Comments on: WordPress SEO & Optimisation

By: V.IPson

V.IPson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:35:48 +0000

Great tips on this post. One thing that is worth mentioning however, is that WordPress suggests not using /%category%/%postname%/ for permalinks because this taxes the database in trying to the database.

More specifically, WordPress claims permalinks starting with /%category%/ slows down the load time.

“Starting Permalinks with %category% is strongly not recommended for performance reasons. “

By: Gambling_SEO_Consultant

Gambling_SEO_Consultant — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:15:56 +0000

thanks for the comments folks.
@ david, yes if you have a site with mega traffic, i guess it can make a significant difference. I see Betfair are using WPress for many of their domains and subdomains, I bet they are optimised to the max.

By: David

David — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:31:04 +0000

Those are some good tips – I found the one about combing the template’s PHP and removing unnecessary database calls to be a real performance booster.

Thanks for the article.

By: ppc

ppc — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:01:00 +0000

there are tips you find around the net to have better strategy to gather more diverted people to your landing page just like this one..having great site structure and content has many benefits and a good way of building organic links which google loves.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:24:57 +0000

Great beginner’s guide! I definitely wish I would have had something like this when I first started my blog. The one plugin I didn’t see mentioned is Platinum SEO. It’s an all-in-one SEO plugin that helps you customize & manage nearly every aspect of SEO on your blog. I use it and love it.

Kyle