All in one SEO Pack: Great plugin for improving SEO for your blog.
Google Sitemaps is essential to any professional blogger. . If you are fixing your own site or someone else’s there’s no better way to figure out what a search engine thinks about your site. This plugin updates and rebuilds the XML file everytime you make a new post and pings google to tell them about it.
Wordpress Database Backup Utility - If there is one wordpress plugin you absolutely need to install, this would be the one. It provides you with the ability to instantly back-up the core database tables on demand or on a schedule.
Permalink Redirect - A Wordpress plugin that responds with a 301 permanent redirect, if requested URI is different from entrys (or archives) permalink. It is used to ensure that there is only one URL associated with each blog entry. Here are some other useful (but not essential) plug-ins:
Adhesive - Allows you to stick a post to the top over-riding the standard chronological order
Bunny’s Technorati Tags - A simple and easy interface for tagging in each blog post.
Adsense Deluxe - A powerful way to control adsense throughout your blog.
Feed Copyrighter Plugin - Lets you add copyright info to your feed. Makes it easy to track and follow scrapers.
Related Posts - Automatically creates a list of related posts.
WP Cron - Makes all sorts of wordpress housekeeping features happen automatically. Note: Make sure that you activate the main plugin before anything else or it may not work properly.
WP Contact Form - A very simple, user-friendly, no frills contact form.
Bad Behavior - Does a really good job at keeping out robot scrappers. Also does an excellent job at blocking people who have their user agent set as a bot. Also does an amazing job of blocking bots.
EZ Opt-In Form: Codebanter.com offers a plugin that makes it easy to start building a list with your blog. Works with GetResponse and aWeber.
What are your favorite plugins?
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