I’ve finally upgraded both blogs to WordPress 2.2 after the imminent threat of destruction loomed. I was previously using the sidebar widget, and it’s nice to see them included in the official release. I was especially impressed that all of my sidebar settings were maintained during the process. Bravo WordPress team.
I’ve also implemented the related posts plugin in this blog (you’ll notice it at the bottom of this and all posts if you are looking at the individual post and not just the homepage). This has shown great results for many bloggers; I’m hoping it will have a similar effect for rotten bananas. I’ve finally bothered to figure out my navigation links at the top, so the archives link works and I added a link to my contact page.
In addition, thanks to Aaron Wall’s SEO for Firefox extension I’ve discovered that I have 176 pages in Google’s dreaded supplemental index. So, I’ve taken the steps outlined on the Not So Boring Life blog to fix the problem, including using the provided robots.txt file. If I can get most of my pages out of the supplemental index, I’ll rank higher in Google searches.
If you’re blogging along, be sure to check out the article. It’s succinct and relatively easy to understand (and crucial if you’re running WordPress with a decent amount of posts), and don’t forget your monthly WordPress maintenance! I think I deleted around 5 unused plugins this time around.
8 responses so far ↓
1 Fred |affiliate video branding, more traffic // Mar 8, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Hi, I just recently upgraded my word press also and I had a few problems with some plugins. I am using Firefox too, but I don’t think that would cause any problem. I have an e-mail friend in PA that helped me get things going. Fred
2 Web Hosting // Nov 11, 2009 at 1:08 am
Don’t you just love when it’s time for upgrade, lol. Congrats on getting the new update complete. I think they are out with 2.8 something now-a-days..
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4 Perpendicular Blog // Oct 31, 2010 at 11:33 am
I hate having to make blog changes. However, thanks for all of the informative links! Keep on blogging……
5 yen // Apr 23, 2011 at 11:21 pm
I just recently upgraded my word press also and I had a few problems with some plugins. I am using Firefox too
6 Mundane Blog // Dec 20, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Yeah, making blog changes sucks. Every so often, I just get away away from the whole thing and start back fresh.
7 Anti-Dolt // Dec 20, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Some people just don’t like change, no matter what it is; I know the feeling…
8 Baloney Repellent // Dec 20, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Oh, forgot to mention: WordPress is an excellent blogging platform to use! I’ll have to come back later and check out those links you provided in this post, as I’m currently short for time at the moment; holla!
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