Comments on: Case Study Update: Impact of All-In-One SEO WordPress Plugin http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/ money, motorcycles and cars (with a little bit of everything else) Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:20:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Simon@Free Vector Art http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-11351 Simon@Free Vector Art Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:51:56 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-11351 Hey Derek, I have just been reading through all these SEO posts of yours, and seeing how your search engines results have improved in the last 10 months. The truth of it is that any domain will struggle to rank well in the first 6 months. These SEO plugins do help though. Simons last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UberpigletMyspace/~3/325525546/" rel="nofollow">Free Terminator Vector Image</a> Hey Derek, I have just been reading through all these SEO posts of yours, and seeing how your search engines results have improved in the last 10 months. The truth of it is that any domain will struggle to rank well in the first 6 months. These SEO plugins do help though.

Simons last blog post..Free Terminator Vector Image

]]> By: Columbus Ohio SEO http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-7739 Columbus Ohio SEO Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:25:11 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-7739 This is a good post. I've often been unsure of whther the All-in-one seo plugin is a good idea to install. It scares me a little bit to noindex a lot of my pages. BUT ONE HUGE THING TO REMEMBER: When noindexing pages, make sure to nofollow links to that page to. You don't want to be sending tons of linkjuice to pages that are noindexed, because you are just pissing that juice away. Anyways, I also do a bit of tweaking my site around all in one seo, for instance I like to make my meta-description be my "custom excerpt" so i can hand write that. (it helps with click-thru rates on the SERPS). Also, i think that it is possible that your traffic and indexed pages dropped over that two week period simply because of the <i>change in your pages</i>. Maybe, ultimately, your site will get more traffic, but Google seems to fear change and reflect aht in their serps. What do you think? -Brad This is a good post. I’ve often been unsure of whther the All-in-one seo plugin is a good idea to install. It scares me a little bit to noindex a lot of my pages.

BUT ONE HUGE THING TO REMEMBER: When noindexing pages, make sure to nofollow links to that page to. You don’t want to be sending tons of linkjuice to pages that are noindexed, because you are just pissing that juice away.

Anyways, I also do a bit of tweaking my site around all in one seo, for instance I like to make my meta-description be my “custom excerpt” so i can hand write that. (it helps with click-thru rates on the SERPS).

Also, i think that it is possible that your traffic and indexed pages dropped over that two week period simply because of the change in your pages. Maybe, ultimately, your site will get more traffic, but Google seems to fear change and reflect aht in their serps.

What do you think?

-Brad

]]> By: Blog Tipping and Link Post Writing : Instigator Blog http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-6200 Blog Tipping and Link Post Writing : Instigator Blog Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:23:01 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-6200 [...] also fascinated by Derek Semmler’s review of All-in-One SEO Plugin. It’s a plugin I’ve looked at implementing but now might hold off [...] [...] also fascinated by Derek Semmler’s review of All-in-One SEO Plugin. It’s a plugin I’ve looked at implementing but now might hold off [...]

]]> By: Derrich http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5207 Derrich Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:17:41 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5207 MFWerd! MFWerd!

]]> By: derek http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5204 derek Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:55:57 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5204 @swollenpickles :: I do think the 2-week time period is probably a little too aggressive to get a true impression of the long-term impact but I think it was enough to get a general feel for the results. @Scott :: Thanks for stopping by, glad to hear that you found this post on the WTF. With regard to traffic, I would recommend you continue to write good content and do your best to get out and visit/comment at other sites. That will get your name out there and people will start visiting your site more and it will continue to snowball. As for social media sites, give StumbleUpon a try as that has probably been my most consistent source of traffic. @swollenpickles :: I do think the 2-week time period is probably a little too aggressive to get a true impression of the long-term impact but I think it was enough to get a general feel for the results.

@Scott :: Thanks for stopping by, glad to hear that you found this post on the WTF. With regard to traffic, I would recommend you continue to write good content and do your best to get out and visit/comment at other sites. That will get your name out there and people will start visiting your site more and it will continue to snowball. As for social media sites, give StumbleUpon a try as that has probably been my most consistent source of traffic.

]]> By: Scott Wright http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5193 Scott Wright Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:47:42 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5193 Hi Derek et al. I came across your blog, not from Google, but Technorati, under the WTF post on the All-in-One SEO plugin case study. I also tried the SEO plugin, but was not as methodical in analyzing its effects. I can't say I've noticed anything dramatic from using it. But I was interested to see how it affected your traffic. I didn't have a lot of time to play with it, so I don't know if I've got it set right. However, unless someone tells me exactly what to try, I don't really have the time to tweak it. I've recently registered with EatonWeb and Globe of Blogs. Are there any others that will drive traffic better? I've kind of stalled in Technorati, with a ranking of 309,000th! I will try to keep coming back to see how it's going for you. Cheers, Scott Hi Derek et al.

I came across your blog, not from Google, but Technorati, under the WTF post on the All-in-One SEO plugin case study. I also tried the SEO plugin, but was not as methodical in analyzing its effects. I can’t say I’ve noticed anything dramatic from using it.

But I was interested to see how it affected your traffic. I didn’t have a lot of time to play with it, so I don’t know if I’ve got it set right. However, unless someone tells me exactly what to try, I don’t really have the time to tweak it.

I’ve recently registered with EatonWeb and Globe of Blogs. Are there any others that will drive traffic better? I’ve kind of stalled in Technorati, with a ranking of 309,000th!

I will try to keep coming back to see how it’s going for you.

Cheers,

Scott

]]> By: swollenpickles http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5178 swollenpickles Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:11:28 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5178 Maybe you need to give it more than 2 weeks? My traffic fluctuates quite a lot and, for my site at least, 2 weeks wouldn't be long enough to collect any reliable trending data. Just a theory. Maybe you need to give it more than 2 weeks? My traffic fluctuates quite a lot and, for my site at least, 2 weeks wouldn’t be long enough to collect any reliable trending data. Just a theory.

]]> By: derek http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5159 derek Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:53:01 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5159 Bobby, thanks for the fave and subscribing! I'm sure the keywords will help quite a bit. Using my categories as the only keywords is not very helpful/descriptive given the generic nature of my categories. Appreciate the feedback! Bobby, thanks for the fave and subscribing! I’m sure the keywords will help quite a bit. Using my categories as the only keywords is not very helpful/descriptive given the generic nature of my categories.

Appreciate the feedback!

]]> By: Bobby Revell http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5154 Bobby Revell Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:07:15 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5154 I have had very similar results. I did recently install Ultimate Tag Warrior and was initially worried about compatibility issues but it works fine. I think that fine tuning the keywords,etc. on all your posts should help even more. Thanks, BTW I faved you on technorati and subscribed to you on bloglines:) I have had very similar results. I did recently install Ultimate Tag Warrior and was initially worried about compatibility issues but it works fine. I think that fine tuning the keywords,etc. on all your posts should help even more. Thanks, BTW I faved you on technorati and subscribed to you on bloglines:)

]]> By: derek http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5146 derek Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:36:47 +0000 http://dereksemmler.com/2007/08/15/case-study-update-impact-of-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin/#comment-5146 Thanks for stopping by to share additional insight. Once I evaluate how things are going I may enable the Categories and Archives because I do use excerpts like you mentioned. Thanks for stopping by to share additional insight. Once I evaluate how things are going I may enable the Categories and Archives because I do use excerpts like you mentioned.

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