{"id":7892,"date":"2017-08-03T13:12:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T10:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=7892"},"modified":"2023-11-27T06:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T04:39:37","slug":"wordpress-seo-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-seo-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Quick WordPress SEO Tips to Boost Your Search Rankings Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why WordPress SEO tips? Let’s start with this: Google is the #1 marketing channel of them all. It’s responsible for sending hundreds of thousands of visitors to the world’s WordPress blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The best part?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don’t need to be an SEO expert or spend years learning the craft to rank your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don’t even need to know how to code or understand the complicated jargon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, with the six quick WordPress SEO tips you’re about to learn, you’ll see improved rankings in just a few weeks…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And you can implement most of them in less than ten minutes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound exciting? Good! Let’s dive right in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Six quick WordPress SEO tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before I get into the details, I wanted to give you a quick overview of everything we’re going to cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Improve your site speed<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Optimize for mobile<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Add an author bio box<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Delete thin content<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Ensure all your images have alt<\/code> text<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Review your site structure and internal linking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    \u26a0\ufe0f Note<\/strong>: This post assumes you already have a basic understanding of SEO<\/a> and are already applying SEO best practices<\/a>, like keyword research<\/a> and on-page optimization. If you’re not, learn those first! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    On to your WordPress SEO tips!<\/p>\n\n\n

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    1. Improve your WordPress site speed \ud83c\udfc3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Site speed is important for a lot of reasons. People will tend to leave if a site takes longer than three seconds to load, for one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But it’s also important to Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Contrary to popular belief, Google doesn’t reward fast sites [1]<\/sup>. Instead, they penalize slow ones. So if your site is slow, speeding it up for mobile<\/a> and desktop can remove the penalty and improve your rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    First, check your site speed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    You can check your site speed using a tool like Pingdom<\/a>. However, it’s more accurate to check your speed in Google Analytics, if you have it set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    (If not, definitely set it up<\/a> – it’s really easy and gives you a lot of awesome data on your site.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To find your site speed in Google Analytics go to Behavior \u2192 Site Speed \u2192 Overview.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    You’ll probably see a high number here – don’t freak out. This isn’t the time it takes for the above the fold content to load (which is what most of your visitors care about), but rather how long it takes for everything<\/em> on the page to load, including backend code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Next, follow these three tips to quickly improve your WordPress site speed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Install and set up one of the popular caching plugins<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Compress and re-upload<\/a> any huge image files on your site, or use an image optimizer like Optimole.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Get a better hosting provider<\/a> (we recommend SiteGround<\/a> or Bluehost<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Now, #2 could take a long time to do if you have a lot of images and you choose not to use an image optimizer. However, it is one of the best and easiest ways to speed up your site for better search rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Again, your best bet here for a quick and easy win is to use the Optimole plugin:<\/p>\n\n\n

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