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[ohiosweetheart]

Hey y'all, I'm trying to set up my permalinks for my blog, but this is very confusing and I have no idea which setup to choose. Help?

These are my choices -

Default http://www.onebuzymama.com/?p=123
Day and name http://www.onebuzymama.com/2009/06/24/sample-post/
Month and name http://www.onebuzymama.com/2009/06/sample-post/
Numeric http://www.onebuzymama.com/archives/123
Custom Structure :

[Rocket 442]

Honestly, you'll hear things from all over the place on this idea.

Myself and BamaStangGuy are in the process of creating a SEO Writeup for WP, heres what he says on his permalinks:
Wordpress SEO

Thats our new site we're working on launching, so theres a sneak peak for you guys

[KevinL]

I just like a custom structure of /%postname%/

[ohiosweetheart]

Rocket that's a great writeup!

Kevin, is there any seo benefit to using the postname over the other examples?

[Taragon]

Also I use the /%postname%/ structure

Also I use this plugin to drop the /category from my category permalinks (and properly redirect things)
Wordpress Supplies Wordpress Plugins WP No Category Base

[KevinL]

Originally Posted by ohiosweetheart

Rocket that's a great writeup!

Kevin, is there any seo benefit to using the postname over the other examples?

I set it up to be pretty much like my forum is. After reading a lot over at vbseo I found it was better for me. It seemed, to me a more logical way to have it set up.

Now with the plugin below I should be good to go!

Originally Posted by Taragon

Also I use the /%postname%/ structure

Also I use this plugin to drop the /category from my category permalinks (and properly redirect things)
Wordpress Supplies Wordpress Plugins WP No Category Base

This is awesome! I was actually looking for this because was the next thing to set up correctly.

Thanks!

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by KevinL

I just like a custom structure of /%postname%/

this is what I use on all the blogs I setup as well

nice article on that wp-talk

[ohiosweetheart]

Thanks for the plugin info Taragon.

Thanks everyone! It's all set up and works great!

One Buzy Mama

[Taragon]

The main disadvantage of this plugin is no posts can have the same name. Having a small (and just starting) movie/television review blog this sometimes can be a bit difficult..

Cudo's for vBSEO I'm able to use [thread_id]-[thread_title]/ for one of my upcoming forums vBulletin SEO Forums
(still not really sure if it would be wise to do so btw.)

Talking about wp, does anyone have some experience with http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...-one-seo-pack/, or do you prefer optimizing your blog yourself?

[KevinL]

Originally Posted by Taragon

The main disadvantage of this plugin is no posts can have the same name. Having a small (and just starting) movie/television review blog this sometimes can be a bit difficult..

Cudo's for vBSEO I'm able to use [thread_id]-[thread_title]/ for one of my upcoming forums vBulletin SEO Forums
(still not really sure if it would be wise to do so btw.)

Talking about wp, does anyone have some experience with WordPress › All in One SEO Pack WordPress Plugins, or do you prefer optimizing your blog yourself?

What is wrong with that set up? It almost looks like vbseo's setup.


For some reason I didn't like that one. I always see that mentioned EVERYWHERE! hahah I actually prefer this one here Platinum SEO plugin - the ultimate wordpress SEO solution they are probably exactly the same but for some reason the all in one just didn't jive with me.

[ohiosweetheart]

I use the all-in-one seo pack. It's great. There are lots of settings inside. You have to pay close attention to them.

[Taragon]

Thanks, both (-: I guess I'll give them both a try.

Originally Posted by KevinL

What is wrong with that set up? It almost looks like vbseo's setup.

It's quite different actually.
Like the wp no-category plugin removes the category base, I've removed my forum base (ie. [forum_title]/) in this setup, leaving only http://mypage.com/[thread_id]-[thread_title]/

[123camelia]

By choosing this setting your readers will have a reference to when the post was created as well as a descriptive link to share with their friends. Not only that, but search engines love good hierarchy and description in posts so do yourself a favor and change from the Default Permalink Settings.