subject: How To Set Up A Wordpress Blog Properly For Seo Benefits [print this page] WordPress is one of the world's leading and most widely used blogging package. When it comes to SEO it is one of the best platforms that you can use.
This is part of a series of tip articles just about using WordPress for maximizing on Search Engine Optimisation.
Tip: Make sure the blog is on YOUR site
So often we are asked about adding a blog on another website such as Blogger or Wordpress.com which provides free blog hosting and has a high PR rank.
If you are using your blog to enhance your SEO then you HAVE to place your blog on your web site - it cannot live on on a different domain.
Do not even think about using a sub-web such as http://www.blog.mygreatsite.com. Why would you use a sub web anyhow unless if you want a cool blog URL.
Sub webs are part of your internet site but they are unclear from an SEO perspective. If you want to have the blog content 100% connected with your website then make sure it is off a sub folder and NOT a sub web for example : http://www.myhappysite.com/blog.
Placing your blog on a sub web will not give you the same SEO advantage as having them as a sub-folder on your website. Sub webs may be treated different by different search engines - the result outcome will be unclear.
If your blog is presently hosted on blogger.com or wordpress.com then you should think about to move it as soon as possible if you want to enhance your SEO position.
If you have some existing rankings for keywords on Google and Yahoo then you do need to be warned - adding a lot of new content may affect your ranking negatively at first.
We have had clients who had good ranking have their ranking drop through the floor when we added a large blog. Adding a blast of new content 'dilutes' your current site content if the new content is NOT Search Engine Optimisation optimized for the keywords that you want to rank for. Search Engine Optimize the content before making it live to avoid this dilution process. Taking the time to do this BEFORE you add it to your site will make a big difference to your immediate ranking position.
