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LinkyLove hipped me to the guy behind Livewyre.NET, Jay Livewyre, and I am glad! This guy totally rocks!

Livewyre.NET is a great site that aim to bring free software, SEO hints and tips along with ideas for making money online to people like me, who are new to some aspects of Web 2.0! I enjoyed the section on SEO - search engine optimization. The tips and tricks are definitely helpful and remind me of the “little things” I must do as a blogger to gain and maintain strong search engine traffic!

There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of WordPress plugins out there - and many help you with SEO - search engine optimization of your WordPress site or blog.

Why should you care about SEO?

• SEO ensures that people will find your website when conducting keyword searches on search engines like Google, MSN or Yahoo.
• Ranking high in search engine searches for certain keywords can help you generate more income from your WordPress powered website.

Simply put, SEO can generate traffic for your site - meaning people are reading your content and clicking on your ads!

This is Step #4 in the 101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger.

Optimize your blog for the search engines.

I’ve installed WordPress plugins to assist in Search Engine Optimization, such as:

• Enforce www. Preference v1.3 by Mark Jaquith — Provides 301 redirects to queries with /index.php and enforces your use or non-use of www.
• Google Sitemaps v2.7.1 by Arne Brachhold — This generator will create a Google compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog.