SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is a way for people like me to make search engines happy so that they will make more people come to our sites. It used to be things like META tags, and making keywords bold, but is now much more complex.

I recently added some plug-ins and code to this and other WordPress blogs I use and manage in hopes of making them position higher on search engines. I am not sure what me efforts will produce as of yet, but fingers crossed that it will provide positive results.

You will notice that on category pages, as well as previous pages of this blog, I only list summaries now. This was a tip I got from Jaimie Sirovich of SEO Egghead. I also made it so that when you type in the URL of this site, if you forget the www, it will make sure you go to the www.DavidCubed.com URL thanks to Justin’s Redirect plug-in. Lastly, I generated a Google compatible XML sitemap thanks to another plugin which should also help my placement on search engines.

I am also doing some research on how to do some more simple optimizations that provide the most “bang” for the time I put into it. So if you have any tips, please feel free to mention them in the comments.