Comments on: TypePad SEO Blows… http://foolswisdom.com/typepad-seo-blows/ A fool and his blog are soon parted. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:05:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2-9617 hourly 1 By: Tip Man of voice-broadcast.com http://foolswisdom.com/typepad-seo-blows/comment-page-1/#comment-162313 Tip Man of voice-broadcast.com Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:11:02 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1106#comment-162313 Well it's quite easy to see who's the best by exploring the Google search results. Majority of middleweight to top SEO experts are using either WordPress or a custom built blog soft. Anyone on Typepad? Almost none. I agree with your point that WP is one of the best, however, if one fails to arrange your robots file the proper way, he might hit himself in the head with the duplicate content problem. Well it’s quite easy to see who’s the best by exploring the Google search results. Majority of middleweight to top SEO experts are using either WordPress or a custom built blog soft. Anyone on Typepad? Almost none.

I agree with your point that WP is one of the best, however, if one fails to arrange your robots file the proper way, he might hit himself in the head with the duplicate content problem.

]]> By: Which Blog Platform is Best for SEO Website Design | Make My Blog Successful http://foolswisdom.com/typepad-seo-blows/comment-page-1/#comment-161625 Which Blog Platform is Best for SEO Website Design | Make My Blog Successful Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:15:28 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1106#comment-161625 [...] my client’s heads. His opinion, by the way is easily discerned from the title of his post, “TypePad SEO Blows…” (I love GREAT titles like [...] [...] my client’s heads. His opinion, by the way is easily discerned from the title of his post, “TypePad SEO Blows…” (I love GREAT titles like [...]

]]> By: Lloyd http://foolswisdom.com/typepad-seo-blows/comment-page-1/#comment-160777 Lloyd Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:28:07 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1106#comment-160777 @Eligio that is a great point! Since version 2.3 (Sept 2007), WordPress has found an article if only a <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.3#Pretty_URLs" rel="nofollow">partial URL</a> is provided. At first you may think this isn't very interesting, but consider how many emails you have received where the line breaks in the middle of a URL. @Eligio that is a great point!

Since version 2.3 (Sept 2007), WordPress has found an article if only a partial URL is provided. At first you may think this isn’t very interesting, but consider how many emails you have received where the line breaks in the middle of a URL.

]]> By: Niall Kennedy http://foolswisdom.com/typepad-seo-blows/comment-page-1/#comment-160264 Niall Kennedy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:44:44 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1106#comment-160264 Regarding underscores vs. dashes. Yes, dashes are a preferred word separator as they may be part of a domain or its path and therefore are best understood by search engines and other tools trying to tokenize a <acronym title="Uniform Resource Locator">URL</acronym> beyond common path separators such as a forward slash. Search engine treatment has varied over the years and of course each search engine is different. In 2005 <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/" rel="nofollow">Matt Cutts blogged about dashes in URLs connecting separate words</a>. In a <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/speaking-at-wordcamp-later-today/" rel="nofollow">speech at WordCamp SF 2007</a> Matt again suggested dashes are better than underscores for URL meaning. In a Webmaster Central chat last week the team at Google indicated +, -, and _ are valid delimiters. Looks like all blogging platforms are preferring dashes in their current releases, so a moot point about how to improve, or which one is best. "TypePad delivers your blog posts directly to Google Reader and My Yahoo and Blogline." Anil is likely referring to a direct <abbr title="eXtensible">XML</abbr>-<acronym title="Remote Procedure Call">RPC</acronym> ping from the TypePad servers to Google, Yahoo, and Bloglines ping beacons on behalf of the blogger. WordPress routes such pings through <a href="http://pingomatic.com/" rel="nofollow">Ping-o-Matic</a> which acts as a proxy for all interested ping beacons. The availability and reliability of Ping-o-Matic to successfully relay ping requests on behalf of WordPress authors could be a <acronym title="Search Engine Optimization">SEO</acronym> issue. The Ping-o-Matic site currently does not list Google Reader or Bloglines as supported ping beacons. Regarding slugs, their length, and their generation. WordPress, TypePad, and other systems automatically generate a unique identifier for each post called a slug in the publishing industry. It's a big <acronym>SEO</acronym> benefit to reference "typepad-blows" than post 16. Authors can override the automatically generated slug on each blog platform for more targeted <acronym>SEO</acronym> benefit. The length of the slug on each system may vary, such as allowing 16, 32, or 64 characters of expression. The UI of one blog platform or the other might highlight the slug, or encourage the author to override the automatically generated information. Expanding the number of characters in a slug and filtering out filler words such as "of" or "and" should help improve blog <acronym>SEO</acronym> all around. How might WordPress templates affect SEO? Many templates attribute template designers in the footer. WordPress used to automatically insert links to lead developers such as Matt or Ryan. PageRank algorithms, in simple terms, distribute the weight of the page evenly among all of those links and links to Matt, Ryan, or template sponsors can dilute the <acronym>SEO</acronym> weight of links in a post or blog header. <abbr title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</abbr> markup varies between WordPress templates while TypePad templates are based on the Six Apart standard markup used across TypePad and Movable Type defaults. It's possible some templates in the WordPress system are chosen for their looks and not for their markup and the <acronym>SEO</acronym> effectiveness can vary by template. Regarding underscores vs. dashes. Yes, dashes are a preferred word separator as they may be part of a domain or its path and therefore are best understood by search engines and other tools trying to tokenize a URL beyond common path separators such as a forward slash. Search engine treatment has varied over the years and of course each search engine is different. In 2005 Matt Cutts blogged about dashes in URLs connecting separate words. In a speech at WordCamp SF 2007 Matt again suggested dashes are better than underscores for URL meaning. In a Webmaster Central chat last week the team at Google indicated +, -, and _ are valid delimiters. Looks like all blogging platforms are preferring dashes in their current releases, so a moot point about how to improve, or which one is best.

