Now that we have WordPress installed, as we did in Step 4, there are a few WordPress settings that we need to adjust and install a few WordPress plug-ins so that our site is optimized for search engines.  Many WordPress plug-ins are free, and the 3 that I recommend below are all free.

Step 5- WordPress Settings & Plug-Ins

You are ready to start writing content for your website, but first, there are a few settings that we should adjust and plug-ins we should install.

All these fixes are designed to help your site rank higher in Google.  We are going to change one setting and install 3 plug-ins.

Settings

Go into your WordPress admin panel, and select Settings/Permalinks (see image below).

Under Common settings, choose Custom Structure and write in /%postname%/

This will give you readable URLs for your posts and pages, such as:

http://googleplacement.net/master-strategy-for-a-high-Google-placement

Everybody wants to be one the first page of Google.  But how do you do it?  It can be surprisingly easy.

Below, I will outline the basic strategy for getting a high Google placement.  I’ll delve into certain of these topics in more detail in subsequent posts.

1-  FIND THE RIGHT KEYWORDS

You need to start this process by asking yourself “first page for what?”  It seems a remarkably simple question, but not one that most people actually give any thought to.  The reality is that none of us are going to get on the first page for highly competitive search terms (“stop smoking”,”credit cards”, “iPhone 4″), but we can often compete for related, less popular, search terms.