Top 10 Tips to Optimize Wordpress for Search Engines
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1. Use a sitemap generator and generate XML sitemaps like twice a week.
2. Use an Ideal Robot.txt File which do the following:
Points to the sitemap in first line.
Disallow unnecessary pages, folders so search engines get to your content instead of wasting time and getting less important stuff.
Here is a sample : http://www.designzzz.com/robots.txt
3. Using rel=”nofollow” Attribute in outgoing or less important links.
This Attribute tells the search engine bots not to follow the specific link or do not share that page’s Rank with this link. This is a very important tip , you can control your site’s SEO and Page rank by just using proper nofollow attributes. Here is a post i wrote earlier which can show you how to control your page rank and seo by using nofollow. Ok, the Less Important links includes links like Read more.. , Click here etc. This can be done by editing the template files easily.
Some plugins which we use in Wordpess blogs requires a must nofollow and we never thought about that. Here is a very cool example. You are using the easy retweet plugin and Retweet buttons are shown on start of every post even on your homepage. Lets say you have 10 posts blocks on your homepage and have 10 retweet buttons on it link to twitter.com !!! that means there are ten outgoing links, you are sharing your site’s page rank and getting lesser visibility in search engine. it can be nofollow from its settings.
4. Proper URL and Title Structure
It is the most important part which we neglect while publishing a post. Lets take a simple example. I am about ot publish a post lets say.
10 Awesome Graphics Designs and Digital Artworks the URL would be : Read more…
Paypal Shopping Cart Wordpress Plugin
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WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart is a very easy to use wordpressplugin created by Tips and Tricks HQ which allows you to sell products or services online in one click from your WordPress blog. If the wordpress shopping cart plugin by Instinct is too complicated for you, this plugin might be a good alternative.
A leading provider of shopping cart solution with built in email marketing software and powerful internet marketing tools.
WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart lets you add the shopping cart (”Add to Cart” button) anywhere in a post or page or sidebar easily. The shopping cart shows the user what they currently have in the cart and allows them to add or remove items. This plugin requires WordPress version 2.5 or above.
fter the Payment has been processed by PayPal the customer will be redirected to a page (you can set your desired target page URL from the options menu of this plugin) where the customer can see download link of the product or instructions or a simple thank you etc. Read more…
