Some really good WordPress + SEO tips by Matt Cutts


wordpress tips by GoogleAre you currently blogging using WordPress? Looks like WordPress is so user friendly our friend has got a tattoo for it. Cute.. and good job buddy! Image by danpeerflix.

If you’re a WordPress fan too, then you should really check out this presentation by Matt Cutts, Head of Google’s Web Spam Team.

In his Wordcamp presentation, Matt mentioned and provided many good pointers, examples and tips for WordPress users.

These are some that I really liked:

  • In order to do well with your blog, you need to write about stuffs that you love – DAILY. This is really true because it’s really difficult to write about something we are unfamiliar with. It feels like forcing myself to drink Dr. Pepper.
  • Changing the URL to rank for more keywords. See an example on this post.The title is Some really good WordPress + SEO tips by Matt Cutts while the URL is some-really-good-wordpress-seo-tips-by-a-google-engineer. See how I changed Matt Cutts to Google Engineer on my URL. Before this presentation, I have never changed my urls coz I thought Google wouldn’t like it. But after the presentation, I actually tested it on a few of my other blogs and it did work. I got ranked for both keywords in the title and in the URL.
  • Plugins Matt Cutts use. I learned about Cookies for Comments.

You can view the presentation on WordCampTV or even visit Matt Cutts post at Straight from Google: What You Need to Know


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  • 75 Responses to 'Some really good WordPress + SEO tips by Matt Cutts'

    1. seo company - August 25th, 2009 at 10:15 am

      very nice tips and talk about the sites and what types of work google in actual like and domain but google always is used to change its strategy
      thanks

    2. freebies - August 27th, 2009 at 10:23 am

      thank you for the tips I have implemented the keyword in the url strategy.

    3. finance - August 28th, 2009 at 6:41 am

      i am a worbpress user and yes it is very user friendly. I can host my website with ease because of wordpress. The SEO tips which you have provided in this post are really very helpful. I was looking out for this kind of post on internet and finally got this post. I am completely agree with you on the point that we should write as much as we can on the topic we are familiar with. Because this is easy for us to write.

    4. Shrink label applicators - August 28th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

      Great Post. It is right that we should write the post that we love. It is difficult to write about we are not familiar with the topic. Google also like natural content.

    5. India Tourism - September 3rd, 2009 at 9:17 am

      Thanks for the nice tips and i also want to know more about this topic.

    6. Friend Generator - September 4th, 2009 at 12:48 am

      why do people listen to this guy? He’s not special

    7. Mobile Application Development - September 4th, 2009 at 7:52 am

      What was new to me is that different keywords in the title and in the url.
      Probably it is something to conduct my own experiment on

    8. Jeremy - September 4th, 2009 at 8:55 pm

      About the SEO-friendly URL: wouldn’t it improve further if it removed common words such as “a” or “by”, to make the URL more keyword-dense?

    9. The Therapist - September 7th, 2009 at 10:47 pm

      I often change the url to get quality keywords, and i like to write about things that i love. I appreciate your help!

    10. Aaron Phillips - September 8th, 2009 at 3:31 am

      Thanks for the tips! I look forward to using them.

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    11. Popcorn Shirts - September 9th, 2009 at 10:04 am

      Thanks for providing these useful tips. Content and right keywords both are important for a useful post.

    12. john - September 13th, 2009 at 3:44 pm

      Related, and interesting, is the upcoming free seo software from friiso.com

    13. Banks Massachusetts - September 22nd, 2009 at 11:15 am

      I use the the keyword in url and content.these tips are useful for me.nice post

    14. dotnetnuke portal development - September 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm

      Very interesting post! Thanks for sharing it!

    15. social media news - September 26th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

      Nice and informative post tips are just great keep it up.

    16. financial charts - October 1st, 2009 at 3:44 am

      hi….Matt!!i read many tips about word press before but your way of describing is very great.tips are very meaningful.thanks for sharing.keep it up.

    17. Fast food coupons - October 6th, 2009 at 6:02 am

      If Matt approves wordpress, then google approves it. And really, wordpress platform is a platform is good for SEO and it is customizable.

    18. How to stop snoring - October 10th, 2009 at 1:47 am

      I agree with your tips, the first thing i do is switch to seo friendly urls because it is very important in seo purposes. Yo usaid that you need to write about stuffs that you love – DAILY. Personally, I write blog posts twice a week and think that it is enough.

    19. Kenneth - October 12th, 2009 at 10:29 am

      Great blog and awesome tips! You guys keep me coming back, keep it up!kennethhttp://www.GetArticleBot.com

    20. Geekversity - October 13th, 2009 at 9:52 am

      Thank for the post, and for passing on some of Matt Cutt’s words of wisdom.

