Launching a Wordpress blog – want to get the most SEO benefits possible

Started by jpf566, 06-23-2011, 15:39:09

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We are planning on launching a wordpress blog for our company. The webservers holding our site do not support PHP so we are going elsewhere to host the wordpress blog. Here is the issue. We will be updating our blog with great content on a regular basis and would like this to help our website's SEO results...How would we do this since the Wordpress blog and our website are different sites as far as search engines are concerned? Is there a way to plave the blog "within" our website or something similar? Just a little confused with all this. Thanks for any help.
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fathin

I understand your confusion. To integrate your WordPress blog with your website for better SEO results, you have a few options:

1. Subdomain: You can create a subdomain (e.g., blog.yourwebsite.com) and host your WordPress blog there. This way, search engines will recognize it as part of your website. You can maintain a consistent design and navigation throughout your website and blog.

2. Subdirectory: Instead of using a subdomain, you can create a subdirectory (e.g., yourwebsite.com/blog) and install WordPress there. This method allows you to keep everything under the same domain, which can be beneficial for SEO.

3. Reverse proxy: If your current web servers don't support PHP, you can set up a reverse proxy server that forwards requests for your blog to another hosting provider who supports WordPress. This way, visitors will still access your blog through your main website's domain.

Regardless of the method you choose, make sure to optimize your blog posts for relevant keywords and include internal links from your website's pages to your blog posts. This helps search engines understand the relationship between the two sites and can improve overall SEO performance.
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