Let's face it. Even the best WordPress site is useless if it's getting minimal traffic. In this episode of Digital Marketing This Week, we show the five things that can boost your WordPress SEO and the two things you might be doing that are hurting your search engine rankings.

1. August 2nd, 2014

3. Chris Mercer
• Content Developer
• Optimization Expert
• Host of DMTW
• Call me “Mercer” 
Who Am I?

4. This Week’s Focus Topic…

5. Have A Question?
http://ssm.tips/question

7. 5 Things That Help SEO
(And 2 Things That Can Hurt)

8. Thing 1:
“Keywords”
• More Important Than
Ever Before
• “Long Tail”
• Placement Matters

9. Thing 2:
“Links”
• These CAN Hurt!
• The Source Matters
• The Mix Matters

10. Thing 3:
“Sitemaps”
• Describes Your Site To
Search Engines

11. Thing 4:
“Social Activity”
• Not Just Facebook…
• Comments Count
• Engagement

12. Thing 5:
“Authorship”
• Totally Free
• Raises Quality Score

13. Watch Out For:
“Duplicate Content”
• Create “Enhanced Content”
Instead

14. • Bounce Rate
• Time On Page
• Think Like A “Bot”
Watch Out For:
“Bot Judgement”

16. The Plugins We Use:
• WordPress SEO By Yoast
• AuthorSure

17. http://www.seroundtable.com/google-local-search-algorithm-updated-18904.html

18. http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2358054/Google-Analytics-Helps-You-Filter-Spider-and-Bot-Traffic

19. Join DMTW Insiders: www.SeriouslySimpleMarketing.com

21. How To Ask A Question...
http://ssm.tips/question

23. Join DMTW Insiders: www.SeriouslySimpleMarketing.com

24. Insiders get expanded access
to the Q&A portion of
Digital Marketing This Week.
Are You A DMTW Insider?
Visit: www.SeriouslySimpleMarketing.com