A good way to help optimizing a WordPress website is to use the “All-in-One SEO Pack” plugin. When activated it adds several fields to the bottom of the posts or page interface, where one can add post/page-specific details, which will override… the default title, and allow a potentially more SEO-friendly description to be used.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
A good description of the various settings can be found at kikolani.com
Social media and site promotion. Improving site visibility by using and updating social media such as Facebook, Twitter and others has become an almost required part of successful SEO. Methods for installing the buttons and links differ whether on static pages or CMS pages. See below for some interesting links on the how-and-why aspects. A…
Rethinking the way a web page HTML is constructed – using the new HTML 5 syntax to create a web page with better structure and leaner code. It allows grouping of elements and the ability to differentiate between sections of a page. Making tags uniform allows everyone to consistently define content, makes it easier for web applications and…
Google favors responsive websites… And since ever-increasing people are viewing websites on their smart phones or tablets, it’s becoming more urgent to upgrade static sites to responsive sites. If you have an existing static site, what would be the best way to convert it? Let’s explore the options and their complexity.
When your website has it’s main navigation as tabs across the top of the page, how will these appear when viewed on alternate media? If the design is to be “responsive”, ie: elements wrap down into columns depending on the available screen width, the links can also wrap down – OR, they can change into…
For those of us using WordPress installations to power our websites, it soon becomes apparent that there is constant maintenance to be done. Seems version updates – and plugin updates are needed almost weekly. This is a good thing, as security holes are tighened and improvements are activated. If you plan to upgrade to WordPress…
Thoughts about AdWords – how does it work? PPC = Pay Per Click. Everytime someone clicks on your ad, you pay a fee according to several variables. But what do you pay, how do you decide how much you’re willing to pay, and how likely is it someone will actually follow through and purchase the…