Create an Archive Page for your WordPress

Wordpress allows you to create page templates, so it’s possible to create manually an archive page. Before starting to code, you’ll have to choose between two different kinds of archive page. The first one will list all your posts, and will allow a direct access to every article you wrote. The only bad thing is that when your blog will have many posts, the list may be a bit too long. The second template, which is better for blogs that have been online since more than one year, will list your posts monthly and by categories. Your... [Read the full story]

Blocking Your WordPress Categories and Archives From Google

We all know that duplicate content can be a problem. People copy your work, re-post it on their website, then you both are penalized for duplicate content! Unfortunately, there isn’t much that can be done about that, but did you know that often blogs have duplicate content within their own blog? The biggest culprit for duplicate internal content is your archives page, which is usually used for categories and monthly archives. Unless you only display partial posts in your archives, you’ll want to make sure Google doesn’t... [Read the full story]