      As some have said above, if Matt approves wordpress, google approves wordpress. Which means that the SEO techniques for wordpress that Matt advocates will affect how google ranks your blog.

    21. dnn module - October 13th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

      This is really interesting and exciting. Thanks.

    22. ogreteam - October 14th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

      this is a great tips very informative matt cutts is amazing.

    23. Brutus - October 14th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

      Cool tips! And cute pic!

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    25. flash game development - October 14th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

      Nice and impressive post tips are just great thanks a lot for sharing these unique information

    26. Salvia - October 16th, 2009 at 12:54 am

      SEO is so difficult to me, I don’t get to use it properly for my website’s needs. Some of those tips are great. But the most important is not to know all the possibilities but to know which ones are the best for your niche.

    27. swing lifestyle - October 16th, 2009 at 9:14 am

      thanks for the tips, is that you matt in the picture? :)
      i don’t really use WP but i guess seo tips apply everywhere.

    28. Online Marketing Assistant - October 16th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

      “In order to do well with your blog, you need to write about stuffs that you love – DAILY.” This is so true. You can never touch and move readers if you, yourself, are not convinced with what you have written. Learn to write on topics that truly matter to you. At the end of the day, it is all about having that self-fulfillment and joy with what you have accomplished for your blog.

    29. Eddie - October 17th, 2009 at 11:35 am

      Awesome blog! Google Adsense is an awesome source of income for webmasters, Thanks for the post.Eddiehttp://www.postlinksongoogle.com

    30. Rhodes Ranch real estate - October 18th, 2009 at 4:52 pm

      WordPress is a great tool & it is growing day by day. WordPress is a good platform for SEO, but it will do much better if you know it very well & on internet it’s really hard to find such an valuable information. Your post have helped me a lot. Thanks for sharing such an useful information.

    31. Mc top affiliate programs - October 19th, 2009 at 11:20 pm

      Thanks for the nice tips and I’m looking forward more about this.

    32. Body Hair Transplantation - October 22nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm

      WordPress is powerful tool for the online business owner.the dashbord feature, that is fully user friendly
      so most of the user like it. its realy best tool.i always use it for blog creation.thank for sharning information.

    33. Driving Instructor - October 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 am

      We’ve found that our driving school website performs much better in the search engines now that we have the words “driving school” in our URL.

    34. web design agency - October 27th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

      I like your blog you are a great writer.

    35. Internet Search Tool - October 28th, 2009 at 3:11 am

      Well, Matt has put out some interesting videos lately, more than usual. Do you think Goggle may be trying to fake everyone out a little? You know they are notorious for flexing their muscles and influence just because they can.

    36. home values - October 29th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

      thanks matt!!!
      for your excellent tips you have expressed them in a very short and simple manner can you please more tips regarding SEo.

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    38. fx15 - November 1st, 2009 at 8:59 pm

      Thanks for a great and informative post

    39. Database Development Comapny - November 6th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

      I agree with you, seo friendly url is very important in seo purposes. We should use keywords in the url just like in the title to increase trafic.

    40. Samantha Edwards - November 6th, 2009 at 5:22 pm

      yeah boy. great tips…. great ideas.

    41. Myspace Layouts - November 10th, 2009 at 1:10 am

      Nice tips just one question? Why would a wordpress user need the DoFollow plugin? I thought this was an option you could just turn on or off in your account settings.

    42. Moving On Up - November 10th, 2009 at 6:58 am

      Moving On Up is a local Florida company that performs interstate East Coast moves for home and office. We are currently using Blogspot to direct traffic to our long distance movers site. Is WordPress any better than Blogspot?

    43. Boutique Hotels - November 12th, 2009 at 1:18 am

      great tips thanks for sharing keep posting :)

    44. New York Cable - November 13th, 2009 at 7:15 am

      Using targeted keyword phrases in URLs is an effective way to help your rankings on those keywords. This works particularly well when the exact keyword phrase – and nothing else – is used. This method provides a nice jump on rankings right out of the gate, as opposed to tactics like link building which take time to have the greatest impact.

    45. Internet Marketing & SEO - November 18th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

      It’s really hard to write for a blog on a daily basis, have you ever heard of the 80/20 rule? Blogging daily would not help you achieve this because blogging is more like work.

      I suppose you could use an Auto poster and write or buy the content ahead of time.

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      The paid version of WordPress is 500% better than blogger.

    46. wholesalereviews - November 19th, 2009 at 7:19 am

      Thanks for the seo tips

    47. leo - November 20th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

      t is right that we should write the post that we love. It is difficult to write about we are not familiar with the topic. Google also like natural content.

    48. Call Center Services Outsourcing - December 3rd, 2009 at 11:08 am

      Do you really need to write daily? I could do that but they will be mostly short posts that don’t have much substance..however if I write weekly I could do very long, substantial posts. What would the difference be?

