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I'm new to WP, getting ready to launch my first WP site. Can someone explain to me the idea behind Tags and how I should be using them? Should I just match my keywords?
I have another issue with meta data. I created a post and here is relevant HTML the source code:
< head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
< meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
< title>Outs Promotion at Aced Poker</title>
< meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.7" /> <!-- leave this for stats -->
< meta name="description" content="Listing the Best US Online Poker Rooms and Poker Promotions" />
< meta name="keywords" content="" />
< meta name="description" content="Aced Poker launched a revolutionary poker rewards system called Outs. Under this unique system, players receive points for completing specific tasks. The points you earn can then be spentto purchase loyalty bonuses, tournament coupons, buy items in the aced.com store, and more." /> (This is from exerpt text) <!-- /all in one seo pack -->
< meta name="description" content="Aced.com provides a unique way to acquire additional player point you can earn by accomplishing a series of milestones" />
< meta name="keywords" content="aced, aced poker, outs, aced outs" />
< /head>
So the one in green is what I specified, everything esle is auto geenrated. The problem is I have duplication of meta data and I don't want that. How do I make it so that only the meta data specified in all in one seo pack is used, and everything else is dropped?
I was told a while back to focus on tags as keywords, and forget about the keyword option!Can someone explain to me the idea behind Tags and how I should be using them? Should I just match my keywords?
Maybe someone can make this clear what to do!
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What plugins are you using? Can you post here the code from the header file?Originally Posted by MPC
plugins installed:
- All in One SEO Pack
- Google XML Sitemaps
- Homepage Excerpts
- Popularity Contest
- WordPress Database Backup
- WordPress Related Posts
- WP-Cumulus
- WP Limit Posts Automatically
- WP SEO Master
Now, I haven't played much with most of these yet.
Header file:
EDIT: How do you post the code in here?Code:<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" /> <title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> <?php if ( is_single() ) { ?> » Blog Archive <?php } ?> <?php wp_title(); ?></title> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /> <!-- leave this for stats --> <meta name="description" content="<?php bloginfo('description') ?>" /> <meta name="keywords" content="" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="all" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> RSS Feed" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" /> <link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/js/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/js/glide.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/js/tabber.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/js/slider.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/banner.css" media="screen" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/example.css" media="screen" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/minipost.css" media="screen" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/featlist.css" media="screen" /> <script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- sfHover = function() { var sfEls = document.getElementById("menu").getElementsByTagName("LI"); var sfEls = document.getElementById("catmenu").getElementsByTagName("LI"); for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) { sfEls[i].onmouseover=function() { this.className+=" sfhover"; } sfEls[i].onmouseout=function() { this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), ""); } } } if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", sfHover); //--><!]]></script> <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&format=link'); ?> <?php //comments_popup_script(); // off by default ?> <?php wp_head(); ?> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="topbar"> <div id="dates"><?php echo date('l, F j, Y'); ?></div> <ul> <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>">Content feed</a></li> <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>">Comments Feed</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="top"> <div class="blogname"> <h1><a href="<?php bloginfo('siteurl');?>/" title="<?php bloginfo('name');?>"><?php bloginfo('name');?></a></h1> <h2><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></h2> </div> <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?> </div> <div id="foxmenucontainer"> <div id="menu"> <ul> <li><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>">Home</a></li> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=2&sort_column=menu_order'); ?> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="catmenucontainer"> <div id="catmenu"> <ul> <?php wp_list_categories('sort_column=name&title_li=&depth=2'); ?> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="casing">
Ok, bearing in mind that I am no expert on wp, it seems that your theme includes the php tag bloginfo('description') which might be causing your problem, or at least part of it.
You can delete that whole meta description line.
To be carefull, you should have a copy of the original header file safely on your pc before you change the live one. If that doesn't work, you can just upload the original file, or edit the existing one to include the line you just took out.
Let me know what happens.
All fixed. Thanks!
Anyone care to comment on the tags?
Think of tags as the index of a book. They are another type of navigation that users on your site, and those using services like Technorati, can use to find all posts on 'x' subject.
Yes, they are good for keywords, but make sure you don't abuse them. I just read an article on tags that said to stick to specific phrases you mention in the article, especially keywords.
For example, let's say you have a couple sentences like this; "Aced Poker is the best poker site in the online poker world. They have the best poker bonus and the best Texas Hold'em games". You could use tags like Aced Poker, best poker site, poker sites, online poker, best poker bonus, poker bonuses, and Texas Hold'em.
On the other hand, if you're trying to rank your homepage for "poker strategy" you shouldn't just use the tag "poker strategy" in your posts that don't mention poker strategy.
Also, keep them short and specific. If you write and article about "How to Beat No Limit Holdem" use tags like "No Limit Holdem" and/or "No Limit Holdem strategy" - not "How to Beat No Limit Holdem".
Wait... I thought you were selling off all your sites? Or was that just gambling related?
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This is one I had been working on casually for a while and is almost ready to go. Besides, I wanted to try out WP as I only have experience with Joomla. (So far, I love it. Much less painfull). I'll probably send it some traffic then sell it.
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