WordCamp Miami SEO » Wordpress Configuration http://www.wcmseo.com Optimizing the Web One WordPress Instalation at a Time! Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:41:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Configuring WordPress with SEO in Mind http://www.wcmseo.com/configuring-wordpress-with-seo-in-mind.html http://www.wcmseo.com/configuring-wordpress-with-seo-in-mind.html#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:28:20 +0000 John Carcutt http://www.wcmseo.com/?p=3 Thinking about SEO should begin when you first start setting-up your WordPress site. Sure you can go back and change settings and fix issues, but why not optimize your configureation from the get go?

Lets take a look at a few settings that may impact your site optimization …

  • General Settings: Title and Tagline
  • Writing: Update Services: Make sure you dont remove
  • Reading Settings: # of posts to show: I use 5
  • Discussion Settings: Defaults: Good, Autoclose Comments : 30 days
  • Privacy Settings: Let the engines see the site
  • Permalink Structure: Custom Structure:  /%postname% .html

This may seem basic common sense, but you wouldnt believe the number of issues I have seen due to someone trying something different with one of these settings.

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