“TypePad delivers your blog posts directly to Google Reader and My Yahoo and Blogline.” Anil is likely referring to a direct XML-RPC ping from the TypePad servers to Google, Yahoo, and Bloglines ping beacons on behalf of the blogger. WordPress routes such pings through Ping-o-Matic which acts as a proxy for all interested ping beacons. The availability and reliability of Ping-o-Matic to successfully relay ping requests on behalf of WordPress authors could be a SEO issue. The Ping-o-Matic site currently does not list Google Reader or Bloglines as supported ping beacons.

Regarding slugs, their length, and their generation. WordPress, TypePad, and other systems automatically generate a unique identifier for each post called a slug in the publishing industry. It’s a big SEO benefit to reference “typepad-blows” than post 16. Authors can override the automatically generated slug on each blog platform for more targeted SEO benefit. The length of the slug on each system may vary, such as allowing 16, 32, or 64 characters of expression. The UI of one blog platform or the other might highlight the slug, or encourage the author to override the automatically generated information. Expanding the number of characters in a slug and filtering out filler words such as “of” or “and” should help improve blog SEO all around.

How might WordPress templates affect SEO? Many templates attribute template designers in the footer. WordPress used to automatically insert links to lead developers such as Matt or Ryan. PageRank algorithms, in simple terms, distribute the weight of the page evenly among all of those links and links to Matt, Ryan, or template sponsors can dilute the SEO weight of links in a post or blog header.

HTML markup varies between WordPress templates while TypePad templates are based on the Six Apart standard markup used across TypePad and Movable Type defaults. It’s possible some templates in the WordPress system are chosen for their looks and not for their markup and the SEO effectiveness can vary by template.

]]> By: Weblog Tools Collection » Blog Archive » WordPress: Did you Know? http://foolswisdom.com/typepad-seo-blows/comment-page-1/#comment-160236 Weblog Tools Collection » Blog Archive » WordPress: Did you Know? Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:11:11 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1106#comment-160236 [...] updates from this blog via email.That if you change your URI after a post has been published, the old URI continues to work while the links are changed to the new one? (No Ratings Yet)  Loading ... Sphere: Related Content | [...] [...] updates from this blog via email.That if you change your URI after a post has been published, the old URI continues to work while the links are changed to the new one? (No Ratings Yet)  Loading … Sphere: Related Content | [...]

]]> By: Mark http://foolswisdom.com/typepad-seo-blows/comment-page-1/#comment-159942 Mark Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:12:34 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1106#comment-159942 I have a WP blog and also a TP blog and in the words of the professor, they both seem to "blow" if you ask me. But what do I know, I'm just an average person who has no preference. All I want is a blog with good URLs AND that is safe from being hacked all the time like it was outlook 98 or something. Not sure what to do now but will keep fiddling with both and muddle along, woo hoo. I have a WP blog and also a TP blog and in the words of the professor, they both seem to “blow” if you ask me. But what do I know, I’m just an average person who has no preference. All I want is a blog with good URLs AND that is safe from being hacked all the time like it was outlook 98 or something. Not sure what to do now but will keep fiddling with both and muddle along, woo hoo.

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