Saturday, June 13th, 2009 by Andy Beal

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SEO for WordPress Blogs

Today, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Wordcamp RDU event–one of many events held around the world for WordPress users.

I gave a presentation outlining my advice for search engine optimization (SEO) for WordPress. I only had about 30 minutes–and had to cater to both newbies and advanced users–so I focused on what I felt were the most important topics.

I’m sharing my SEO for WordPress presentation below, but keep in mind that my presentations are about 30% of what’s on the slides, and 70% of what I convey verbally. ;-)

PS. Some of the advice I gave can be found in these previous blog posts:


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27 comments on “SEO for WordPress Blogs”

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  2. Damian Konopka Says:

    June 13th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    Thanks, Andy. Slides were insightful — some plugins I should have been using, too — but I wish I would have heard you speak. Good stuff. My biggest nag is actually measuring the results of all the SEO changes I want to make. If I REALLY knew I could do that fairly accurately, I’d likely put in more of a daily SEO effort.

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  5. Roy Morejon Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 7:55 am

    Great job today at Wordcamp – always a pleasure to hear you speak.

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    June 14th, 2009 at 11:35 am

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  7. Mark Hopkins Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 11:42 am

    Andy,

    I really enjoyed your presentation, and appreciated both the technical insights into distilling google juice as well as your strategy on changing the focus of a page after it is has become highly ranked.

    WordCamp provided a high signal to noise ratio and delivered it in a blue jeans and T-shirt atmosphere. Great venue, and an awesome presentation.

    Mark

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  8. Saad Kamal Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Great Share. Thanks!

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  9. Tracy Needham Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    Thanks again for the great presentation yesterday–definitely the best of all the breakout sessions I attended! Lots of good, actionable information and insights. And the slides will be great for double-checking my notes.

    Tracy

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  10. Andy Beal Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    Thanks to everyone for the kind feedback. A special thanks to those that took the time to attend the actual presentation at WordCamp–I’m thrilled you enjoyed it and found it beneficial!

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  13. Tony Tellijohn Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    Andy – Thanks for the presentation and the links–but they appear to not work. Looks like you’ve got a /2009/ stuck in front of the /2008/…

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  14. Andy Beal Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    @Tony – not sure how that happened, but will fix it.

  15. wayne sutton Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Thanks for sharing. I really wish I could have attended your session and I heard that you rocked it.

    Wayne

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  17. Frugalocal Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    Good stuff, optimizing titles is huge. Slight changes in the keywords or the order of the words can make the difference of being on page one in serp or page 5.

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  18. Jhelo Cruz Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    Hi, thanks for this wonderful presentation!
    Learned something new from this. I’ve been into SEO recently and I’ve been gathering helpful information for this.

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  19. New York Computer Repair Says:

    June 14th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    Great stuff as always, Andy. I appreciate you posting your slides (except for the killer slugs! :) …as a newbie to SEO and Wordpress I look forward to implementing your suggestions. Maybe someday I’ll get a chance to attend! Thanks.

  20. Brennan Says:

    June 15th, 2009 at 9:35 am

    Great tips and thanks for sharing the presentation.

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    June 18th, 2009 at 12:39 pm

    Interesting post.. I’m definitely trying this out

  23. Seo Says:

    June 24th, 2009 at 3:40 am

    I really like you presentation..but it is not enough to get high rankings

  24. Jimmy G.(Seo Blog Advice) Says:

    June 30th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    Thank you Andy for sharing this slideshow and great tips. it was very informative and I’m sure it will be beneficial to me and for others.

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  25. Frumusete Says:

    July 1st, 2009 at 8:07 am

    Big thanks for sharing

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  26. diabolika Says:

    July 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am

    hello , i’m just starting in this world of blogs , and i’ve heard a lot about seo , and after reading your post it has become a little easier to me , thanks :)

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