Okay so it’s been a few days since I started tracking my rank. I made a few changes:

1. I built a site map

I downloaded a plug-in for WordPress. An XML file that creates an index of all my blog posts. It’s intended to make it easier for search engines to crawl your content.

2. I changed my blog naming convention

For my blog postings from something like “id=p23″ to “blog-seo-part-2″ - Simple change in the WordPress options (I can’t figure out why this isn’t the default)

3. My last post about “Sean Landry”

Since those key words are now relevant and were present several times I gained points in the relevance category. It’s important to note you’re posts can be considered SPAM if you load them with keywords.

As of January 20th I’ve moved up one spot! I’m #2 now ahead of the basketball Sean Landry

I’ll keep digging up new methods and post them as I move up or down.