5 Helpful Hints on How to Drive Traffic to your WordPress Site
13th Dec 2011 | Posted by Eko S. | No CommentsIf you’re attempting to increase traffic to and optimize your WordPress site so that you can continue to grow your web presence, there are a few tips that you will need to know. Although you will be essentially using the same SEO techniques that you would with any other website, there are also a couple of specific methods you will need to implement with WordPress in order to have successful optimization. Check out the following helpful hints to learn how you can master the art of bringing traffic to your site.
Hint #1: Take advantage of your SEO plugins
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These tools have proven to be very handy when used for SEO efforts. Some of the more popular plugins are SEO Smart Links, All in One SEO, Urban Giraffe Redirection, and Broken Line Checker; however, picking which one/ones are right for your site is simply a matter of personal taste and preference. Depending on the specific needs of your site, some plugins may be more beneficial than others. These helpful SEO tools are a fantastic way to increase traffic flow to your site as well as manage your WordPress blog with ease and efficiency.
Hint #2: Use relevant keywords
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When designing your site using WordPress, you are at a definite advantage; more specifically, you have features such as text formatting, title tags, headers, internal/cross-linking, and more that will enable you to build an eye-catching and attention-grabbing blog. This will be sure to bring in a significant amount of traffic. However, you will have to do some of the work yourself to ensure that you are fully optimizing your site. To do this, go back to the basics of SEO, that is, use the right keywords that relate to the content of your blog.
Hint #3: Use your own domain
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When you host your blog at WordPress.com, you don’t have full access to certain features such as making edits to your template. In time this could restrict your ability to practice successful SEO. Therefore, it is crucial for you to gain complete control of your blog by hosting it on your very own domain if you want to be effective in optimizing your site. This will also enable you to build a good reputation and web presence, as well as give you credit for backlinks.
Hint #4: Make sure that your account is secure
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Recently, there has been an increase in the amount of WordPress accounts being hacked into. To help combat this problem, Google has now installed alerts that will immediately inform you if your site has fallen victim to a hacker. If you are unfortunate enough to have your WordPress account hacked into, it can negatively impact the SEO for your site. Therefore, it is imperative that you frequently check Google’s malware reports and stay informed on all security issues with your blog.
Hint #5: Fill your blog with amazing content
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While this is the last helpful hint, it is certainly not the least! Although all of the other tips I’ve provided are crucial for SEO, what will ultimately drive traffic to your site is the content that you post. Try to focus on making your blog interesting and fun, new and innovative, smart and witty. It is also a good idea to write keyword phrases throughout your posts as well as making sure that your content is targeted to the specific audience you want to draw in.
About the author!
Elise Brown is a guest post author who shares with us her piece on SEO for WordPress. In addition to guest posting, Elise also owns PayDay Loans Resource, where she offers tips for consumers who are curious about this type of financing.
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