang is an Internet Marketer, a Blogger, and is someone who likes to undercover new ways to utilize the web for means of generating consistent income.

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  • http://thatgirlisfunny.com/ Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny

    Hi Albert,
    Great list! Regarding permalink change – how will the change you’ve suggested affect search engine results? Does the permalink update back to day one or is a new count started for the new permalink?

    No-Follow makes my head spin. I have installed a no-follow widget, but not clear how it works. All in One SEO plug-in is fabulous! Just copied your ping list. I’m looking forward to seeing the impact of adding that list in. Looks like we have to be more country-specific with google to make a difference?

    I recently installed a related posts WP widget – I love it! “Keeping links to a minimum and only linking out when necessary” – I don’t understand what you mean here. Maybe my lack of understanding explains the minimal number of incoming links I have. :)

    Thank you!
    Cheryl

  • http://www.moneytakingsurveys.com Gary Kohnke

    I like your blog on up grading my WordPress blog. There’s just a couple things I couldn’t figure out. I seen where the writing service was for pasting your list of ping sites, but couldn’t figure out where to paste them in my dash board. Is this something you have to pay to do? Great blogging!

  • http://makemoneyonlineteacher.com make money online teacher

    What a great article, I’ve been using WordPress for the past 6 months and never Made Use of WordPress’s Pinging Feature, I copied the list you provided and hope for the best.

    In my articles i use about 6-10 tags all relevant to the subject hoping to get more noticed in search results, does that really work ?

  • http://www.mooladays.com Albert

    Hi Cheryl, I recommend reading this article from Matt Cutts http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/. Sorry for being a bit unclear. :)

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    I really interest in making money online, but I have some thing to learn and do some experiments to proof it. your article is very useful for my experiment.. thanks a lot

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    good list
    as far as I know, Matt Cutts just use /%postname%/ as his permalinks

  • http://www.shorttraveltips.com Vi | Travel Tips

    Albert,
    Is the plugin “Similar Posts” you are using ? As it wasn’t updated for more then a year and compatible only to v2.6.2

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    Amit singh is is webmaster of thrifty seo Online Marketing Pvt….Before I was a researcher at the Thrifty Seo in San New Delhi, where I worked on operating systems, virtualization, and computer security….

  • http://www.wizetime.com Wize Time

    All In One SEO – are there plugins which might conflict with that plugin? Do some plugins and/or widgets conflict with one another? If so, how would I know that?
    .-= Wize Time´s last blog ..Facebook Mystery – 130,000 Member Group Disappears – No Clues =-.

  • http://www.mooladays.com Albert

    You should notice if there is any plugin conflict by either looking at your source code or if you see it not functionally properly. There isn’t really a way to get immediate notice, but I’d recommend to always check out the WordPress forums before trying two risky plugins that might conflict with one another.

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  • http://www.mooladays.com Albert

    Hi Microwave Grill OvenGardGurdy, we have already blogged about how to do that. You can find instructions how to easily do it your self at http://www.mooladays.com/2010/02/03/how-to-add-your-very-own-social-bookmarking-buttons-to-your-wordpress-blog/

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