One of the reasons I chose Thesis, aside from its appearance, was the builtin SEO features. Say goodbye to Michael Torbert’s SEO WordPress plugin (but thanks to him for his hard work)!
The Thesis philosophy is simple—you can change your design all you want, but you should never change the core code that powers your website. For long-term success in the search engines, it is crucial to serve semantic, information-rich HTML that loads quickly, and optimization and efficiency are two areas where Thesis shines.
As I’ve said before, I’m not that tech savvy. What I see when I look at a new post page in Thesis that I don’t see in my old theme, even with the SEO plugin, is more SEO fields to complete.
This is what I see in Thesis.
This is what I see in my current theme.
I’m still investigating all this, and I repeat: Thesis has a learning curve.
**Update** Since I first wrote this post, I have added Scribe, Copyblogger’s premium SEO plugin to my website. I give it a 10! It is so easy to use and reminds me to add the SEO components that make my blog attractive to the search engines. I chose the basic plan: 15 analyses a month for $17. Since I blog about 4 times a month, that’s all I need.If you use Thesis (affiliate link), so much the better.
The people at Scribe are constantly improving the plugin, and all upgrades are free. Their next update will include the analysis for internal links, something I’m not very good at doing. Now I have something to remind me.
Again, I highly recommend Scribe. Give it a try. No affiliate links here, just a happy customer.
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