Extras Steps for SEO.


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Use the Robots File 
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Upload the robots.txt included with the archive into your wordpress ROOT. 

*If you have a modified version of Wordpress or using other plugins, make sure robot.txt isnt disallowing directories that you want spidered. Most of the time, you wont have to do anything to the file.*

The contents of robots.txt:

User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /*/feed/$
Disallow: /*/feed/rss/$
Disallow: /*/trackback/$
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /rss/
Disallow: /comments/feed/
Disallow: /page/
Disallow: /date/
Disallow: /comments/


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Related Posts Plugin
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If you want to use the Related Post Plugin found: http://wasabi.pbwiki.com/Related+Entries 

Also archived at: http://mytypes.com/seoblogtemplates/binary/plugins/related-posts-2.04.zip

In the Related Post Plugin admin:
Before/After (Post Tile): <li>/</li>

Automatically turned on

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Change Permalinks
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If you planning to post a lot:
/%category%/%postname%/ 

Otherwise use:
/%postname%/ 


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Sitemap
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Download and install the following Sitemap Plugins for Wordpress:

http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/sitemap-generator-plugin-for-wordpress/
http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-final


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Other Plugins
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For a full list of plugins you should use to SEO Wordpress.
Check it out here:http://www.mytypes.com/seoblogtemplates/top-wordpress-seo-plugins/


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.htaccess
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Default Wordpress .htaccess:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Add:

rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]


DONT FOR GET TO CHANGE THE DOMAIN OUT
Put in root


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Errors and Suggestions
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If you find any styling errors or suggestions, please shoot me an email:
http://www.mytypes.com/seoblogtemplates/contact/


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Thanks
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None of these themes would be possible without the original designers!


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License
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Stick to the original license, please don't remove my footer. Thanks!
