Simply put, spam comments suck! Akismet was developed by the creator of WordPress to combat this growing issue. Akismet is remarkably good at distinguishing between real comments and spam comments. Although it is included with every download of WordPress, you do need to activate it. Before you activate it, you need to obtain a WordPress.com API Key.
2) Google Sitemaps Generator
In order to receive traffic from Google, you need to ensure that your blog is fully indexed. The easiest way to accomplish this is by submitting a sitemap through Google Web master Tools. This plugin allows you to fully customize and generate a sitemap for your blog.
3) Sociable
Web 2.0 is all about social networking and bookmarking, especially for blogs. Sociable allows you to display unobtrusive social bookmarking icons under each of your posts. These icons make it easy for your visitors to give your posts a nice viral push. The plugin allows you to customize exactly which icons you want to display (anywhere from one to twenty-five).
4) Related Entries
Increase your page views with the Related Entries plugin. This plugin uses the keywords of each post and places a box with five related posts at the bottom of every post.
5) Another Wordpress Meta Plugin
Although Meta tags are not the most important element of SEO by any means, they are still an important factor. This is especially true with WordPress blogs, because without them you can run into duplicate content issues and be banished to Google’s Supplemental Results. This plugin makes it simple to add Meta tags to your home page, posts and categories.
6) AdSense Deluxe
If you plan on using Google AdSense on your blog, AdSense Deluxe is the easiest way to automatically insert ads into your posts. AdSense Deluxe also supports YPN ads!
