WordPress SEO - XML Sitemap Configuration

October 23, 2008 by Michael Stankard  
Filed under WordPress SEO

Along with XML RPC, WordPress can also keep search engines updated every time you update or add a post or page. There is a third party plugin that creates and manages XML Sitemaps. The home page of the plugin creator Arne Brachhold is here. You can download the plugin from his page to get the latest version, but if you are running WordPress version 2 or higher I suggest you grab this version of the XML Sitemap Plugin. We have made a very minor tweak to the plugin that works with the robots.txt function... 

WordPress XML RPC Configuration

October 23, 2008 by Michael Stankard  
Filed under WordPress SEO

WordPress uses XML RPC to keep your blog updated in search engines and feed directories. Every time that you add a post or modify an existing page or post WordPress automatically “pings” every site that is included within your ping settings. WordPress comes default with only 1 ping directory: pingomatic. While pingomatic is said to reach out to everyone, we have found that webmasters must include all the major ping sites to insure that they are all notified when your site has an update.... 

How You Can Dominate The Searches With SEO By You

October 23, 2008 by Michael Stankard  
Filed under Home Page Content

Welcome to SEO By You. We are in the process of building our content to help users take their websites to the top of the search engines. Visit often as we are adding new content on a daily basis. The focus of this site is to give useful information to webmasters and bloggers to help them gain top placement. We use WordPress as our content management system of choice, but our system will work on any type of content system. Call 727-251-2058 if you have any questions.  Read More →

Real Estate Blogging

January 25, 2008 by Michael Stankard  
Filed under Real Estate Marketing

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!  Read More →