Comments on: My favorite plugins http://sitesthatsoar.com/wordpress/my-favorite-plugins/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:56:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=7280 By: Ais http://sitesthatsoar.com/wordpress/my-favorite-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Ais Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:56:56 +0000 http://sitesthatsoar.com/wordpress/?p=161#comment-341 Hi Anet, and thanks for the compliments! Google verification can be an<em> interesting</em> process. (I just said that the way my kids used to say "Interesting" as they stared at a new vegetable served on their dinner plate! *LOL*) Mostly, my best advice is to use trial-and-error to find what will work for you. No two websites seem to respond the same way, even on the same server with the exact same website design and additions. I've also stopped recommending Robert Plank for... well, anything. The All-in-One SEO plugin replaces most of his advice, and his information is outdated now. Hi Anet, and thanks for the compliments!

Google verification can be an interesting process. (I just said that the way my kids used to say “Interesting” as they stared at a new vegetable served on their dinner plate! *LOL*)

Mostly, my best advice is to use trial-and-error to find what will work for you. No two websites seem to respond the same way, even on the same server with the exact same website design and additions.

I’ve also stopped recommending Robert Plank for… well, anything. The All-in-One SEO plugin replaces most of his advice, and his information is outdated now.

]]> By: Anet Dunne http://sitesthatsoar.com/wordpress/my-favorite-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Anet Dunne Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:02:57 +0000 http://sitesthatsoar.com/wordpress/?p=161#comment-315 Thank you, Aisling, for your generous listing if your favorite plugins. I installed favorite #6, Google XML sitemaps and it worked smoothly. But before Google Webmaster Tools would allow me to submit the sitemap, I had to verify the site. Yikes! I already had the Googleverification.html page in my root directory (left over from by previous, non-Wordpress site) but Google couldn't see it because of Wordpress. STFW told me to create a PAGE (not a post) with Googleverification.html as the title, but it didn't work because of the Robert Plant SEO techniques which knock out the .html. I finally revised header.php to include the Google Site Verification Metatag. As soon as the site was verified, I submited my XML sitemap. I also revised footer.php to show a link to the XML-sitemap. You may want to check out my site at http://anetgain.com. I am now struggling with the robots.txt file which is excluding my tagged posts. You may be interested in the "subscribe" button I made for the top banner. These changes are in header.php. Would you like to hear more? Thank you, Aisling, for your generous listing if your favorite plugins. I installed favorite #6, Google XML sitemaps and it worked smoothly. But before Google Webmaster Tools would allow me to submit the sitemap, I had to verify the site. Yikes!
I already had the Googleverification.html page in my root directory (left over from by previous, non-WordPress site) but Google couldn’t see it because of WordPress. STFW told me to create a PAGE (not a post) with Googleverification.html as the title, but it didn’t work because of the Robert Plant SEO techniques which knock out the .html.
I finally revised header.php to include the Google Site Verification Metatag. As soon as the site was verified, I submited my XML sitemap. I also revised footer.php to show a link to the XML-sitemap.
You may want to check out my site at http://anetgain.com. I am now struggling with the robots.txt file which is excluding my tagged posts. You may be interested in the “subscribe” button I made for the top banner. These changes are in header.php. Would you like to hear more?

]]> By: Jo http://sitesthatsoar.com/wordpress/my-favorite-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Jo Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:11:07 +0000 http://sitesthatsoar.com/wordpress/?p=161#comment-226 Ive been waiting for this new version of 'Sites that Soar,' and after just a brief glance, it promises even more than I'd expected. Ive been waiting for this new version of ‘Sites that Soar,’ and after just a brief glance, it promises even more than I’d expected.

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