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WordCamp NL: Optimizing WordPress
The document discusses optimizing WordPress sites to get and keep visitors. It covers starting with analytics to understand users, improving speed and usability, search engine optimization techniques like fixing 404 errors and internal linking, engaging users through comments and feedback, and measuring results through analytics and other metrics. The presenter takes questions and provides resources for WordPress themes, plugins, and a podcast on WordPress topics.
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WordCamp NL: Optimizing WordPress
- 1. WordPress Optimization Getting Visitors and Keeping Them Joost de Valk, OrangeValley - WordCamp NL 2009
- 2. Open Source Theology IBMS SEO WebKit Geek Marketeer CSS WordPress Speaker Blogger Online marketeer Joost de Valk, OrangeValley - WordCamp NL 2009
- 4. http://yoast.com/ Joost de Valk, OrangeValley - WordCamp NL 2009
- 14. http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/ Joost de Valk, OrangeValley - WordCamp NL 2009
- 17. It starts withanalytics Joost de Valk, OrangeValley - WordCamp NL 2009
- 18. And speed &usability is more important too...
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- 20. Please do askyour questions!
- 21. 42 I’ll try toanswer all of them Joost de Valk, OrangeValley - WordCamp NL 2009
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- 23. A good “search”to start with
- 24. Tracking and fixing404’s
- 25. Your site isa book!
- 26. Step #1: improveyour load times
- 27.
- 28. • (WP) SmushIt • Puny PNG Crunch those images...
- 29. Step #2: makethem read more!
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- 31. Internal Linking &Series of Posts
- 32. Tags, Categories &Custom Taxonomies
- 33. Step #3: makethem come back
- 34. Step #4: engagethem!
- 35. Ask for feedback& comments
- 36. How do youmeasure results?
- 37. (Google) Analytics: - numberof pageviews per visit - new unique commenter - comments - submitted feedback forms Email + FeedBurner subscriptions Twitter followers etc. etc. etc.
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- 39. 1. Fixing 404’s:good for SEO 2. Improving load times: good for SEO 3. Offerring related posts & increasing internal linking: good for SEO 4. Improving categorization: good for SEO 5. Improving discussion: good for SEO Good for SEO
- 40. 1. Pretty Permalinks (/%postname%/) 2. Post Title - Blog Title 3. Using a properly coded theme 4. Read the article: http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/ 4 more things to do
- 41. Press This onWebmasterRadio Every Tuesday: 2 PM Pacific 5 PM Eastern 10 PM GMT Interviews with bloggers, developers and marketeers, like: Mark Jaquith (WP Lead Developer) Vitaly Friedman (SmashingMagazine) Aaron Wall (SEOBook) Search for “Press This” in iTunes and subscribe or go to www.pressthis.com!
- 42. Feedback? Questions? Needhelp? Email: joost@orangevalley.nl Mobiel: 06 24 555 808 Twitter: @yoast 42
Editor's Notes
- #4 I work for OrangeValley, a company that develops WordPress websites but mostly helps it’s customers make more money.
- #5 I blog on http://yoast.com/
- #6 The good thing about presenting on WordCamp NL is that I don’t have to tell you about windmills and wooden shoes.
- #7 So usually, I’d copy paste some slides...
- #8 Be an obnoxious fat bastard and present it
- #9 Go and do what I do best (that’s Dave Naylor on the left btw)
- #10 There’s an issue though.
- #11 Actually there’s 2...
- #12 1: It’s too early for beer
- #13 Actually, I expect some of you will be yawning during this very presentation...
- #14 So we need more coffee...
- #15 Problem 2 is more serious. It’s this article.
- #16 Who has read it? (Most people in the room turned out to have read it)
- #17 Starting with SEO is like starting half way
- #18 It starts with analytics
- #19 And speed & usability is more important too...
- #20 And then, and ONLY then, comes SEO
- #21 Don’t be afraid to ask questions
- #22 I’ll try to answer all of them, usually the answer is 42.
- #23 Analytics
- #24 Internal search: what are people searching for? Are they finding that? Can / should they expect that on your site?
- #25 What 404 pages are people encountering? Fix them!!
- #26 How much are people reading? How can we increase the time people spend on your site?
- #27 Make your site load faster!!
- #28 http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/ Turned my blog from an Opel into a Ferrari (speed wise)
- #29 Crunch your theme’s images, and auto crunch uploaded images. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-smushit/ http://www.punypng.com/
- #30 Make them read more!
- #31 http://xavisys.com/2009/06/efficient-related-posts/
- #32 http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/06/09/series-wordpress-plugin Check your analytics: which pages are viewed most? Which pages and posts do you have related to that? Link them!!
- #33 Through all these cool plugins we often forget how to use the superbly useful internal stuff in WordPress: Categories, Tags and custom taxonomies. Do your categories still match the blog you have today? http://yoast.com/wordpress/simple-taxonomies/
- #34 We want to have them come back, so we make them subscribe! I prefer email, because of it’s high response.
- #35 Engage them.
- #36 http://yoast.com/out/gravityforms/ http://yoast.com/wordpress/comment-redirect/ <-- measure, measure!
- #39 In everything I just said...
- #40 + here&#x2019;s a small checklist (on the next slide)