SEO SearchTerms Tagging 2

June 15, 2009
449 Comments

Description:

The purpose of this plugin is to strengthen our On Page SEO by adding new internal linking to the blog post using the most popular keywords used by search engine visitors to find the blog post from a search engine ( incoming search terms ).

We can also display the most popular & recent search terms in the sidebar to get a side wide internal linking to the corresponding blog post.

New since version 1.25: Automatically convert popular search terms into Post Tags.

Click here and go to my sidebar to see the live example of this plugin in action.

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Screenshots: (click to enlarge)

Admin Page:

Incoming Search Terms in single post/page:

Sidebar Widget:

SEO SearchTerms Tagging 2 Main Features:

Display the search terms/keywords used by visitors from search engines for each blog post.
Display the most popular search term for the entire blog posts.
Display the most recent search terms for the entire blog posts.
Display random search terms for the entire blog posts.
Add the list of search terms automatically after the post content or manually by editing the template.
Limit the search terms to be displayed.
Display the search terms only or automatically change it into internal linking to the blog post or search page.
Display popularity ( search counter ) after each keyword.
Automatically delete unused search terms after X days.
Automatically convert popular search terms into Post Tags.
Display most popular search terms in the archive category ( courtesy of Pile )
Delete unwanted search engine terms & delete all search terms ( reset ).
Popular, Popular in Category & Recent Search Terms widgets ( you can find it on page Appearance » Widgets ).
Block unwanted keywords/bad words.

Usage Instructions:

Download it here. or search from WordPress Admin » Plugin » Add New.
Install and activate from WordPress Admin » Plugins page.
Go to the WordPress Admin Options page » SearchTerms Tagging 2, and set the options as you wish.
If you decided not to select option “Add list automatically after post content”, please add this following code to display popular search terms in your single post and page template (single.php and page.php).
```
<div class="stt2">

<?php if(function_exists('stt_terms_list')) echo stt_terms_list() ;?>

</div>
```
Use this following code to display 10 most popular search terms for all blog post, can be placed anywhere you want it
```
<div class="stt2">

<h3>10 Most Popular Search Terms</h3>
<?php if(function_exists('stt_popular_terms')) echo stt_popular_terms(10) ;?>

</div>
```
If your theme supports widgets, it is better to use the “Popular Search Terms” widget.
Use this following code to display 10 recent search terms for all blog post, can be placed anywhere you want it
```
<div class="stt2">

<h3>10 Recent Search Terms</h3>
<?php if(function_exists('stt_recent_terms')) echo stt_recent_terms(10) ;?>

</div>
```
If your theme supports widgets, it is better to use the “Recent Search Terms” widget.
Use this following code to display 10 random search terms for all blog post, can be placed anywhere you want it
```
<div class="stt2">

<h3>10 Random Search Terms</h3>
<?php if(function_exists('stt_random_terms')) echo stt_random_terms(10) ;?>

</div>
```
If your theme supports widgets, it is better to use the “Random Search Terms” widget.

Use this following code to display 10 popular search terms in category archive page.

<div class="stt2">

<h3>10 Popular Search Terms in This Category</h3>
<?php if(function_exists('stt_popular_terms_in_category')) echo stt_popular_terms_in_category(10) ;?>

</div>

If your theme supports widgets, it is better to use the “Popular Terms in Category” widget.

Please note that the search term tags will not be displayed until there are any visitor coming from search engine into that blog post, until then, it’s still invisible.

Like many others SEO plugins, this plugin require your theme to call wp_head() hook on the HTML header. Put <?php wp_head(); ?> code between your <head>…</head> , usually on header.php file. Open file header.php on theme WordPress Default as a reference if you need to.

Purwedi Kurniawan
Blogger and WordPress plugin developer.

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By Poer, July 1, 2009 at 9:31 am

hi chris, the search term tags will not displayed until there are any visitor coming from search engine into that blog post, until then, itâ€™s still invisible.

no, the plugin will not auto insert category and tags, its can be easily coded but I think auto inserting many tags and category is not a good move.

for the latest version of the plugin, I add a counter to get the popularity of each search terms, so we will get x most popular search terms as our additional internal linking to the blog post.

Reply
By Chris Merriman, July 1, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Hi poer, I think either I wasn’t very clear a couple of comments ago, or you mis-read me

I understand that nothing is displayed until a visitor actual arrives with a referring url from a search engine. My point was that auto-insertion of the script seemed to fail with my theme (xMark). “”(I double checked that auto-insert wasnâ€™t working by searching for a phrase on google, visiting the result linked to, and then repeating the process after ///MANUALLY/// adding the code to that specific post only (I use ExecPHP), only on the second attempt was I shown how people had arrived there.)”"

Again to clarify another point, with category and tags, I was referring to the possibility of inserting the code into category and tag archive pages, when they specifically turn up as a result from Google et al. If you understood that already, could you explain why it isn’t a good move? Not actually disagreeing, I just want to better understand what you mean.

Final suggestion for now – possibly have an internal (as in only displayed with the dashboard somewhere) list of posts/pages etc. that have results on them, or an RSS feed, so we can tell at a glance which posts are getting the most SE based traffic.
Ahhh, scratch that last request, I’ve just upgraded to the latest version of your fine plugin and see something is already in place. Would it be difficult to add a counter to this list of most popular search terms, so we can see how many people actually arrived from each search term?

