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Blog SEO Configuring WordPress SEO Plugin on Posts + Pages

Configuring WordPress SEO Plugin on Posts + Pages

May 27, 2011 by Blake Imeson 2 Comments

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Watch as I quickly go over how to use the powerful WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast on my posts and pages.

We’ve tried many SEO plugins but none are as robust or perfect as this one by Yoast.

Learn how to use it when editing your WordPress Posts + Pages:

I’ll leave you with a couple thoughts (some were in the video)

SEO Title

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  • Highest value keywords should be towards front of tag
  • Having a longer title with many keywords dilutes the strength of each keyword
  • Use separators like: | – > <
  • The default auto-generation on global settings page. I use %%title%% or %%title%% | %%sitename%%

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SEO Description

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  • Has little SEO value but terms the user searches get bolded
  • Needs to entice the searcher to click thru

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Focus Keyword

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  • Only for your own internal use
  • Only put one keyword/phrase
  • Use this to remind you of where you can naturally use your keyword

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Other

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  • Use /%postname%/ for your permalinks (Settings>>Permalinks) or if concerned about speed and having many posts: /%post_id%/%postname%/
  • This plugin also generates XML sitemaps that you can submit to Google Webmaster Tools
  • Download plugin

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Have questions? Send us a message or comment below!

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Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: keywords, plugin, SEO, WordPress, Yoast

About Blake Imeson

I wear many hats running the day-to-day operations of LimeCuda. I enjoy strategy and seeing theory turn into real wins. I'm a confessed INTJ.

When not playing in the web work world I enjoy woodworking, pretentious beer, and living in East Lansing, MI with my wife, our two sons, and theoretically a cat...

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  1. LaTonya says

    June 9, 2011 at 10:58 am

    Blake this was very helpful for me. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Mete says

    June 23, 2011 at 9:28 am

    Yep. i consider replacing all in one seo plugin with yoast’s, that was really helpful for me. Thanks for sharing

    Reply

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