Blog publishing has become a labyrinth of content structure, templating systems and plug-ins. Maintaining a good blog with optimal potential requires a focused and practical plan. Plugins are essential. There are a good amount of safe, free plugins to download and utilize.
1. Swat Your Spam
Akismet. This is the most popular free anti-spam/comment plug-ins. Downloading is free however there is a minimal charge for commercial based blogs. In addition, it offers a library option in a variety of languages. With Akismet, the algorithm code that is usually based on the home website is on the Akismet server. It sends the comment back to the host website and determines whether it is spam or legitimate. It will hold content for fifteen days, just in case, and then delete it. Installation requires a WordPress blog which entails signing up for a WordPress.com API key account. After this, install the Akismet plugin into the WordPress plugin directory. It is important to follow the spam folder compiled by Akismet in the first few weeks or so of use. This way you can train it to recognize comments that may otherwise be considered spam and missed.
2. Keyword Tracker
SEO Rank Reporter is an excellent free plugin that will track keywords in your site. Every three days it will show an easy to follow Google ranking graph. As your ranking fluctuates Rank Reporter will send you emails alerting you of top rank changes.
3. Platinum SEO Pack
This plugin will utilize the titles of your blogs for search engine optimization by routinely generating Meta tags. In addition, duplicate information on your site is immediately brought to your attention.
4. SEO Content Control
A plugin that acts like a personal secretary is found in SEO Content Control. It finds content that you may have forgotten to tag, describe and/or categorize and offers ways to develop more optimal choices thus potentially increasing your search engine rankings.
5. Keyword Density Checker
By compiling keyword densities, Keyword Density Checker can create an overview of the density usage of used keywords and key phrases. Meta keyword suggestions are also offered plus prevention of content language and word filter usage.
Take note that because of continuing upgrades offered for WordPress plugins it is probably best to save your current plugins in the WordPress database. When you do this you can go back and decide the specific actions your plugin will take when the upgrade is applied.
About the Author: Miranda S. is a surgical tech by day and blogger by night. She loves looking for unique ways to improve her blogs (and the blogs of others) without spending a ton of cash!
I would add nRelate’s Related Content plug-in to this list: http://nrelate.com/install/ – I use it on a number of my blogs and it works great at showing up relevant thumbnails and links!
Don’t forget CommentLuv. Set up CommentLuv with dofollow links and you’ll have more comments than you know what to do with.
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