SEO WORDPRESS PLUGINS WE LOVE
February 23rd, 2010 | Published in Our Industry: Slay Blog, The "High-Tech" Method | 1 Comment
Unless you’re a web developer with a knack for mind-numbing punishment, you’ve probably benefited from the collaborative attitude of today’s tech world. When looking for a new or better feature on a website, you’ve discovered…there’s an app for that! (already created).
Slay & Associates–along with the likes of CNN, Dow Jones, NFL, People Magazine and about 295,108 others (as of 2/23)–uses the Wordpress Application.
I wanted to take a series of blog posts to highlight some of the best Wordpress Plugins that I have researched and continue use. After all, these creators deserve recognition and will hopefully continue to release more and better technology. Not to mention, that by by sharing my tedious research and allowing others to see these plugins in action, this series will undoubtedly help fellow Wordpress users sort through the almost half a million plugins.
Let’s begin the series with the boring stuff. Here’s my top 3 Wordpress Plugins for SEO:
1. I start the development of any and every website by downloading the All in One SEO Pack.
Quite obviously, this plugin helps with the search engine optimization of our website. In the age of half a million online searches taking place daily in the U.S., anything that can help move a website link closer to the top with multiple keywords is a must-have resource!
Why I choose this one: Because it is very simple and easy. See my blog on SEO to for tips on how to utilize this tool.
2. One way of getting search engines to easily pick up on our older content, and therefore increasing our SEO is by using a related posts plugin, like Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
This plugin returns a list of related entries based on a unique algorithm to display with links at the bottom of your page. There are options for stylizing, widgets and RSS feeds. In the same way this plugin encourages search engines to browse around our website, it encourages users do the same.
Why I choose this one: Because it works! The plugin is accurate, simpe and looks good. Scroll down to the “Check out Related Posts:” section and see for yourself.
3. Google Analytics provides useful and comprehensive metrics for FREE. Knowing what pages/posts are most popular, how people are arriving to our website, what specific keywords people are searching for, etc., guide all our SEO efforts in VERY powerful and substantiated ways. The Google Analyticator plugin makes obtaining this data as easy as possiable.
This plugin adds the necessary JavaScript code to enable Google’s Analytics. Instead of tedious and potentially faulty copying, all I had to do was enter my UID on the settings page.
Why I choose this one: It is so much easier then doing this manually and the results have been flawless. I can proudly say that our website traffic is up 165% from December 2009 to January 2010, with 66% of those being absolutely unique visitors!
Send any questions of comments my way mkubot@slayandassociates.com. Specifically, be sure to let me know if you have discovered a plugin that you want me to check out.
If you decided it’s time to dive into the web world and need website development, design or consultative help, contact us today!
Be sure to come back for much “cooler” plugin reviews next week: Top Social Media Plugins. & Top Multi-Media Plugins
–Michelle Kubot
Online Marketing Manager
