What plugins & tactics are you using for Wordpress meta SEO?

[steven88]

If you like All-In-One SEO you might like this "improved" version of it.

I have been using this for my sites and I've been happy.

It's basically All-In-One SEO stripped down to the essentials.

http://foliovision.com/seo-tools/wordpress/plugins/fv-all-in-one-seo-pack

[getrightmusic]

I switched to Yoast's SEO plugin a few months ago from the "All In One" plugin and I'm very happy with the results that I've had with it. I felt like the All In One was sort of dated compared to Yoast's, maybe they have updated it in the last couple months, but I'm still sticking with Yoast.

[KeriMorgret]

The Bruce Clay blog just had a discussion about WP SEO plugins last week as well. http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2011/05/wordpress-seo-plugins/.

[SparkplugDigital]

I was listening to the Thesis webinar today on SEO and Chris Pearson gave at tip to limit use of plugins as much as possible. Apparently plugins often add additional code to your header which increases site loading time and loading time has become a more important SEO factor lately.

[flowsimple]

Yes, I agree. Some plugins have great functionality, but are just stupidly coded to where they add more technical issues, or have a terrible or annoying Admin UI, and so I cut them out. The efficiency and design of the plugins really matter too.

WP Super Cache or W3C Cache really helps to bring down the file size and load time regardless.

[flowsimple]

Sounds like I'll have to give Yoast a try. The last time I tried it I felt like it really affected my site speed negatively.

[flowsimple]

Can you tell me more about your experience with Yoast? What does it replace? I've heard it replaces the need for Google XML Sitemap Generator. What else?

And what about speed? Last I tried it I felt like it overwhelmed my page with tons of extra code and increase both the size and load time which i didn't like. Any opinion on that?

[getrightmusic]

It does replace the Google XML Sitemap Generator, which is nice to have just one plugin that handles that.

I haven't found it to be size and load time heavy on my site though. It does have a lot of options, but I've found that once you se it up properly for what you need it to do, you can let it be.

The original reason that I switched to Yoast, was that the All-In-One plugin was doing strange things with my categories, which I wanted to represent strongly in search. Specifically my getrightmusic.com/category/mixtapes/

Hope that helps. If you switch to Yoast and need any help setting it up, feel free to ask.

[AaronWheeler]

Noted! I added your feature request to our database. Did you know that the "C" in "TAGFEE" stands for "Crush Lameness Mercilessly"?

[flowsimple]

That would make it the TAGFEEC criteria. Or if you add the C, then my favorite would be GETFACE! criteria.