Meta Tags
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Can I change the meta tags on my twenty twelve theme? There’s also conflicting information about which themes you can use plug in’s for and how much extra that costs.
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FTP access and plugins are only for VIP bloggers http://vip.wordpress.com/our-services/ or for those with WordPress.ORG installs. This is not new. It’s the way it’s always been.
There is no FTP access to our free hosted WordPress.com blogs and we bloggers cannot install plugins.
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This is a multi-user blogging platform. Our blogs share a common architecture. We bloggers cannot access metadata. http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/
Please read this comparison WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/The only process that we can use for verifying free hosted WordPress.com blogs with search engines is found here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/
WordPress.com automatically provides the search engines with sitemaps. There’s nothing we bloggers need to do.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/sitemaps/Even if you do not verify the blog the content will be indexed by search engines so don’t feel panicky about this please. Also note it takes weeks of publishing unique content that cannot be found elsewhere on the interment for Bing and Google to index your content. For 10 factors that expedite indexing of your content see > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/
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That being said it’s of interest to note meta titles, meta descriptions and keyword metatags are not required for SEO purposes and Matt Cutts of Google has said that as far back as 2009. Search engines are focused on keywords in your content. What is important is keywords found in your content. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/03/01/revisiting-keywords-and-tags/
To verify blog ownership of a WordPress.com blog with the major search engines you must use this process > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/ Note also that WordPress.com automatically supplies sitemaps for our blogs to search engines – we do nothing. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sitemaps/#xml-sitemaps-for-search-engines
WordPress.com SEO is very good and there is no need for any SEO the plugin. If you had two identical sites, one hosted here and one self-hosted using that same plugin, the site hosted here would have better SEO than the self-hosted site. WordPress.com has huge SEO and you get the benefit of that by having your site as a “subdomain” here.
These 5 videos introduce how Google discovers, crawls, indexes your site’s pages, and how Google displays them in search results. It also touches lightly upon challenges webmasters and search engines face, such as duplicate content http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/03/22/5google-webmasters-video-tutorials/
If you are using a WordPress.com theme good SEO is a given. However, going beyond the theme what the blogger has done within that structure is worth evaluating. Whether you write informative, persuasive or controversial content learning how search engines work, and how to apply basic SEO to you content will benefit your blog as it will increase traffic from targeted readers. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/10/21/two-seo-videos-for-bloggers/
See also:
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Hum thanks for the very detailed response. I agree content is very important, meta tags are outdated this isn’t the first time I’m hearing of this however, not being an expert in this field it’s hard to communicate this to clients. My own website (www.viracreative.com) doesn’t appear in search results unless you search for me by name. Now I realize the home page copy doesn’t help my cause but the content within the site is pretty search engine mindful….I’ve even changed the URL titles to reflect “Chicago” as that’s where I’m located: http://viracreative.com/chicago-marketing-consulting/
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This is not a matter of agreement nor is it a place to receive advice on running your business. The realities are before you. You cannot access metadata on free hosted WordPress.com blogs and that’s that. The limitations are also very well described this comparison WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
As for your own site there’s nothing new going on there. The site is not frequently updated with new material for indexing so it’s not attracting search engine attention.
The WordPress.com search engine indexes post, pages, and comments content (body text). Unless entered as text in those contents, blog name, post titles, and post/comment author names are not indexed. http://en.support.wordpress.com/wordpresscom-search/
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Wow, no need to get short with me I wasn’t choosing a side and definitely not asking for advice on how to run my business. As an FYI I’ve updated the content on my site probably 100 times in the past two months. No joke. I updated content today in fact. I added this page: http://viracreative.com/chicago-marketing-consultant-portfolio/market-research-copywriting/published-writing/.
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Are you clear on the differences between pages and posts and that it’s Posts and not Pages that attract search engine interest?
A WordPress blog can either be structured as a page based website or its conventional post based structure can be retained. That’s why understanding the differences between posts and pages, comprehending the SEO implications of creating a page based structure, rather than a post based structure and knowing how to use custom menus are key to decision making when selecting a theme, and setting up your WordPress.com blog.
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/05/12/better-blogging-at-wordpress-com-pages-and-posts/
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