User-Friendly SEO Controls for WordPress
If you’re yet to figure it out yet, this website is built through WordPress. In my opinion, as a content management system, WordPress is unparalleled when it comes to usability on the back-end of things. I’ve witnessed first hand, users who are oblivious to most web technology have been able to comfortably navigate through the gears of the WordPress CMS with little to no assistance.
Quite obviously, if you’re new to content management systems, this type of user-friendly support is of instant benefit to you.
However, in getting off the topic of usability, one of the many benefits of WordPress that I though I’d point out is its support for search engine optimisation (SEO).
WordPress makes it exceptionally easy for web masters to make their websites search engine friendly, quick to index, and provides a lot of support right out of the box.
There are 2 plugins that I use—both of which provide an excellent and convenient way to manage and collate meta data for SEO.
The first one I use, is one custom-built by my good mate Chris at 51bits.com.
‘Framework51′ provides support for customising your meta data, and keeping all of your search engine API keys in one place. For example, rather than manually inserting the code for API key verification in your index page, simply paste the IDs in relevant fields:
It’s pretty convenient if you ask me, because now I don’t have to even touch my source files in order to update anything.
Another SEO plugin that I’m notorious for supporting, along with thousands of others, is the ‘All-in-one SEO pack’ plugin. It simply can’t be beaten for organising your meta data, categories and page slug formats. A lot of this information is only scratching the surface of course, but from the below, you can see just how well it allows you to arrange your SEO tactics straight out of the box:
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