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December 6, 2007

Video Explaining Google Analytics Goals in Joomla

Today is the first in a series of video blog posts about setting up Google Analytics on your Joomla site. We’re getting started by explaining how to setup goals – how do you track whether your site is doing what it was designed for (selling products, generating leads, making you money).

In the video I talk about sending everyone to a single page once they’ve completed a goal on your site. Click here for those instructions.

For experienced Analytics users we have five advanced tips.

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December 5, 2007

Controversial Joomla Blog Posts

In the last few days a particularly controversial blog post has made some people in the Joomla world angry. On the OpenJason.com blog, there was an article reviewing various Joomla template clubs. It made comments about some template designers that included phrases such as:

“Piss poor quality”
“If I wanted to get kicked in the nuts, I’d go to these guys”
“I can’t even muster up a .5 rating for these idiots. The templates suck”

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December 4, 2007

25% Discount if You Join the SEO Club During the Next 48 Hours

If you’re thinking about joining the Joomla SEO Club, but haven’t yet, this is a great week to subscribe and start learning.

The are lots of interesting discussions going on in our forum and we’ve recently added lots of new material including new SEO Book chapters, new video tutorials, and checklists to make sure you launch, update or improve your site in the post possible way for SEO.

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Joomla Extension of the Month - February 08

December 4, 2007
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Joomla Extension of the Month – December 07

Today is the return of our "Joomla Extension of the Month" award! It ran for nearly a year but took a break during the summer when I wasn’t really getting excited about any of the new components being released.

Fortunately that has changed in recent weeks and there have been several great new Joomla extensions. First up for the revived award is Mass Content from Webtotalservice.no.

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December 3, 2007

Beware of Adwords Pyramid Schemes

Want to save yourself or your clients a quick $5000?

Make sure you understand an Adwords pyramid scheme that has been becoming more popular this year. You’ll be surprised at how many people still get duped by these scammers:

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December 1, 2007

BestofJoomla Huge New Relaunch

The main Fireboard site went offline yesterday, promising a relaunch.

Boy, did they deliver … !

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November 30, 2007
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Amazon Experimenting with Dropdown Boxes

Paul Krug’s “Don’t Make Me Think” is a classic guide to designing easy-to-use websites. In the book he makes a pretty compelling case for using tabs instead of dropdowns. His prime example is Amazon.com who lead the way in successfully using tabs.

Therefore, I got a big surprise today when I saw that even they’re are using dropdowns and with a really interesting twist …. dropdown menus with boxes instead of an organized list of links.

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November 29, 2007

iJoomla Tips for Affiliate Success

This is a guest post from Merav Knafo of iJoomla.com. She runs one of the oldest and most successful Joomla affiliate programs. In this post she provides tips for developers to attract affiliate traffic and also advice for site owners who want to become successful affiliates.

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November 28, 2007

Comparison of All Joomla Affiliate Programs

We use quite a few Joomla affiliate programs and have had some great experiences. Through becoming affiliates for other people and through our own affiliate program, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with some great people in the Joomla world.

We tried all sorts of Joomla affiliate programs and have came to realise that some were much better than others. Some paid a higher percentage, some had a much lower threshold for payouts and some worked really hard to optimize their landing pages making conversions a much easier task.

Based on our experience, we decided to create a single list that allows for easy comparisons: http://www.alledia.com/joomla-affiliates/

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