    49. Katie Price Books - December 4th, 2009 at 3:20 am

      I hadn’t thought about using a different url to the title. It might help you get listed for different keywords, but surely having the same keywords in the title and the url would be better for the SEO of that work?

    50. lyme doctors - December 7th, 2009 at 6:38 pm

      I have been looking for word press and SEO tips. Thanks for sharing this useful and important information.

    51. Search Engine Optimisation Manchester - December 24th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

      Definately worth taking advice from mr Cutts, he makes the calls and im sure he’s up to speed with the algos.

      wordpress is awesome and google know it-their search algorithms have been tuned to treat wordpress sites with priority.

    52. Webmatrix - December 31st, 2009 at 6:00 pm

      Hi
      Thanks for great these useful tips & infomative ideas. Content and right keywords both are important for a useful post.

    53. consultant seo - January 5th, 2010 at 2:40 am

      I’m looking for a reliable opt-in plugin for wordpress. I’ll be incorporating aweber email at a later date, but I need a quick fix while I generate my list. I tried subscribe2, but it won’t show in my sidebar. Any thoughts?

    54. Slimming Patches - January 7th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

      Funny thing is that stuff that Cutts say that work, are usually not that powerful, but they make a difference. Stuff that he says doesn’t work, kicks ass. Think about that for a change and why does he do that.

    55. cross tattoo - January 21st, 2010 at 9:29 am

      Nice information I’m testing out the cookies for comments plugin and am very impressed so far!

    56. Nokiaphones - January 26th, 2010 at 2:50 pm

      hello every body can any body tell me how can i much easy keyword research section any tool and suggestion if any body have then pls post here i am confused in keyword research section thanks

    57. iMergent800 - January 28th, 2010 at 12:52 pm

      Its one of the nice post which I really like.Its presented very nicely which easy to understand.Thanks a lot.Keep blogging.

    58. women panties - January 31st, 2010 at 3:37 am

      Yes, Matt Cutts provides great tips about WP and SEO. Thanks for sharing

    59. psdlearner - February 1st, 2010 at 1:21 am

      nice article but im not getting traffic from google :( ..

    60. watch streaming movies free - February 3rd, 2010 at 5:31 pm

      Thanks for the helpful tips.
      I really liked the “Changing the URL to rank for more keywords”

      Gonna try it out soon.

    61. PHP Hosting - February 3rd, 2010 at 9:22 pm

      Hey thats an important tip. I would like to know more about the results that you have experienced by changing the URL. This is an entirely new piece of information for me, probably have missed out on Matts blog. Thank you for sharing,

    62. Make Money Online Blog - February 4th, 2010 at 9:52 am

      It is a great post and but I am still not getting huge amount of traffic as you do but still I am following your advice and hope that it will works.

      Thanks

    63. Business Law cases - February 6th, 2010 at 9:38 am

      Great tips to build better wordpress blog. It is useful for newbie like me.

    64. savier - February 17th, 2010 at 12:33 am

      Hey, these tips are really interesting. Definetely strange that i never saw them before in the net…

    65. Blue Microwave - February 18th, 2010 at 9:24 pm

      Dude I want a WordPress tattoo!!

    66. not getting pregnant - February 19th, 2010 at 6:16 pm

      Great tips for WordPress newbie. I love WordPress because of it’s reliable features.

    67. skin care237 - February 20th, 2010 at 6:05 pm

      Nice post.I like the way you have described this post.This post is different from what I read on most blog. And it have so many valuable things to learn. Thank you for your sharing this tips with us!It will help people like me a lot.I am looking forward for your next post!

    68. Sergey - March 15th, 2010 at 4:59 pm

      WordPress for today is much more flexible tool for web.

    69. Sheffield57 condos in New York City - March 26th, 2010 at 12:25 am

      Unfortunately i don’t use WordPress, But after I’ve read your article,think,i should try. Thanks.

    70. Denis - March 26th, 2010 at 7:01 pm

      WordPress is realy good, but you should take into accaund possibilities of joomla cms!

    71. study and work in australia - March 27th, 2010 at 12:00 pm

      I also follow videos of Matt in youtube and I learned a lot from him. But this one I haven’t seen this. Thanks for sharing it. It is good that you have made an example of it on your own.

    72. Web design Dubai - March 29th, 2010 at 10:19 pm

      I like your tip. Matt Cutts is really one of the foundation of all the learning in SEO. Thanks for the tip.

    73. jackson - June 10th, 2010 at 5:39 pm

      Interesting blog……………the information is really good. Keep sharing similar posts in future as well.

    74. Legal highs - June 29th, 2010 at 11:33 pm

      Matt is usually worth listening to.

    75. Max - June 30th, 2010 at 11:04 am

      I think we forget about handmade cms, which are developed especially for site.


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