Comments on: Exactly When is the Right Time to Launch your Site?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:13:43 +0000

@Ross - No prob... I have REALLY stopped doing ANYTHING special for SEO. Concentrate on clear titles, that clearly explain what the page is about. Thats about it! @Rochelle - I have coded a function into wordpress that I use based on "the_content_limit" plugin, but on your category and index pages, you can just make sure it is setup to to use the_excerpt, versus the_content. the_excerpt() Look at the index.php file or category.php file on the Niche Store Strategies theme, you will see it in there. Mark

Reply - @Ross<\/a> - No prob... I have REALLY stopped doing ANYTHING special for SEO. Concentrate on clear titles, that clearly explain what the page is about. Thats about it!\r\n\r\n @Rochelle<\/a> - I have coded a function into wordpress that I use based on \"the_content_limit\" plugin, but on your category and index pages, you can just make sure it is setup to to use the_excerpt, versus the_content.\r\n\r\nthe_excerpt()\r\n\r\nLook at the index.php file or category.php file on the Niche Store Strategies<\/a> theme, you will see it in there. \r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:01:55 +0000

Mark, I'm feeling really stupid right now (actually, I'm multi-tasking way too much right now and not giving my full attention to this issue), but I can't remember how to make sure my categories show excerpts. Please refresh my memory. Thanks, Rochelle

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By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:56:49 +0000

Mark, Thats exactly what I was hoping - that my tag pages and archives were various length exerpts and therfore would not be considered dupe content Thanks for the help, Ross

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By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:43:30 +0000

@Ross - Hey Ross - There are alot of variables that go into your question, but as far as "Single Pages or Single Posts" go, I do not worry about blocking spiders. Those pages are important and should be indexed. Tag, Category styled pages, and other "Index" type pages, can have a negative effect when you show full text posts. BUT THEY DO HAVE VALUE! The easiest way to make sure you don't get duplicate content issues is to show excerpts on your category, tag and index pages. On this site, the category pages only show excerpts. (Example) ALWAYS ask yourself one question before you EVER block a search spider. Q: Am I doing this to please my visitors, or search engines? If you are doing it to please visitors... then do it. If you are doing it for search engines, do something else, like write a new post to please your visitors. :-) M

Reply - @Ross<\/a> - Hey Ross - There are alot of variables that go into your question, but as far as \"Single Pages or Single Posts\" go, I do not worry about blocking spiders. Those pages are important and should be indexed.\r\n\r\nTag, Category styled pages, and other \"Index\" type pages, can have a negative effect when you show full text posts. BUT THEY DO HAVE VALUE! The easiest way to make sure you don\'t get duplicate content issues is to show excerpts on your category, tag and index pages.\r\n\r\nOn this site, the category pages only show excerpts. (Example<\/a>)\r\n\r\nALWAYS ask yourself one question before you EVER block a search spider. Q: Am I doing this to please my visitors, or search engines?\r\n\r\nIf you are doing it to please visitors... then do it. If you are doing it for search engines, do something else, like write a new post to please your visitors. :-)\r\n\r\nM'); return false;">Quote

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:08:04 +0000

Mark, After my wp site began getting indexed, I noticed Google was indexing, pages such as privacy policy, about us, and tag pages. Some WP gurus suggest noindexing Tag and category pages and archives due to threat of duplicate content penalty. With A N1WAY site using site structure as you have detailed (ie, everthing in posts)are there any pages/posts you would overtly set to noindex or nofollow? -Ross-

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By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:57:44 +0000

Thanks Mark, fair enough.

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:21:13 +0000

@ Jamie - The jury is out on which method works best... I have done it both ways and the reason I prefer to have everything done at time of launch, is that it lets you write most of your guides in time for the launch. Mark

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By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:25:42 +0000

I like the idea of working backwards but do we want to present the completed site to Google all at once. Surely Google prefers to see the continued updating of content rather than 50 reviews suddenly appearing?

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The Rise and Fall of New Affiliate Website Traffic | N1WAY Readers Guide — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:15:16 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:07:44 +0000

@Jon - Exactly right Jon! As a matter of fact, Since WordPress 2.7, the noindex, nofollow is AUTOMATICALLY set to that during the install. You have to manually go into your privacy settings and change it when the site launches. wp-admin > settings > Privacy > allow ALL > Save. Mark

Reply - @Jon<\/a> - Exactly right Jon!\r\n\r\nAs a matter of fact, Since WordPress 2.7, the noindex, nofollow is AUTOMATICALLY set to that during the install. You have to manually go into your privacy settings and change it when the site launches.\r\n\r\nwp-admin > settings > Privacy > allow ALL > Save.\r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote