Comments on: How To Get More Traffic To Your WordPress Blog http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-more-traffic-to-your-wordpress-blog/ Product Creation, Traffic, List Building, Automation = Internet Business Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:43:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Frank Haywood http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-more-traffic-to-your-wordpress-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-12440 Frank Haywood Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:57:31 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/?p=556#comment-12440 Hi Jan, SLP is a theme plus a set of plugins. The whole thing is still under active development, and I get the impression that it always will be, so it'll always be pretty much up to date with what's going on with SE changes. All I did was apply the new theme and plugins to this blog. I haven't really done much more than that. I've tweaked a couple of things to show some of the links to pages on the top menu bar, and some in the footer, and possibly a couple of other things here and there, but none of what I've done is really outside of WordPress and how it works. So if you know how to install WordPress and apply plugins, that's all the skill set you need. If you're unsure, why not just get the free theme, apply it, and have a play? Then if (when) you like it, you'll probably want to go ahead and get the Pro version with all the plugins. -Frank

Hi Jan,

SLP is a theme plus a set of plugins. The whole thing is still under active development, and I get the impression that it always will be, so it'll always be pretty much up to date with what's going on with SE changes.

All I did was apply the new theme and plugins to this blog. I haven't really done much more than that. I've tweaked a couple of things to show some of the links to pages on the top menu bar, and some in the footer, and possibly a couple of other things here and there, but none of what I've done is really outside of WordPress and how it works.

So if you know how to install WordPress and apply plugins, that's all the skill set you need. If you're unsure, why not just get the free theme, apply it, and have a play? Then if (when) you like it, you'll probably want to go ahead and get the Pro version with all the plugins.

-Frank

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]]> By: Jan Evensen http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-more-traffic-to-your-wordpress-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-12421 Jan Evensen Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:54:20 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/?p=556#comment-12421 Hi Frank! I'm tempted. In fact, I'm very tempted. But, before I shell out USD 300 for SemioLogic Pro - or 297 to be exact - I would very much like to have your comments on a question or two. On the SemioLogic Pro site I get the impression that even dad could put together a good site with the SemioLogic Pro software, but as we both know sales copy and reality are -often - different worlds. So. Since you, Frank, are now using SLP, would you honestly say that a guy somewhere between a newbee and an "oldbee" (? mediumbee ?) could put together a site that will be attractive to browsers, and at the same time have good, or even great, SEO capabilities. Next: I expect that the SLP program will have some sort of install and user guide. Do I have to be a rocket scientist to understand the instructions, or are they written in a form that is easy to digest and understand for simple-minded persons like myself? Finally: Will SLP be a good idea as a vehicle for IPK sites like www.Christmasgifts-2009.co.uk? Thanks, Frank! Cheers, Jan

Hi Frank!

I'm tempted.

In fact, I'm very tempted.

But, before I shell out USD 300 for SemioLogic Pro – or 297 to be exact – I would very much like to have your comments on a question or two.

On the SemioLogic Pro site I get the impression that even dad could put together a good site with the SemioLogic Pro software, but as we both know sales copy and reality are -often – different worlds.

So.

Since you, Frank, are now using SLP, would you honestly say that a guy somewhere between a newbee and an "oldbee" (? mediumbee ?) could put together a site that will be attractive to browsers, and at the same time have good, or even great, SEO capabilities.

Next:
I expect that the SLP program will have some sort of install and user guide. Do I have to be a rocket scientist to understand the instructions, or are they written in a form that is easy to digest and understand for simple-minded persons like myself?

Finally:

Will SLP be a good idea as a vehicle for IPK sites like http://www.Christmasgifts-2009.co.uk?

Thanks, Frank!

Cheers,

Jan

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]]> By: Frank Haywood http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-more-traffic-to-your-wordpress-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-12352 Frank Haywood Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:22:25 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/?p=556#comment-12352 @<a href="#comment-12342">Annette Hogan</a>: You're welcome. You're right there are some free plugins that do part of what SemioLogic Pro does, such as XML sitemaps, human-readable sitemap generators, and all in one SEO, HeadSpace 2, and a load of other stuff. I had all those installed here on this blog. ;) In fact I've written loads of notes for a product about how to improve the SEO on your WP blogs which is still worth taking on board. However... Uninstalling all those plugins and installing SemioLogic Pro instead has made the difference between having 95 pages indexed and 658. :roll: Some of those plugins bundled with SemioLogic Pro are free ones, but the bulk of them have been written by Denis DeBernardy. Part of the above effect may be just the theme alone, which presents an "optimised" canvas to the search engines, but I'm pretty sure quite a lot of it is about the plugins themselves. The plugins that come with the bundle are tightly integrated with the SemioLogic theme, and there are quite a few I' m not even using that for instance allow you to add some ad blocks to your pages as widgets (there are multiple sidebars with the theme). I would guess that those are also optimised for the search engines, knowing the way the rest of the bundle has been put together. For a long time I've been wondering why WordPress isn't totally widget enabled across the whole of an installation and not just the sidebars, and I've even seen a few themes that add more than the standard one or two sidebars. SemioLogic Pro has 11 "sidebars" including for instance header and footer, and wide top and bottom sidebars as well as the regular two sidebars, and even has widget functionality in the posts themselves - "before the entries", "each entry" and "after the entries". It's by far the most flexible and best kitted out WordPress bundle I've come across to date, and I've looked at a <b>lot</b> of themes and plugins. As I said in the post, SemioLogic Pro is more of a platform than a theme and plugins, and it really has made a difference to how Google is now regarding this site. My only regret is not buying it 3 years ago, but you live and learn. There's a threat on the site of the price going up, and knowing that Denis isn't really a marketer, I think he means it. ;) -Frank

@Annette Hogan: You're welcome. You're right there are some free plugins that do part of what SemioLogic Pro does, such as XML sitemaps, human-readable sitemap generators, and all in one SEO, HeadSpace 2, and a load of other stuff. I had all those installed here on this blog. ;)

In fact I've written loads of notes for a product about how to improve the SEO on your WP blogs which is still worth taking on board.

However…

Uninstalling all those plugins and installing SemioLogic Pro instead has made the difference between having 95 pages indexed and 658. :roll:

Some of those plugins bundled with SemioLogic Pro are free ones, but the bulk of them have been written by Denis DeBernardy. Part of the above effect may be just the theme alone, which presents an "optimised" canvas to the search engines, but I'm pretty sure quite a lot of it is about the plugins themselves.

The plugins that come with the bundle are tightly integrated with the SemioLogic theme, and there are quite a few I' m not even using that for instance allow you to add some ad blocks to your pages as widgets (there are multiple sidebars with the theme). I would guess that those are also optimised for the search engines, knowing the way the rest of the bundle has been put together.

For a long time I've been wondering why WordPress isn't totally widget enabled across the whole of an installation and not just the sidebars, and I've even seen a few themes that add more than the standard one or two sidebars.

SemioLogic Pro has 11 "sidebars" including for instance header and footer, and wide top and bottom sidebars as well as the regular two sidebars, and even has widget functionality in the posts themselves – "before the entries", "each entry" and "after the entries".

It's by far the most flexible and best kitted out WordPress bundle I've come across to date, and I've looked at a lot of themes and plugins.

As I said in the post, SemioLogic Pro is more of a platform than a theme and plugins, and it really has made a difference to how Google is now regarding this site. My only regret is not buying it 3 years ago, but you live and learn.

There's a threat on the site of the price going up, and knowing that Denis isn't really a marketer, I think he means it. ;)

-Frank

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]]> By: Annette Hogan http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-more-traffic-to-your-wordpress-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-12342 Annette Hogan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:52:11 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/?p=556#comment-12342 Hi Frank, Thank you so much for this advice. I followed your link to Semi-logic and found a page on their website listing all the plug-ins. I realise that they have gone to all the trouble of collecting these in one place but I cannot help thinking that there are comparable plug-ins that do all this for free, at wordpress org, or am I missing something? Mind you, your site does look great now. Perhaps the product is more suited to people that do not know their way around changing and tinkering with wordpress. On the other hand your "WP affiliate pages" looks like it could be ideal for some projects we are planning. Very impressive. all the best Annette

Hi Frank,
Thank you so much for this advice. I followed your link to Semi-logic and found a page on their website listing all the plug-ins. I realise that they have gone to all the trouble of collecting these in one place but I cannot help thinking that there are comparable plug-ins that do all this for free, at wordpress org, or am I missing something? Mind you, your site does look great now. Perhaps the product is more suited to people that do not know their way around changing and tinkering with wordpress.

On the other hand your "WP affiliate pages" looks like it could be ideal for some projects we are planning. Very impressive.

all the best
Annette

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