OK, ya’ll… this is going to be fun.
I’m going to SEO this blog post in WordPress as I write it for you. How meta is that?
There are 5 on-page SEO factors you need to consider while creating blog posts or pages on your website:
- The slug
- Body text
- Images
- Title tag
- Meta description
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Now, while I’ll be walking you through the process in WordPress, you can SEO these elements in any Content Management System (CMS) or shopping cart solution that is worth a darn.
In fact, if you can’t alter even 1 of these 5 elements in your CMS or shopping cart-start planning a move to something else (like WordPress).
First, let’s make sure you have the right tools for this job…
Which SEO Plugin for WordPress?
The clear decision here is the Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress. Anything less is uncivilized.