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If you want to boost your website's SEO the easy way, then you have to consider options to improve its user engagement. User engagement is something that the search engines love because it boosts user-generated content. When we talk about user engagement, comments on blog posts come to mind, and yes, it is also a very important factor, but today I am going to be talking about two essential tools that will not only boost your website's user-generated content but also that are completely free to use, and you also do not need to sacrifice your blogging section to fill them in.
Setup A Forum With BBPress
BBPress is an official WordPress forum plugin that automatically posts a dedicated forum section on your website. Below are the reasons why forums will boost your website's SEO with user-generated content:
- Forums, even though an old concept, usually encourage users on a website to create discussions, and this brings in heavy traffic to the website automatically from the search engines.
- Users like to spend more time on forums, and hence the total time spent on the website increases significantly.
- Forums create a community around your website, and people are usually more encouraged to visit your website.
Here Are The Features Of BBPress:
- BBPress is the official Forums plugin from Wordpress and is completely free of charge.
- It is completely separated from the blogging section of your website.
- There are various customization options for this forums plugin.
- This plugin is compatible with all the WordPress themes.
2. Add A Q&A Section With AnsPress
You must have noticed the high amount of user engagement on question and answer websites like Quora; well, now with AnsPress you can integrate such a Q&A section on your WordPress website as well.
Why AnsPress Is The Best Choice For Q&A Plugin?
- It helps with in-depth content, which boosts user engagement on your website.
- People just love asking questions, and the community loves answering these posted questions.
- New content is constantly generated through question-and-answer sessions, and search engines love this type of user-generated content.
Why Choose AnsPress?:
- This is a free-to-use Q&A plugin for your WordPress website.
- The setup of this plugin is pretty straight forward.
- This will be completely separate from your blogging section.
Final Thoughts
Well if you implement both of these plugins, which are for:
- Forums
- Q&A
You will see lots of fresh user-generated content, which will automatically enhance your website's visibility in the search engines and also build a community, hence gaining lots of trust from users. The best thing about these methods is that they are completely free of charge.
Let me know in the comments section below if you have made a decision to implement these two new sections to your WordPress website.
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