After seeing so many of posts(on my other more active blogs) listed as “supplemental” in Google, I started focusing more on SEO for blogs. I’ve been researching the best SEO plugins that work with Wordpress 2.1 and I’m amazed at what’s out there. Here are few I’m using on other blogs:

• SEO Title Tags - super easy to implement. You can use your blog title for the main page and use different titles on your post pages. After installing the plugin, replace your existing title tag with
  <title><?php if (function_exists('seo_title_tag')) { seo_title_tag(); } else { bloginfo('name'); wp_title();} ?></title>

• Ultimate Tag Warrior 3
  - had a few bugs the last time I checked. DJ Flush has upgraded the UTW plugin . Get the UTW plugin out of his SEO plugin pack

• Add-Meta-tagsis good for adding meta tags…You may not need it if you’re using UTW3. Head Meta Title Plugin does not appear to work
• Head META Description -This plugin uses the first # of words in a post as the descriptionWorked with no modification although there are variables that can be configured.

• WWW Redirect
  Sharpen your urls by controlling how users access your blog posts. Jim’s post on canonicalization is a “must read” with  a better explanation on redirects and why you should be using them.
• Counterize - See what works and what didnt. Get your stats right in your WP dashboard… Free!

Here some other links geared towards WordPress users and search engine optimization:

• Dev Lounge - Plugins for a Search Engine Friendly WordPress Blog
• Best SEO Plugins for Wordpress
• Do-It-Yourself Search Engine Optimization Guide
• Optimize Wordpress for Search Engines
• Rock Your Blog: WP Plugins
• JohnTP’s List

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