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By Poer, July 1, 2009 at 1:28 pm

hi chris, i’ll re-check the wp filter I use to add the list after wp content.

for category and tags, if we add the category automatically, we will have thousands of category. adding tag automatically is more feasible for me, and in fact, i already use it in few of my (auto) blog. but i only add max 8 tags, because tag will be use by all in one seo pack plugin as keywords, and i don’t wanna have more than 8 keywords in my meta keywords.

for your last suggestion, its already implemented. but you need to enable show count option in the new stt2 admin page before you can see how many people use each term

Reply
By Poer, July 1, 2009 at 1:44 pm

wuahhhh, sorry chris, i just re read your comments and just realize one thing. you need the search term can be placed in category and archive page? hihihiâ€¦ sorry, i think you need to add the search terms as category name and tags name for the post

meanwhile, this plugin only record visitor coming to single post, iâ€™ll add the possibility to record visitor coming to page and archive page in the next plugin update. thanks for the idea.

Reply
By Chris Merriman, July 1, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Thanks for the info, most appreciated. I hope to write a post recommending your plugin soon, do you want to drop me an e-mail if you have any particular keywords you’d prefer to be used, and if you have a different site you’d want linked to your name in the post, just let me know.

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By yuli, July 4, 2009 at 10:11 am

makasih ya mas atas, plug in-nya, hanya saya bingung nich karena karena setelah dinstall dan diaktifkan secara otomatis plug in tidak jalan untuk website ini, dan karena itu saya pakai manual, tapi karena template website tidak ada single php, jadinya saya coba pasang dibagian main-page/comments/comments-page.php (saya coba test satu-satu), dan saya test mencari keyword di google dan klik website saya via search engine, kok nggak ada hasil yang keluar ya, kenapa ya mas? thanks sebelumnya

Reply
By wolkanca, July 5, 2009 at 7:25 am

thanks man supper plugin.

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By Poer, July 1, 2009 at 9:31 am

hi chris, the search term tags will not displayed until there are any visitor coming from search engine into that blog post, until then, itâ€™s still invisible.

no, the plugin will not auto insert category and tags, its can be easily coded but I think auto inserting many tags and category is not a good move.

for the latest version of the plugin, I add a counter to get the popularity of each search terms, so we will get x most popular search terms as our additional internal linking to the blog post.

By Chris Merriman, July 1, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Hi poer, I think either I wasn’t very clear a couple of comments ago, or you mis-read me

I understand that nothing is displayed until a visitor actual arrives with a referring url from a search engine. My point was that auto-insertion of the script seemed to fail with my theme (xMark). “”(I double checked that auto-insert wasnâ€™t working by searching for a phrase on google, visiting the result linked to, and then repeating the process after ///MANUALLY/// adding the code to that specific post only (I use ExecPHP), only on the second attempt was I shown how people had arrived there.)”"

Again to clarify another point, with category and tags, I was referring to the possibility of inserting the code into category and tag archive pages, when they specifically turn up as a result from Google et al. If you understood that already, could you explain why it isn’t a good move? Not actually disagreeing, I just want to better understand what you mean.

Final suggestion for now – possibly have an internal (as in only displayed with the dashboard somewhere) list of posts/pages etc. that have results on them, or an RSS feed, so we can tell at a glance which posts are getting the most SE based traffic.
Ahhh, scratch that last request, I’ve just upgraded to the latest version of your fine plugin and see something is already in place. Would it be difficult to add a counter to this list of most popular search terms, so we can see how many people actually arrived from each search term?

By Poer, July 1, 2009 at 1:28 pm

hi chris, i’ll re-check the wp filter I use to add the list after wp content.

for category and tags, if we add the category automatically, we will have thousands of category. adding tag automatically is more feasible for me, and in fact, i already use it in few of my (auto) blog. but i only add max 8 tags, because tag will be use by all in one seo pack plugin as keywords, and i don’t wanna have more than 8 keywords in my meta keywords.

for your last suggestion, its already implemented. but you need to enable show count option in the new stt2 admin page before you can see how many people use each term

By Poer, July 1, 2009 at 1:44 pm

wuahhhh, sorry chris, i just re read your comments and just realize one thing. you need the search term can be placed in category and archive page? hihihiâ€¦ sorry, i think you need to add the search terms as category name and tags name for the post

meanwhile, this plugin only record visitor coming to single post, iâ€™ll add the possibility to record visitor coming to page and archive page in the next plugin update. thanks for the idea.

By Chris Merriman, July 1, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Thanks for the info, most appreciated. I hope to write a post recommending your plugin soon, do you want to drop me an e-mail if you have any particular keywords you’d prefer to be used, and if you have a different site you’d want linked to your name in the post, just let me know.

By yuli, July 4, 2009 at 10:11 am

makasih ya mas atas, plug in-nya, hanya saya bingung nich karena karena setelah dinstall dan diaktifkan secara otomatis plug in tidak jalan untuk website ini, dan karena itu saya pakai manual, tapi karena template website tidak ada single php, jadinya saya coba pasang dibagian main-page/comments/comments-page.php (saya coba test satu-satu), dan saya test mencari keyword di google dan klik website saya via search engine, kok nggak ada hasil yang keluar ya, kenapa ya mas? thanks sebelumnya