Once you have your initial Wordpress install there are a few modifications you should apply to your site.
The Google XML Sitemaps plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of your WordPress blog. It supports all of the WordPress generated pages as well as custom ones. Each time you edit or create a post, your sitemap is updated and all major search engines that support the sitemap protocol, like ASK.com, Google, MSN [...]
The simple steps need to start gathering analytics from your WordPress RSS feed.
There are many reason you should start blogging. Not only does blogging allow you to give back to the community, but also allows you to have some fun and express yourself!
A good way to improve your SEO is to install plug-ins that will help you add these meta definitions to your pages. A great one that we are currently using for our blog is All in One SEO Pack.
Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus it allows you to customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup. The form supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and other easy to install add-ons!
Plug-ins are great for being able to quickly add unique applications to your site. Maybe you need a poll, a cloud tag, or a twitter feed to spice up your sidebar. It is very likely that someone has created a plug-in that will suit your needs.
Wordpress is a unique and powerful platform that allows you to easily publish content. It is a fast, light-weight, and freely distributed personal publishing platform. Wordpress comes with a ton of great default features and the ability to extend the core in many ways.
