Comments on: SEO-sanitizing a WordPress theme in 5 minutes http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/ If you've read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Andreas http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1873 Andreas Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:05 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1873 Very nice Post. I have already implemented some of your tips. They are working fine! I wonder if search engines like google really can not differentiate between the two URL's "without www and with www". In my opinion this would be an indication of inability! [Actually, your attempt to linkspam my blog is "an indication of inability". You ignorant krauts better leave the Interweb alone ...] Very nice Post. I have already implemented some of your tips. They are working fine!

I wonder if search engines like google really can not differentiate between the two URL’s “without www and with www”. In my opinion this would be an indication of inability!

[Actually, your attempt to linkspam my blog is “an indication of inability”. You ignorant krauts better leave the Interweb alone …]

]]> By: RH http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1846 RH Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:56:03 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1846 I recently did a workpress site and found that it was having problems getting indexed by google. I found that the problem was a plugin that i had used for SEF URLs. Becareful when using some of the plugins as they can affect the indexing and crawling time with Google. Hope this helps. [Yup, suffering from some forms of pluginmania can hurt.] I recently did a workpress site and found that it was having problems getting indexed by google. I found that the problem was a plugin that i had used for SEF URLs. Becareful when using some of the plugins as they can affect the indexing and crawling time with Google. Hope this helps.

[Yup, suffering from some forms of pluginmania can hurt.]

]]> By: Health blog http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1788 Health blog Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:45:57 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1788 One thing i'd love to know how to do is : Being able to redirect spammy traffic to a location of my choice. [Although I do know the answer, I'm busy redirecting blog-spammer-links to my comment policy. Sigh.] One thing i’d love to know how to do is : Being able to redirect spammy traffic to a location of my choice.

[Although I do know the answer, I’m busy redirecting blog-spammer-links to my comment policy. Sigh.]

]]> By: Devan http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1741 Devan Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:04:28 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1741 Hi Guys...I really appreciate the great ino here. I have a question, I want to delete about 30 different post on my wordpress blog. Will deleting these pages hurt my SEO rankings? The pages that I want to delete are all indexed bu they are duplicate content post. I don't want to take a chance a leave that content on my blog but I am not sure if I should just delete them...and if so should I delete them all at once? [I'd never delete an indexed URI. If you really want to wipe out the content then 301 redirect the URIs to related pages. Of course the "right thing to do" is serving a 410, but that kills the traffic.] Hi Guys…I really appreciate the great ino here. I have a question, I want to delete about 30 different post on my wordpress blog. Will deleting these pages hurt my SEO rankings? The pages that I want to delete are all indexed bu they are duplicate content post. I don’t want to take a chance a leave that content on my blog but I am not sure if I should just delete them…and if so should I delete them all at once?

[I’d never delete an indexed URI. If you really want to wipe out the content then 301 redirect the URIs to related pages. Of course the “right thing to do” is serving a 410, but that kills the traffic.]

]]> By: search engine optimization tutorial http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1624 search engine optimization tutorial Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:35:56 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1624 Wow, never thought that natural linking could cause such serious problems. Perhaps will try your method. Regards, Andrew Wow, never thought that natural linking could cause such serious problems. Perhaps will try your method.
Regards,
Andrew

]]> By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1437 Sebastian Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:54:53 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1437 That's a Guinness related problem. That’s a Guinness related problem.

]]> By: GungaDin http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1410 GungaDin Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:36:44 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1410 Fantastic. I was looking for info like this. Thx ! Idiotic wp theme directories got in the way of my search results. Fantastic. I was looking for info like this. Thx ! Idiotic wp theme directories got in the way of my search results.

]]> By: Structural SEO for WordPress Blogs - Gettin' Friendly with the Engines http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1243 Structural SEO for WordPress Blogs - Gettin' Friendly with the Engines Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:01:41 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1243 [...] from Andy Beard’s excellent article “Ultimate WordPress Htaccess file” or from Sebastian’s Pamphlet on trailing slash canonicalization . Be careful with your htaccess file though - a mistake there can make a wretched mess of your [...] […] from Andy Beard’s excellent article “Ultimate WordPress Htaccess file” or from Sebastian’s Pamphlet on trailing slash canonicalization . Be careful with your htaccess file though - a mistake there can make a wretched mess of your […]

]]> By: Why storing URLs with truncated trailing slashes is an utterly idiocy http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1129 Why storing URLs with truncated trailing slashes is an utterly idiocy Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:04:11 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-1129 [...] I moved my blog from blogspot to this domain, I’ve enhanced the faulty WordPress URL canonicalization. If any user agent requests http://sebastians-pamphlets.com it gets redirected to [...] […] I moved my blog from blogspot to this domain, I’ve enhanced the faulty WordPress URL canonicalization. If any user agent requests http://sebastians-pamphlets.com it gets redirected to […]

]]> By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-767 Sebastian Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:43:22 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/how-to-seo-sanitize-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-767 I didn't look at the new WP software because they screwed the database structure breaking all my scripts. Deleting tables without a well documented path to upgrades --respectively providing the old structures as views on the new tables-- is a no-no, but it seems everybody's darling WP can get away with BS like that. Having said that, I think that categories as well as tags make it into the feed categories, so that's not a reason to upgrade. Also search engines like Technorati get the tags both from category assignments as well as tags. Renaming URIs is always a bad idea. It's doable but you need to be a redirect expert or you'll screw your SE listings. I'm not exactly a fan of link farms in tag clouds and such stuff, because all those cool widgets dilute your topical link juice way too much. If you've tags, make the cats uncrawlable and condomize links to cat pages, otherwise hide the tags in the same way. You'll get away with some intended dupe content, don't be too dupe-paranoid with a blog, but completely hide the monthly archives from search engines. I hope that helps a little. I didn’t look at the new WP software because they screwed the database structure breaking all my scripts. Deleting tables without a well documented path to upgrades –respectively providing the old structures as views on the new tables– is a no-no, but it seems everybody’s darling WP can get away with BS like that. Having said that, I think that categories as well as tags make it into the feed categories, so that’s not a reason to upgrade. Also search engines like Technorati get the tags both from category assignments as well as tags. Renaming URIs is always a bad idea. It’s doable but you need to be a redirect expert or you’ll screw your SE listings. I’m not exactly a fan of link farms in tag clouds and such stuff, because all those cool widgets dilute your topical link juice way too much. If you’ve tags, make the cats uncrawlable and condomize links to cat pages, otherwise hide the tags in the same way. You’ll get away with some intended dupe content, don’t be too dupe-paranoid with a blog, but completely hide the monthly archives from search engines. I hope that helps a little.

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