WordPress SEO

WordPress is the most powerful SEO content management system ever created. By the nature of how it works it will almost automatically get you good rankings right out of the box if you have quality content. We have devised a system that has proven itself over and over again to beat the competition. By using plugins and configurations that utilize WordPress’ inherent communication and organization, we will show you how to dominate your marketplace.

Hosting WordPress – Don’t Scrimp On Your Web Host

WordPress SEO begins with the way in which you install and configure the system. If you are building a new WordPress system and don’t have a hosting company yet, I recommend that you pay close attention to the features your hosting company offers. You must have access to the root folder of your website, the .htaccess file, and the ability to create and manage MYSQL databases. Hosting services from companies like GoDaddy will not get yu everything that you need to totally succeed in the search engines. They have hidden .htaccess files that can overwrite your re-write rules and make troubleshooting problems impossible.

.htaccess – the .htaccess file is an Apache comand file that resides in the root of your websites default directory. It is possible to have an .htaccess file in every directory on your website, but that can get pretty messy over time. The .htaccess file is a very important part of WordPress because it holds the rules that govern how your permalinks will be displayed. Permalinks are the finished URL’s that your system creates as you make content. The .htaccess will also deal with any pages that you might need to re-name or move. Finally, the .htaccess file is used to make your website show only one page as your home page. If you don’t have it set up correctly, your home page will be seen as different pages whether you type in www or not, or if you type in your domain and the home page extension like: domain.com/index.php. In fact your site may come up as http://domain.com, www.domain.com, domain.com/index.php, and www.domain.com/index.php. Not only is that confusing to users, but Google will see all of those home pages as different! Even though Google gives you an option to set the preferred domain in their Webmaster Tools, it is better to have your .htaccess file make everything resolve to www.domain.com. Make sure that all links going to your home page resolve to the correct view as well, i.e. www.domain.com.

Web hosting is critical to WordPress SEO so make sure that the host has all the features you need to support your site. you also want to make sure your site will be hosted on a dedicated IP address. While it is OK to be on shared hosting, you don’t want to share an IP address with other sites. If someone else that is using the same IP gets banned for spamming, you will be banned as well.

WordPress SEO