With more and more blogs appearing on the Internet every day, how can you increase your chances of having your blog appear at the top of the search engine rankings? Without adequate search engine rankings, you won’t get much traffic, and your blog will slide into obscurity. Here are 10 unique WordPress plugins to help [...]

After my blog post last week about invisible blogs and sites, I started a couple of new sites using WordPress. That’s when I discovered that the default for WP is I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors Yikes! That means unless you know to go under “Settings”  and then “Privacy” and [...]

When I set up a site using WordPress, I always toggle the following option in “Privacy” under the “Settings” tag: I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors This prevents the site from being crawled while it’s still sitting there with the default HELLO WORLD! post, which I’ve had happen within a [...]

One of my readers was kind (and sharp) enough to point out that my permalinks were not search engine friendly. I’ve discovered that when I update plugins, I’ve got to go back and check all my settings, which obviously I forgot to do this time around. Arrrgh! One of the most problematic plugins for me [...]

I got an offer of a free SEO plugin, and thought I’d try it out on a new, not-yet-launched site and see what it does. The plugin is called Free Traffic Getting SEO Plugin for WP. Once you’ve installed it on your site, it recommends the best plugins to download for SEO purposes. (It’s so [...]