Genesis For WordPress
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I have noticed the information on The Genesis Project at WordPress and I wondered if it would have any benefits for me.
I have the “Pro Upgrade” package from WordPress for my blog at American Liberal Times on WordPress.Com for a year .
It has been explained to me in a fashion, that Genesis does something about SEO so that all the user has to do it enter posts into the blogs. It has also been explained in some degree to me that WordPress.Com Premium Templates are pretty much already SEO optimized. So, I was wondering if I should go ahead and buy The Genesis Framework and one of their Premium Templates? Would it really make any difference in the “Reach” of my blog? I am new to all this and I don’t really understand technical stuff so I am asking and thanks to anyone who can help me with this.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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I have flagged this thread so it will be moved to the Themes Forim where Themes Staff can respond to you. It’s important to comprehend that SEO plugins and templates tructure are not the be all and end all when it comes to SEO. On page and off-page SEO are important so SEO is only about themes. Learning basic white hat SEO technques and applying it to your blog, posts and images is what every blogger ought to do.
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Would it really make any difference in the “Reach” of my blog?
What really makes a difference to “reach” is what you do to increase traffic by promoting your blog and your posts. Here are 25 basic steps to take to increase traffic to your blog:
1. Structure a reader and search engine blog;
2. In blogging content is king create unique, high quality content so publish fresh content frequently;
3. Learn basic SEO so you can use keywords effectively and apply basic SEO to your headlines, blog and posts;
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the “natural” or un-paid (“organic” or “algorithmic”) search results.
4. Make your blog posts look professional;
5. Create at least 4-6 pillar posts and continue to create pillar posts;
Pillar posts are also referred to as flagship content. Pillar posts are comprehensive posts that offer great value to readers as the contents are timeless in nature. They define you as having authority in the niche you blog in.
6. Select and link to appropriate anchor text;
7. Leave meaningful comments on related blogs and encourage comments on your own blog;
8. Develop relationships with other bloggers so you can build a blog readers’ community around your own blog;
9. Support the blog centered communities on related blogs by commenting on them and promoting posts from them;
10. Link to authoritative sources in your posts;
11. Deep link to your earlier related posts in your new posts;
12. Assign appropriate categories and tag your posts with care;
13. Link to related authoritative blogs in your blogroll;
14. Provide RSS feeds for subscribers;
RSS (Rich Site Summary or really simple syndication) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
15. Having a well designed theme is important, evaluate your theme for effectiveness, and if required, create a new header, make improvements or replace your theme and reduce page loading time;
16. Avoid cluttering your blog with widgets that lack reader value and slow page loading time;
17. Buy your own domain and domain mapping;
18. Verify your blog with the three big search engines.
19. Get organized, use an online to do list by developing a blogging workflow;
20. Join social networks and social media sites like Facebook and use Twitter, Friendfeed and other Free RSS directories to promote your blog posts;
21. Promote your blog through social networks, online groups, and selected directories;
22. Develop a social media time management strategy and stick to it;
23. Submit your latest pillar article to a blog carnival;
24. Become a guest blogger on sites with higher page rank than your own site.
25. Create newsletters and/or ebooks for your subscribers. -
You cannot install the Genesis framework here at wordpress.COM We cannot install themes, plugins, etc. here for security reasons, and themes at wordpress.COM have to be modified to work within the restrictions here and to support the unique features..
http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/
Themes found on the internet are for self-hosted wordpress blogs using the software from wordpress.ORG.
The differences between wordpress.com and wordpress.org (self-hosted) sites.
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