Top 10 SEO Plugins for WordPress

Today, there are numerous SEO plugins available on the internet which provide easy and effective SEO functionality in WordPress. These plugins can be easily used by the admin if he has a little knowledge about SEO.

WordPress is the most widely used open source web development platform for publishing content on the web. It is extensively used for creating blogs and content based websites. Search engine optimization is the only method of promoting your blogs, content and websites to the desired viewers. Everybody knows this and so does the WordPress community. Today, there are numerous SEO plugins available on the internet which provide easy and effective SEO functionality in WordPress. These plugins can be easily used by the admin if he has a little knowledge about SEO.  

We have listed below 10 most popular SEO plugins available for WordPress.

1. All in One SEO Pack: All in One SEO Pack is among the most widely used SEO plugins available for WordPress. It is a complete SEO solution which automatically generates META tags, optimizes titles for search engines and provides extensive options for optimizing pages according to search engines.
   
   
2. HeadSpace2: Another great SEO plugin that provides a complete solution for all your SEO requirements in WordPress. Provides the functionality of tags for each page, custom titles, meta tags etc. The Headspace 2 is available in multiple languages.
   
   
3. Platinum SEO Plugin: The Platinum Plugin offers complete SEO solutions for WordPress websites. It also offers automatic 301redirects for permalink changes, auto meta tag generation, basic SEO features and some advanced options too.
   
   
4. Google XML Sitemaps: The Google XML sitemap generates an XML sitemap for your website that is supported by major search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask. The XML sitemap is very helpful in informing the crawlers about the content on your website. It efficiently presents the complete structure of your website for the crawlers to go through. Moreover, it also notifies major search engines whenever new content is posted on your site.
   
   
5. SEO Slugs: The SEO Slug plugin removes irrelevant words from the long filenames automatically created for your posts. This makes your posts more SEO friendly.
   
   
6. Automatic SEO Links: The Automatic SEO Link Plugin allows the admin to select a keyword or phrase and change all the matches in the post with a desired link. Provides easy Autolinking with various other features.
   
   
7. WP Backlinks: This Plugin is very useful for link exchange purpose. Just install this plugin and a small form will appear on the sidebar which will allow bloggers and webmasters to submit links for exchange. The spider crawls other webmaster’s site for a reciprocal link and if found then the link on your site is approved. A very quick and efficient way of getting backlinks.
   
   
8. 404 SEO Plugin: The 404 SEO Plugin is a very handy tool for situations when a user can’t find something he is looking for in your website. It presents a 404 page with all the relevant links based on the keywords in the search if no results are found.
   
   
9. Simple Submit SEO/Social Bookmarking Plugin: This is a very handy SEO Plugin which adds submission links for Digg, Delicious, Buzz, and Stumble to pages and posts. The plugin also allows you to choose whether to display these links on the homepage, post page or anywhere else.
   
   
10. SEO Friendly Images: There are usually a lot of images in a website and this tool allows admin to make these images SEO friendly by automatically adding ALT and Title to these images.

About the Author: This Post is brought to you by Chris Miller. Chris Miller is a web developers @ a leading Web development services company – Xicom Technologies. Xicom technologies provides web appliaction development, software development, IT outsourcing services, custom java, php, asp.net, mobile application development & outsourcing solutions.  

Xicom SEO Services: A successful Beginning

Xicom Technologies, a prominent web development and mobile application development company, has successfully launched its online marketing and SEO services thus making it a one stop destination for all the web requirements of its clients. Since its inception in 2002, Xicom has been providing world class web development solutions to its clients who can now take benefit from its SEO services also.

Xicom is a CMMI level 3 and ISO 9001:2008 certified organization catering highly effective business oriented web solutions and recently added SEO services to its clients spread all over the globe. Xicom recently announced its entry into the online marketing and SEO segment and received its first client within the next 24 hours of announcing the services. It was an existing client for whom we had done a project in the past. On asking him why he choose us, he replied “I received highly professional services during my previous projects therefore I believe that same will be delivered again”. Such is the reputation and of the company between the clients. We believe that customer satisfaction should be the priority in every project and nothing should stop us in delivering it to our clients.

Xicom Technologies has acquired more than 15 projects till now out of which most of the projects belong to our existing clients who have entrusted us with their online marketing campaigns. Some of the clients even went a step ahead and cancelled their ongoing SEO projects with other organizations and transferred them to us. To make sure that our new endeavor is successful we have setup a state of the art infrastructure equipped with cutting edge technologies and latest equipments. A tough screening process was conducted for hiring SEO experts who can produce results according to our reputation and standards. A team of professional SEO experts with each having a minimum 2 years of quality experience in SEO has been formulated to provide solutions to our clients. As this is a fairly new territory for us therefore we have assigned our top business analysts and project managers to the SEO department to make sure that quality of the solutions is not compromised in any way.

We have high expectations from our SEO department and hope that we will soon surpass the existing quality levels at our organization.