If you are running a Wordpress blog, there are several plugins available that can help you optimize your blog and posts for SEO. One of the best SEO plugins available is HeadSpace2. The plugin is available free from Urban Giraffe and is something that all Wordpress bloggers should use.
HeadSpace includes a ton of features. I would honestly expect to pay at least $50 for software that can do as much as this plugin does. Specific page modules can be applied to the home page, categories, archives, posts, 404 pages, and others. Some of the page specific capabilities include:
Page titles - SEO optimized titles
Tags and keywords are auto-suggested using a smart algorithm or via Yahoo and work on both posts and pages (pages can also be set to appear in tag archives)
Page-specific plugins - have plugins that run only on specific pages!
Theme-specific plugins - change your site theme on specific pages!
Description - what appears in search engine listing
More text - change the ‘more text’ for each post
JavaScript & CSS - add JavaScript or CSS files to a post
No index - configure whether a page is indexed by search engines
There are also several site-wide functions for you to use including:
Configure auto-formatting (wpautop), auto-fancy quotes, auto-clickable links, and disable visual editing
Tracking codes for Google Analytics (new & old code), Crazy Egg, StatCounter, 103bees, Mint, FeedBurner Stats, Yahoo! Site Explorer, HitTail, Google Webmaster, Piwik, and Apture, with the ability to not track registered users
Google section targeting
First Time Visitor - display a special message to visitors when they first visit your site
Change PHP memory limit, timeout, and error reporting level
It really is a powerful tool and is very easy to use. The plugin integrates easily into Wordpress and allows for on-the-fly editing and SEO work. It can even help suggest tags for you to use.
You can download the HeadSpace2 plugin from the Wordpress Plugins Page or directly from Urban Giraffe
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3 Comments Received
November 21st, 2008 @9:35 am
Is this better than the All in One SEO plugin?
November 21st, 2008 @10:11 am
I like it more than the All In One plugin,but they are both great, to be honest. They do very similar things, I just like the way that Headspace is set up. It’s very easy to use.
November 22nd, 2008 @5:48 pm
I think ill stick with All In One SEO, but this looks like a great plugin!
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