Wordpress is a very handy way to start blogging. There is a free version for you to get the hang of it and once you do that you can get the paid version which allows the intergraton of your blog to your website. When you have a blog along with your website there are a lot of benefits. Blogs are a way to creat backlinks to your website and get traffic to your business. Of course, you should notice a change in your web traffic!

So what exactly are the must have plugins? (The plugins are made for blogs created on the paid version of wordpress, apologies for those using the free version)

#Google XML Sitemaps http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/

This plugin generates a special XML sitemap to help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com better index your blog. Plus, it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.

#Platinum SEO http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/platinum-seo-pack/

Platinum SEO is the ultimate WordPress SEO solution. This plugin offers all the features of All-in-One SEO plugin plus more. Here are a few key features:

• Optimized Post and Page Titles for search engines
• Helps you avoid duplicate content
• Generates all SEO-relevant META tags automatically

#Images that are SEO friendly- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-image/

With this plugin it means that keywords can be incorporated into the image title and well as the ‘alt’. This is great for ranking purposes as more keywords are picked up.

#Contact Form http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

A contact form installed on your blog makes it easy for your readers to get in touch with you.  It allows you to customize the form and email settings.

#Akismet http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/

This checks your comments against the Akismet web service to recognise spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.

#Tweetmeme Retweet Button http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweetmeme/

The button shows a live count of the number of times your web page or blog post has been tweeted.This plugin is useful to encourage readers to share your content on Twitter.

Note: If you’re using WordPress.com for your blog, you can still add this button. Simply type your post, and before you publish it, add the shortcode:

to the beginning of your post (or the position you prefer) .

#WordPress Mobile Edition http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mobile-edition/

With mobile internet is becoming vastly popular, this useful plugin has an interface for a mobile device when visitors come to your site on a mobile device. Mobile browsers are automatically detected; and the list of mobile browsers can be customized on the settings page.  Since more and more people are accessing the Internet with mobile phones, it’s important to make sure your blog is mobile-ready.

#Yet Another Related Post http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/

Yet Another Related Post Plugin gives you a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site.

#Commentluv http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/commentluv/

Commentluv allowsa  titled link for your readers’ last blog post or tweet to appear on the end of their comment. It encourages comments on your blog.

#Broken Link Checker http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/broken-link-checker/

This important  plugin monitors your blog posts, pages, comments and blogroll for broken links and missing images and notifies you if any are found.  You don’t want your readers to be annoyed by clicking a link that leads to nowhere.

#Sexy Bookmarks http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sexybookmarks/

Dont let the name bother you, yes I know it sounds a bit racy but the SexyBookmarks has a very useful and successful tool in getting your readers to actually submit your articles to numerous social bookmarking sites.

As you can see there are so many plugins to choose from but you may not need all of them. One thing to bear in mind is that they do not all work well together. It’s best to add in one plugin at a time, so you can test them and make sure everything works correctly.

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