Google’s URL Removal Really Works
A few months back, I blogged that Google was becoming more choosy on the pages it crawled and that having a few high-quality pages on a site might be a better strategy than a lot of low-quality pages. Our suggested…
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Joomla 1.0 or Joomla 1.5?
Currently people building websites with Joomla are in an odd situation. There’s no upgrade path from Joomla 1.0.12 to Joomla 1.5, so we need to make a choice. Do we recommend the current stable version or do we ask customers…
4 Reasons Why Archives Should be Archived
The web still has lots of carry-overs from the real-world. Think of the way the names given to so many online items, such as folders, bookmarks, pages and tabs. They comfort people by reminding them of a real-world office. As…
How to Fill the SERPs with Your Company
There’s been a lot of talk recently about how Wikipedia dominates almost every search result delivered by Google: Search for Joomla, and Wikipedia is there at #3. Search for Drupal and Wikipedia is there at #3. Search for Moodle…
The Best Advertising in the World
There really are only two business models in the world and one of them is soon going to die.
Get out of Joomla PDF Hell
In previous blog posts, I’ve talked about how Joomla can create lots of duplicate content pages and wreak havoc with your Search Engine rankings. Today, we’ll deal with a major culprit.
Linking Famous Logos and Premium Domain Names
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve started to notice a new branding trend: companies with famous logos are leveraging their brand recognition to promote their websites. I first saw this watching a TV show on NBC (for those of…
Joomla Extension of the Month – May 07
This month’s Extension of the Month has caused more excitement about a component release than almost anything else I can remember in the short history of Joomla. Fireboard has caused people to sit up and pay attention because it is…
DIY WordPress and Drupal Themes
My friend Scott over at FishSEO, has pointed out that a new WordPress theme generator is available. The script gives you remarkable control over everything from the position and color of the sidebar to the color of almost every kind…
Do you know what’s on your Joomla site?
If I could sum up Joomla SEO in the shortest possible way, it would be "control your URLs". Over the course of analyzing many Joomla sites, I’ve seen all sorts of wierd URLs. Sometimes it will be a third part…