SEO Plug-Ins vs The Walrus

ronnie · 2008-08-12, 08:02 PM

Great post..

From some one who probably used to many plug-ins..and those darn widgets..lol

Couple things I would like to add that I believe should be included in SEO, but few people look at it or take it into account.

The SE's are looking for content, this we know, they are not looking for code. What seemed to work well for me was to basically strip my single post pages, because often they included un-necessary content and far too much un-needed extra code. Side bars are a good example, do they really help your page?

I also use to use a social bookmarking plug-in that made the pages look so cool because they had all these cool social media icons. That is until I really looked at all the extra code. Crap that plug-in alone would over power most pages content, content v.s. code that is. I then started using a plug-in that put in two lines of JS and that was it. Cut down the code by at least 90%.

I looked at a blog today, had a real nice comments section. It had all these cool smilie faces you could add to your comment, but here again, a ton of extra code that did not help the the SEO of the page, better chance it was hurting it.

It's a pretty safe bet that it is your single post pages that will have the best chance of getting ranked. I've always kinda seen the index pages are a blow off page, because it's tough to focus or narrow in on one keyword/phrase on the index, there is too much going on.

So I usually stripped down the single post pages to only the bare necessities. Usually all that was left was the post content, a couple navigation links and usually I put up the category listing.

Again just my two cents and I hope I haven't taken away from the original post..

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2008-08-12, 08:02 PM	#6
ronnie Wheither you think you can or you think you can't, Your right. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: midwest Posts: 2,274	Great post.. From some one who probably used to many plug-ins..and those darn widgets..lol Couple things I would like to add that I believe should be included in SEO, but few people look at it or take it into account. The SE's are looking for content, this we know, they are not looking for code. What seemed to work well for me was to basically strip my single post pages, because often they included un-necessary content and far too much un-needed extra code. Side bars are a good example, do they really help your page? I also use to use a social bookmarking plug-in that made the pages look so cool because they had all these cool social media icons. That is until I really looked at all the extra code. Crap that plug-in alone would over power most pages content, content v.s. code that is. I then started using a plug-in that put in two lines of JS and that was it. Cut down the code by at least 90%. I looked at a blog today, had a real nice comments section. It had all these cool smilie faces you could add to your comment, but here again, a ton of extra code that did not help the the SEO of the page, better chance it was hurting it. It's a pretty safe bet that it is your single post pages that will have the best chance of getting ranked. I've always kinda seen the index pages are a blow off page, because it's tough to focus or narrow in on one keyword/phrase on the index, there is too much going on. So I usually stripped down the single post pages to only the bare necessities. Usually all that was left was the post content, a couple navigation links and usually I put up the category listing. Again just my two cents and I hope I haven't taken away from the original post..