We have already talked about advantages of using WordPress as your Blogging platform and one of the many reasons is SEO. When it comes to Search engine optimization of WordPress Blog, it’s fairly easy to achieve with few changes and many SEO plugins available for WordPress. Here at ShoutMeLoud, we always talk about various Search engine optimization technique and this post is dedicated to WordPress Bloggers who are looking forward to improve their WordPress Blog SEO. Honestly, anyone can create a WordPress Blog and start blogging to get traffic. Apart from quality content, there are few SEO settings will make sure your WordPress blog is optimized for search engines. Whenever I talk about driving traffic to your site, it’s organic traffic which is best as it helps you to get targeted traffic. In this article, I will be sharing few WordPress SEO practices which you should implement on your blog from today, and it will help you to get more traffic from search engines like … [Read more...] about 5 Basic WordPress SEO Practices for WordPress Bloggers
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How to SetUp WordPress Blog in One Hour
Here at ShoutMeLoud, we always talk about WordPress. No doubt, WordPress is one of the easiest platform to blog on. At the initial stage, you may have to work little hard to learn WordPress, but there are WordPress guides, which will help you to understand everything. I have a few mediocre websites – some Joomla, some WordPress, and some others that I have forgotten about or neglected. However, I am fussy about building them to best practice, within the budget. So let me show how I built a WordPress site in two days and how you can build it in an hour. I’ll say at the outset that the delay was owing to a problem with a special theme I used, lest I turn you off. As some of you know, you can click a button in your hosting control panel and “install” WordPress in a second. However, WordPress setup and tuning takes work and that is never-ending. Define the Goals for your WordPress Blog Most people create a personal blog but, given this audience, I’ll limit … [Read more...] about How to SetUp WordPress Blog in One Hour
How to Submit Sitemap to Bing Webmaster Tools
4 Here at RoadToBlogging, we get most of the traffic from Google followed by Bing and other search engines. In recent times, I've noticed that traffic from Bing is increasing. So I wanted to track my Bing search traffic and started using Bing webmaster tools. In this post, I am going to share how to submit sitemap to Bing webmaster tools. Before moving to the tutorial, let's get some idea about sitemap. What is Sitemap? A sitemap is a list of URLs of a website that helps search engines to crawl your site and index them. It's an excellent way to tell search engines that you've updated your blog. It helps search engine bots to discover all pages of your site. How to Submit Sitemap to Bing Webmaster Tools If you are new Bing webmaster tools, here are some information for you. Bing webmaster tools is a free service by Microsoft that allows webmasters to add their site on Bing. It also offers sitemap creation, submission & ping tools, site statistics, keyword search tool etc. Before … [Read more...] about How to Submit Sitemap to Bing Webmaster Tools
How To Set Up A WordPress Blog [Checklist]
Here at ShoutMeLoud, we have covered installation guides for many popular web-hosting companies. Before I share the WordPress checklist, check out some of these installation guides: One important aspect of creating a successful blog is setting up your blog the right way. It may take an additional hour or two, but this effort will surely pay off in the long run. If you have gone through ShoutMeLoud’s previous guide on the WordPress post-installation essential processes, let’s move ahead with the next steps to take. In this guide, I will share a checklist which you should follow to make your WordPress blog “publish-ready”. I won’t say all of the steps here are essential, but I will say that every step will be very beneficial for you. At the very least, it will take you one step ahead of those WordPress blogs who are missing out on these essential elements. So let’s get on with the list! (Feel free to add your 2 cents at the end of the article in the … [Read more...] about How To Set Up A WordPress Blog [Checklist]
6 Best WordPress Plugins for SEO To get Higher Ranking
I have previously shared 30 plugins which I use here at ShoutMeLoud. For today’s post, I have compiled a list of recommended WordPress Plugins for SEO. You do not need to use all of these SEO plugins, but each works in a different way, so I would suggest choosing and using the ones that best suit your needs. As you might expect, some of the premium plugins have distinct advantages over the free ones. For example, EasyWPSEO is far better for keyword optimization than the Yoast WordPress SEO plugin. I will also link to my previous review of individual SEO plugins, so you can learn more about them and decide which SEO plugins are appropriate for your blog. If you think there are any WordPress SEO plugins missing from our list, do let us know, and we would be happy to review them and possibly add them to our list. Best SEO Plugins for WordPress Blogs: Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast is a best free SEO plugin for WordPress. This single plugin takes care of many … [Read more...] about 6 Best WordPress Plugins for SEO To get Higher Ranking