Check Website Stats. Trends. Insights for Search. Optimizing WordPress for Search Engines. By Matt Alexander So, you have this amazing WordPress site, but for some reason the search engines just don’t show you much love. You post killer content, make it easy for users to share via their social networks, and people are subscribing to your RSS feed, indicating that they’re like what they’re reading. If you’ve tried everything to drive traffic to your website, and search engines still ignore your site, maybe you need to evaluate how search engine friendly your website is. In this article, I will go over a few steps you should take to optimize your WordPress installation for search engines. While WordPress has good SEO features out of the box, these tips will help you maximize your search engine results while also making sure your site is the best it can be. 1.
Optimize your titles By default, WordPress usually puts the title of your blog before the actual post title. For example: Tips for Making WordPress Friendly to Search Engines - YourSiteName.com is better than: 1. 2. 2. 3. 4. 5. GWT. Web Page Speed Report - WebSiteOptimization.com.