I was disappointed the other day when looking into the query that happens on WordPress searches. It seems that WordPress by default will only search for your keyword or phrase in the title and body of the post. Not in related category or other taxonomies and not in custom fields. This could pose to be a problem for some users and how they layout their content.
With the latest release of WordPress (3.x) offering both custom post types as well as custom taxonomies, there will be a lot of users wanting to take full advantage of these features along with custom fields to create unique content along side their blog and static page content. I have found a plugin that has been around for a while now, but with the latest revisions to the core of WordPress, will become more and more essential to people utilizing these new features.
If you want someone to be able to search your custom fields and other taxonomies though the built in WordPress search then you need the plugin called “Search Everything” by Dan Cameron of Sprout Venture. It’s a simple and well executed method of adding specific elements to the main WordPress search query.
There are a few different ways to offer multiple language translations for your website. Though new plugins may come out, the options simply break down into three types of solutions.
Many businesses wonder what the benefit is of adding a blog to their site. How is a blog different then the content I currently have on my site. The truth is, that to the outside world, it isn’t all that different. The main difference is the timeliness of the content. A blog allows you provide a constant flow of content to your site. Although, in order to do this, the content will probably not be as high of quaility as what you may be used to. For this reason, most blogs are written in first person and the author is identified in the post. It’s easier to compose content in first person and allows you to worry less about the composition and more about the content. When you are able to focus wholly on the content then you are able to contour your content around your keywords that you are wanting to be found under. The other element involved in blogging is the comments that you allow on your blog posts. Comments and ping-backs show the search engines that site visitors are interested in your content and gives you more credibility for the topic of that particular blog post. There are many different platforms on which you can blog, but the best system for SEO and customizable flexibility is WordPress. As you think about blogging, here are a few tips to go by. 
Combing your website’s unique content with the popularity of social networks and social bookmarking sites can drive a lot of new traffic to your site. There are many applications out there for doing this, but the most convenient and well established is the ShareThis application. It is a customizable javascript that you can place on your site manually or through a plugin that allows visitors to easily share a link to your page on a wide variety of social networking services. The benifits of this should be pretty obvious. Here are a few tips on integrating a ShareThis bug on your site. 
