Plugins 006 – All In One SEO Pack Plugin

Today we’re covering Search Engine Optimization and the All In One SEO Pack plugin. Remember, a well optimized web site for SEO will help your ranking in search engine results.

Key features in the All In One SEO Pack include:

  • Reorders page titles to optimize search engine coverage
  • Detailed HTML Meta descriptions and keywords
  • No follow options to prevent search engines from indexing pages that contain redundant content such as category and tag result pages

The plugin is developed by Semper Fi Web Design. To learn more about the All In One SEO Pack plugin as well as other plugins developed by Semper Fi Web Design, please visit www.semperfiwebdesign.com.

Instructions how to setup Permalinks are included in this episode. Permalinks, or permanent links, give your blog site friendly URLs for your pages and blog posts that search engines love to see.

Plugins 005 – Google XML Sitemaps

Today we’re covering the Google XML Sitemaps plugin to generate valid site maps for popular search engines such as Google, MSN Search, Yahoo and Ask.com to process.

Key features include:

  • Automated regeneration (New and edited posts and pages automatically regenerate sitemaps)
  • Auto Notify Google, MSN Search, Yahoo and Ask.com when sitemaps are updated
  • Optional compressed version of sitemap file
  • Detailed selection of content to be included in Sitemaps (e.g. only posts and static pages)
  • Customize priority weights based on page type (homepage, archives, static pages, etc..)
  • Works with WordPress 2.7 (latest version as of this writing)

The plugin is developed by Arne Brachhold. To learn more about the Google XML Sitemaps plugin as well as other plugins developed by Arne, please visit www.arnebrachhold.de.