How to Make WordPress More SEO Friendly

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How to Make WordPress More SEO Friendly
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• WordPress is one of the most renowned platforms
  for website and blogging on the web which powers
  more than 25 of all the websites.
• Any web development company in New York City
  would agree if you ask whether the WordPress is a
  right option to commence a new website.
• Your website can be more SEO-friendly if you
  invest some time and set up with following tips.

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SEO Title and Meta Description

1. Wordpress coders believed that title and meta
   description should be optional. So,
   unfortunately, it does not involve both these
   things automatically in your website.
2. Being an SEO meticulous, you must know how these
   title tags are important for SEO and the website
   ranking.
3. At such times, plugins become a savior as they
   help a WordPress user to add the SEO title and
   meta description along with tons of other
   essential stuff to the website or blog content.

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Replytocom and URL Parameters

1. Being a WordPress professional, you must be
   familiar to ?replytocom999'. The option
   replytocom is available in some of the themes
   that allow replies to users comments.
2. You would see a URL link when you click to reply
   a comment as the URL parameters of WordPress
   permit this to be posted.
3. Although it can be removed from your Google
   Search Console, it is advised to remove it from
   the theme entirely so it would not create any
   issues at first place.

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Spam

1. You know how this spamming can make a difference
   in good Search Engine Rankings. But a WordPress
   user does not need to be worried about spamming.
2. If you have turned on your blog for more than a
   minute than it could get really annoying by the
   time it goes live.
3. For the best solution, you can install some
   anti-spam plugins on the site as it takes care of
   bothersome spam on your website.

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Sitemap

1. You do not get the sitemap along with WordPress
   installation. And thats why it needs the SEO
   plugin.
2. It is crucial as Google can find your websites
   page easily with the help of sitemaps.
3. With that, you improve your SEO which is
   imperative as Google ranks your web pages and not
   just website.

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Redirects

1. WordPress relatively redirects a post if the slug
   of a post has been changed.
2. Nevertheless, what about redirecting a category
   or a homepage and what about the cases where you
   would want to redirect one page (not a post) to
   another one.
3. So, if you move something to another page and do
   not want to make a fool of it at the host level,
   you can consider going for a redirection plugin.

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1. Thus, you can solve a lot of issues such as
   adding SEO title and meta description, spam,
   sitemap, redirects, site caching, with the help
   of Plugin.
2. Remember that WordPress is not totally SEO
   friendly but it can be fixed easily which is
   greatly helpful in the long run.
3. You must contact an experienced and reliable web
   development company such as Simianllc.com to get
   assistance regarding Content Management System
   customization or WordPress.

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