What’s the one crucial Search Engine Optimization mistake made by many of the most prominent Joomla sites? Mistake: Mis-using Global Configuration metadata. In the last few weeks I’ve seen many websites harm their SEO chances by having the same description…
Accountant – get one. You build websites. The mathematics in your code doesn’t mean you can do your books. A good accountant can save your business. Backup everything. Backup your sites, backup your databases, backup every computer everyday. Take…
We’re delighted to welcome Anthony Olsen from JoomlaBamboo.com to the interview hot seat. Although it may not look like it, Joomla is a only one of the strings to Anthony’s bow, as he told us last week…. 1) Could you…
Using your keyword list as a meta title. "Dogs, Boarding, Grooming, Pets, Pooches, Kennels, Food" is not a decent meta title because search engines see these as separate keywords. Dog Boarding – Dog Grooming – Dog Kennels is much better. Not…
As reported in earlier posts (launch post and first update) we’re running a test comparing the search engine optimization capabilites of Joomla, Drupal and WordPress. We created three sites, Jabalpur.net.in (WordPress) Amritsar.net.in (Drupal) and Vadodara.net.in (Joomla). Each website was created…
As today is Valentines Day I wanted to send love out to some of the excellent Joomla bloggers giving back to the community with news, tutorials, advice and opinions. Below is a list of Joomla blogs, all of which are…
Hi All Thanks indeed to all of you for reading and providing so much positive feedback during our first six weeks of daily blogging. There are two changes we’ve implemented today that its good to be aware of: You…
This week, we’re delighted to welcome Patrick (PK) Gillock from Isara.org to the interview chair. Isara is a charity based in northeastern Thailand that uses Joomla as a platform for their innovative fundraising efforts. Instead of asking for money, they…
During the last couple of weeks a new client has been complaining to us that their site was always running slow and timing out. The problem got so bad that they asked us to move it from their hosting company…
One of the questions I get asked most frequently during SEO work is, "Which component should I use for search engine-friendly URLs with Joomla?" There are currently three available: Open-SEF from J-Prosolution.com (Free) Artio SEF from Artio.cz (Free) SEF Advance…