How to Setup All in One SEO for  WordPress

All in One SEO for WordPress is a powerful plugin that will quickly make your WordPress Websites’ SEO (search engine optimization) rock solid. Here’s how you can begin to setup All in One SEO:

1. Download, upload and install the All In One SEO pack.
2. Go to Settings > All in One SEO
3. Enter your settings

The default settings that come with the installation are pretty solid, but if you want to add some better <title>’s for clarity and a better user experience you can. Click on any of the form labels to get a dropdown of the accepted All in One SEO tags / variables.

For kevinleary.net I’ve used the following settings:

• Home Title: Boston Blog Developer – Boston Web Designer | kevinleary.net
• Home Description: Kevin Leary is a Boston Web Designer & Developer specializing in WordPress Websites and WordPress Training & Consultation for Businesses and Individuals.
• Home Keywords: web design, javascript, blog, jquery, css, xhtml, wordpress, user interface design, front end web development, interaction design, web development, php, mysql
• Canonical URLs: Yes
• Rewrite Titles: Yes
• Post Title Format: %post_title% | %blog_title%
• Page Title Format: %page_title% | %blog_title%
• Category Title Format: %category_title% Articles | %blog_title%
• Archive Title Format: %date% Archives | %blog_title%
• Tag Title Format: Items tagged with %tag% | %blog_title%
• Search Title Format: Search results for %search% | %blog_title%
• Description Format: %description%
• 404 Title Format: Nothing found for %request_words% | %blog_title%
• Paged Format: – Part %page%
• Use Categories for META keywords: Yes
• Dynamically Generate Keywords for Posts Page: Yes
• Use noindex for Categories: Yes
• Use noindex for Archives: Yes
• Use noindex for Tag Archives: Yes
• Autogenerate Descriptions: Yes

This setup has proved pretty promising for SEO on kevinleary.net. Do you have any suggestions? What setup are you using on your WordPress Website?