3 Reasons You Should Be Using a Related Posts Plug In
Posted on March 21, 2008
Filed Under Blogging for Newbs, Plug Ins, SEO Tips
SEO is a term that is overused in the world of blogging and it's usually done so by people who have absolutely NO idea of what good SEO is compared to bad SEO. The truth is that 95% of bloggers probably don't have to do much more than use a good SEO plug in like All in One SEO and change your permalinks and you will be in good shape.
If you do want to take it a step further then there is a great little plugin called Related Posts that will benefit your blog in a number of ways.
Benefits of Related Posts
Internal Linking - Internal linking has a number of benefits and which is more important is up to you. If you make it a habit to build a number of links that link to your other posts then this will allow the Google Bot to more easily traverse your website and will allow more of your content to be indexed quickly.
Free Advertising - Using the related posts plug in will place a series of "related" posts at the end of your article. If a reader completes one article and liked it, sees a few more with interesting titles, then they are much more likely to click on them and read your content. Using this plugin is like free advertising for your older content.
Page Views - One "stat" that shows a readers interest in your blog and allows you to measure how compelling your content is to readers, is the number of page views for your site. The higher the number then the better, readers are enjoying your content and checking out other articles as well.
Tread Cautiously
The Plug In that I use is a "tag" plug in that uses the tag function of Wordpress. It is simple and very easy to install. As you search for RP plugins you will find about a dozen of them, tread lightly and be careful, they range from a snap to install to fairly complicated for a new blogger.
Take advantage of a simple way to advertise your content, if you are just starting out then you need all the help you can get. To find the plugin that I use simply click here . It couldn't be a simpler install, you just need WP 2.3 or higher since it uses the tags to associate posts.
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