Even if you already have this plugin configured you may find sometimes you loose all the settings (as it happened to me this morning on my other blog). I think I may have lost the settings when I upgraded to the latest version of the plugin, who knows.

I’m inserting the image from the post for future reference. Although I’m sure in time it may become outdated, for now I think it’s a handy, time saving tool.

To read the entire post see My All-In-One-SEO Settings and Summary at www.realestatebloglab.com.

The only setting not shown above is the checkbox next to Canonical URL. I can’t seem to find a simple answer about what it means to have it checked/unchecked. I’ve seen several long winded posts with multiple comments about 301 redirects but no one seems to have a concrete answer as to when or why we should check this box.

Update: I just checked Jack Leblond’s All in One SEO Configuration Chart and found information on this setting:

Canonical URLs

This newly added feature is enabled by default – leave it that way. If you are not familiar with canonical URLs, and would like to be – read this Google webmaster blog post. For the rest of you, just know that this feature helps avoid duplicate content issues with the major search engines. That’s a good thing.

Related Post

For a more in-depth description of every single setting see All in one SEO Pack configuration by Jack Leblond.

Update:

I recently came across some detailed and thorough information on how to configure this plug in:

All-in-One-SEO-Pack Configuration

According to its author, Jack Leblond, “Miss a check box or ignore a field and you are doing more harm than good – your site rankings could drop faster than Wile E. Coyote holding an Acme umbrella”.

This link provides access to a video from Courtney Tuttle and related posts:

How To Install The All-In-One SEO Pack Plugin For WordPress.