Advanced WordPress SEO Optimization

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Do you do anything special, besides from what you recommended, when you build multiple WP sites in a network? Are there any optimizations specific for when you have a network as opposed to just one site? I'm thinking particularly about interlinking optimization.
 
@mazgalici I usually don't interlink the sites in the network. If I do interlink them I do it very randomly and in a relevant manner. I never interlink from the blogroll. as a matter of fact I don't use blogroll links at all. if you don't care about penalty risk with Google, you can have the interlinking done automatically using a plugin for this.
 
i think your post at this thread works great for seo onpage, Great share brother
 
definitely some useful information there, thanks, great share! :)
 
I started some websites this month and let me tell you...this was the information i was seeking. You rock \oo/

This is a rare gem :)

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Great Post Madoctopus,

Quick question, have you tested which gets indexed faster and ranks higher, WP vs Joomla vs Drupal vs HTML/PHP.

Havent really played around with Drupal or Joomla myself, but im guessing it doesnt really matter. Just good content, context and links.

thanks

GN
 
Indexing has nothing to do with the CMS used. It's all about how many links you have and how good those links are. Also, the internal linking structure can affect in a good way or in a bad way the indexing process. For example having lots of duplicate pages or not having a good internal linking structure can make it hard for SE to find all pages.

The idea is, you have links that stay the same on every page - link to homepage, link to major categories or whatever you have in the navigation bar and sidebars. Aside from that it is a good idea to link either to random posts or related posts from within each post. That gives you more links to deep pages.

Also it helps with indexing large pages to make pagination display 10+ pages (prev | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | next) and display many posts per page (20-50) instead of the usual 10.

Bottom line is having your site indexed is useless because what you want is to rank not just exist in the SE. A site with only 50 well optimized (including off-site/links) pages can make a lot more money than a site with 100,000 pages that get no juice from external links.


Great Post Madoctopus,

Quick question, have you tested which gets indexed faster and ranks higher, WP vs Joomla vs Drupal vs HTML/PHP.

Havent really played around with Drupal or Joomla myself, but im guessing it doesnt really matter. Just good content, context and links.

thanks

GN
 
very detailed and solid explaination..
now let my finger do the work..
 
Indexing has nothing to do with the CMS used. It's all about how many links you have and how good those links are. Also, the internal linking structure can affect in a good way or in a bad way the indexing process. For example having lots of duplicate pages or not having a good internal linking structure can make it hard for SE to find all pages.

The idea is, you have links that stay the same on every page - link to homepage, link to major categories or whatever you have in the navigation bar and sidebars. Aside from that it is a good idea to link either to random posts or related posts from within each post. That gives you more links to deep pages.

Also it helps with indexing large pages to make pagination display 10+ pages (prev | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | next) and display many posts per page (20-50) instead of the usual 10.

Bottom line is having your site indexed is useless because what you want is to rank not just exist in the SE. A site with only 50 well optimized (including off-site/links) pages can make a lot more money than a site with 100,000 pages that get no juice from external links.

Do you recommend 1 internal link per post?
 
Do you recommend 1 internal link per post?

There is no formula. If you think there's a strict formula like N links/post and stuff like that you're missing the point. Disregard limiting implementation details and ask yourself what you are trying to achieve - you are trying to get all posts indexed and with as much PR/juice flowing to them. How do you do that? You build links to them - internal and external. Everything else are details that will follow if you focus on this simple goal. Ask yourself the question "Does X thing help me achieve my goal? Does it sit in my wait towards achieving my goal? Is it neutral?". Then if you're not very comfortable/familiar ask yourself the big questions - why, when, where, how!

1 link/post, 5 links/post, 10 links/post, zero links/post - all can be good and make sense. There is no strict formula. It is always dependent on the site/cms/template/niche/etc. Successful SEO is like a symphony - all the instruments must produce the right sound at the right moment and everything makes its own song but togheter with all the others makes a symphony.
 
Ive learned something new, so its worth sharing;) thnx for all info
 
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