This is the way I deal with SEO in WordPress. I have found this works very well for all of my WordPress sites. Install Canonical URL's, one of Yoast's plugins. Once activated, you will be able to add your canonical link at the bottom of each post or page on your site. Install and Activate Google [...]
The first thing you need to do when you get WordPress installed is get your general Search Engine Optimization setup proper. Login to your admin section and then make the following changes: Select Settings and then Parmalinks. Set Permalinks to Custom and change it to something like "/%postname%/" and then select save. Go to plugins [...]