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it doesn't take much time to begin blogging on a WordPress blog but if you want to get traffic you're going to have to invest a little time and study into the wonderful world of search engine optimization (SEO). Search engines do like WordPress sites quite a bit but if you aren't doing a little on-page optimization they won't even know you're there.



Use a Google Sitemap: When you launch your WordPress blog, you'll come to understand the importance of many little factors that play a big role in your overall ranking. It isn't difficult at all to add Google Sitemap to your WordPress site. Your website has many pages and links, a sitemap helps Google navigate through them seamlessly. It's like an easy to read overview of all the different pages on your site, which is something highly important as far as SEO is concerned. If you like simplicity, and who doesn't, then you're going to love the Google XML Sitemaps plugin for WordPress sites. This is a handy device that doesn't require you to do anything to make it work; it even updates whenever a new page is added. It's really easy to install and totally worth the effort so don't miss out on it. Top Notch Content and Outbound Links: You need to look after your audience and that means providing them with great content, whether it's on your blog or via links to other quality sites. This doesn't mean you randomly insert the link anywhere, but rather it's more about helping your readers get the most out of your content by linking to a good resource that is useful. By pointing readers in the direction of excellent content on another site, you are showing confidence in the quality of your work. If you want to see excellent results then you need to get the ratio of links to great content right, especially since search engines like it when you link to authority sites. Remember that your audience will appreciate any extra help when it comes to providing quality information.



File Your Content: WordPress is a system that was created with the PHP program that usually generates pages instantly. In other words, every page is created there and then, and doesn't exist unless someone tries to load it. WordPress then sorts through all of the sidebar widgets, your articles and post titles. Then, it puts them into a page and delivers it based upon the controlled settings in the panel. By utilizing the WP super cache plug-in, you can store a true static page. So when someone wants it, time is not spent on creation. This brings down the waiting time for the readers, and increase the stick rate of your site.



In a way, this will allow your page to load much quicker. All in all, this is very important.



In conclusion, if you have a WordPress blog, then it is optimized better for SEO. Now, you should focus on using this power to your advantage.