STT2 v1.5. I consider this update as the most important update in 2010. Here are the latest features in version 1.5:
1. Permalink to the search page is now replaced with a - (minus) sign, instead of + (plus).
2. Options to upgrade the database to support international characters such as Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, etc.
3. Automatically clean up the database become mandatory.
4. Republish post that after 30 days in publishing not got traffic from a search engine.
5. Now record all the keywords, not only the one that comes to single post or page.
You don't have to read the following explanation, but please go to your admin page, and check the latest features by your self. Update notification from WordPress.org in your Admin > Plugins page maybe late, but it is safe to delete the old one, and install the new update from Admin > Plugins > Add New page.
1. Permalink to the search page is now replaced with a -
(minus) sign, instead of + (plus).
Simply install then select "link to the search page option", and
all the link will automatically lead to
www.domain.com/search/search-engine-terms/ that exactly match the
default search page at www.domain.com/?s=search+engine+terms.
There is no need to edit the template or edit the rewrite.php from WordPress core file like the tricks circulating in the forums. All the redirect and converting - to space process has been handled directly by the plugin.
One thing to remember, this is a trick that widely used to create thousands of targeted keywords based on search pages indexed by search engines to increase our traffic overnight. However, these are quite a gray hat method and search engine not really like it.
2. Options to upgrade the database to support international characters such as Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, etc.
This is default for a new installation, whereas for previous users who do not require this feature, you should leave it alone, you do not have to upgrade the database.
3. Automatically clean up the database become mandatory. One thing that is often complained either by users or the owners of shared web hosting is the amount of resources used by this plugin, especially on busy web sites that have thousands of visitors per day. Keep in mind, the resources needed will grow in time along with the MySQL database size. It turns out, even thought this feature already exists since a long time ago go, no one seem aware about it. As a result, they were banned by the hosting server for using a big amount of server resources. In default, after 90 days, all unused keywords will be deleted from the database. My advice, if you have a busy web site, try to reduce this 90 days setting. Remember, the greater the traffic, the sooner the database to swell, and the sooner we found out, which are the
keywords that are not important.
4. Re-publish post that after 30 days in publishing not got traffic from a search engine. Default setting is OFF, but you can turn it ON if you think you need this feature. You can find out how many articles doesn't have search engine traffic yet in the admin page. Combine this feature with free services like twitterfeed that help us automatically publish a new post to Twitter, Facebook, etc. The post will not only get traffic from social networks, but also a backlinks. It will help to attract search engines to index the post too.
5. Now record all the keywords, not only the one that comes to single post or page. There's a new list in the admin page, called Popular Home Keywords. This list will show you your main page popular keywords. If clicked, it will automatically open the Google.com search results for that keyword. You can optimize your website base on these main keywords.
Those main keywords will also appear in the Recent/Popular/Random widgets. The difference is, the link provided will refer to the home page, and not to the blog post/page.
Finally, I hope your blog traffic will increased significantly
after using this plugin.
No comments:
Post a Comment