Covering what you need to know about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for WordPress Blogs.
In a correctly operating blog, new posts are updated in Google within minutes of their being published. Therefore, there is no need for a Google sitemap other than as a way to encourage Google to indexed skipped posts and blog pages.
WordPress blogs have an optional excerpt field that should always be filled out. Google is aware of it. Use it as an alternate description tag. Bloggers should use it as a teaser that uniquely introduces each new post without duplicating the content of the actual post.
I have come across another great SEO plugin that appears to offer some really great features. It is the second SEO plugin being used by this WordPress blog, on a trial basis. The Robots Meta plugin comes highly recommended for its nofollow features.