Out of the box, the link structure and overall configuration of a wordpress website or blog’s search engine optimization (SEO) is pretty good. I am sure you have heard the myth that blogs and wordpress websites rank better and the search engines love them. Well I can’t factually confirm that, but it does seem that most websites I have built with wordpress have ranked faster and longer than most static HTML sites I have. I beleive this is because of the directory structure, social, and interactive ablilities of wordpress. Meaning the site can interact with visitors through comments, and the blog owner typically updates with new posts frequently. The other reason wordpress blogs and webistes are preferred by the search engines is the internal linking capabilities and the off page linking and sharing capabilities. Like I said, out of the box, the pre configured wordpresite seo is only pretty good. So doing some simple seo techniques to your wordpress website is important to improve your on and off page SEO. A Couple Of SEO Techniques For WordPress One of the first changes I make to my wordpress websites after install is change the permalink settings. These are the urls that will be used and seen by the pages visitors and search engines.The permalink structure that comes by default in wordpress is with a url using post ID. For example: http://yourwordpresswebsite.com/archieves/?p=197 Changing the permalink settings will allow your page and post titles be used in the link URL. So instead of the post ID number, you can use your post, tag, page titles in their link url’s. Adding the keywords in your URL. Providing a better trusting link for your visitor and adding keyword rich internal links within your wordpress website or blog. For example: http://yourwordpresswebsite.com/YOUR-PAGE-TITLE How To Change The Permalink [...] Read Entire Article »