Last week, I had the opportunity to record a podcast with Peter Russell, Joomla’s PR Man.
We talked about the beautiful part of North Georgia where I live, its bad reputation in Hollywood movies, and of course, Joomla SEO.
Steve’s Blog
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 solution was to add unwanted URLs and directories to your robots.txt file. However, that’s an imperfect solution because search engines don’t always obey the directions in robots, nor do they act quickly.
Fortunately, there’s a new, improved solution….
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 to be patient and wait for the new, shiny updated Joomla?
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 people become more comfortable online we can dispense with some key 20th century ideas. Among these, perhaps the most useless of all is the Archive. Back in the day, when we needed row-upon-row of dusty filing cabinets to store the information of a single organization, archives were a neccessary evil.
In the online world, they’re next to useless. Allow me to explain:
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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 and Wikipedia is there at #4.
- Search for WordPress and Wikipedia is there at #8.
It seems the only way to escape Wikipedia’s clutches is to be too unimportant to be included.
Recently, I’ve noticed a rival creeping up the rankings ….
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 you outside of the States, NBC is the channel that launched Friends, Seinfield and Cheers).
Just before the commercial break, the NBC logo flashed up with .com beside it. They didn’t tell you what their web address was. They just assumed you’d work it out.
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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 the sucessor to Joomlaboard which had been the only fully-integrated forum for Joomla.
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 of text on the page. When you’re done, you can just click “save” and your finished theme will be downloaded as a .zip file.