This is second part of my post Basic SEO tips for every WordPress blog. If you have not read the first part, please take some minutes to read the first part.

Tip 4 : Use SEO friendly urls

Using WordPress Permalink Settings you can have SEO friendly urls. Like domain.com/category/post-title
You may wish to read this post: Best Permalink Structure for WordPress

Tip 5: Use images in post

Images can be useful for your blog. Use image in posts with proper alt, title and caption attributes. Images also put better impression on your readers.

Tip 6: Ping your Posts

Using WordPress ping service you can notify other sites about your new posts and comments. WordPress by default uses http://rpc.pingomatic.com

However you can add more ping sites in WordPress Admin panel.
WordPress Admin panel >> Settings >> Writing >> Update Services

Here is few lists.

http://rpc.pingomatic.com

http://ping.weblogs.se/

http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

http://coreblog.org/ping/

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php

http://ping.myblog.jp

http://ping.bitacoras.com

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/

http://xmlrpc.blogg.de

http://1470.net/api/ping

http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

Tip 7: Use Google XML Sitemaps Generator Plugin

Download Google XML Sitemaps, unzip the file and upload it in wp-content/plugins directory. Read the installation method and install the plugin.

Tip 8: Use Keyword rich post title and post

It is a common SEO tip. Use keyword in post title and post body. But don’t use your keywords more than 3-4 times.

Tip 9: Bold important text

You should bold important texts in post. Bold text also brings visitor’s attention.

Tip 10: use Social Networking sites

Social networking sites like Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon etc can help you to bring lots of traffic. There are many WordPress plugin using which you can add famous social networking bookmark feature in your posts.

Tip 11: Use Google, Bing, Yahoo Webmaster tools

Join and use Google, Bing and Yahoo Webmaster tools.

• Google Webmaster Central
• Webmaster Center – Bing
• Site Explorer – Yahoo! Site Explorer