WordPress has literally changed the way people create and manage websites. Without a decent CMS Blogging Platform like WordPress you will for sure be lost in the internet maze.

WordPress allows bloggers and webmasters to quickly optimize your content with little knowledge about the HTML or code on the page. So it’s a perfect platform for even a beginner.

It allows you to do everything from maintaining a single blog with a single user to an running an entire blogs community with multiple users. It should also be noted that Wordpres is can also be used to create professional sites with or without blog look and feel. So it is completely customizable.

What WordPress will provide, is a way to create more content, optimize and organize it as you publish it. It’s a multitasking workhorse that will surely increase your productivity.

But don’t get too excited. WordPress by no means automates the task of SEO. Improving your rankings, traffic and popularity takes a lot of dedication and patience. In fact now that the internet is bigger, the competition too is much greater that it used to be.

Over the years SEO has evolved from just “ranking” to site marketing and overall site usability. Traffic is one thing, but site conversion and sales are another. The job of an SEO is to coordinate all these aspects. With the complexities and the ever changing technologies of the Web, WordPress is certainly a SEO’s best friend.

In this post I’ll wanted to introduce FoxyCart E-commerce and then explaining how you can convert a regular WordPress post into a real E-commerce product page. There is no limit to the amount of products you can have with this store setup and many payment gateways are available as well.

Create a store in WordPress in less than 30 minutes

The really cool thing too is that Foxycart completely integrates with WordPress and can be setup in little time. Another big advantage is both your product and WordPress post remain intact. There is no separate store or database to maintain – everything is together. You products are all managed directly through your post. This integration makes creating products a breeze!

• Control the Price and Product using Custom Fields
• Construct products utilizing forms within your templates
• Keep everything specified within your WordPress Post
• Post and purchase link are on the same page
• Insert simple cart code into your WP header

Here’s an example of a WordPress store I did with Foxycart. There are over 50 products hosted here so check it out!

Foxycart is a totally configurable e-commerce program

Setup is very straight forward. Anyone with basic html skills can setup and use the system.

You will need to first define a couple of custom fields, such as price and shipping rate. Then update your post template with a small piece of html code which is essentially a form with a submit or buy button.

• Cart is dynamically cached and is very quick
• Downloadables such as Ebooks can be setup
• Even handles monthly subscriptions
• Choose many merchant gateways & Paypal.
• Extremly affordable at only $19 per month, no setup fees
• Automatic shipping rates through usps and more

You’ll have complete control over cart, check out and email receipts. You can also login to the back-end of Foxycart to create coupons or export sales to Excel for example. Foxycart also provides a free trial for testing.

So you’ve created a new site and now you need to get indexed. Not to worry there are plenty of ways to get Google to notice you. If you have good content to offer, you will be rewarded!

The great news is search engine bots are constantly on the lookout for new web sites and web pages every day. In this article we’ll suggest seven ways to get your site indexed by Google quickly.

1. Get a friend or partner to post a link - Using a simple anchor text and Html code then ask them to insert it on a primary page in the sidebar or footer and have them point it to your site. This is usually the quickest and most direct way to get indexed.

2. Submit your RSS feed – Use a directory service such as Feedage or Feedcat for example.

3. Submit an XML sitemap - Webmaster Tools is a great way to submit an xml sitemap. This consists of links to every page within your web site .  A sitemap automatically notifies the various search engines every time you create new content. If you are using WordPress you can install a plugin to create a sitemap for you.

4. Produce a clear website theme - Another term for organizing themes is siloing. This is not only good for search engines but can can help your visitors navigate as well.

5. Create articles -Submit to a article directory and insert your website address in the Authors resource box. After publishing your articles to a couple popular article directories your site will get noticed

6. Create a social networking post – Sites like Twitter and Facebook for example are indexed frequently by search engines. So by placing your website Url in tweets or profiles, search engines and spiders can discover your site quickly.

7. Submit your site to a directory - Publish your website Url to a list of SEO-friendly sites. DMOZ or paid Yahoo Listing are important sites to be listed in. Two downsides here, Yahoo is fee based and optional and DMOZ takes some time and can take many months. As soon as your site is complete you will definitly want to submit it to DMOZ!