101 Ways to speed up your Joomla site
Well currently 12 16 ways but with your help we will make it 101! I’ll update the post as and when we get more ways to speed up your joomla site. What with Matt Cutts recent (ish) interview with Web…
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Joomla 1.5 SEO Extension Comparison
One of the confusing things for anyone optimizing a Joomla site is that there are so many options out there. We ran a Joomla SEO class in Atlanta last week and one thing became clear … it was easy to…
Joomla 1.6 and SEO
If you haven’t done so already, you need to head to Joomlacode.org and download Andrew Eddie’s presentation on Joomla 1.6. Its also on video at Vimeo. After reading, I’m more encouraged about Joomla’s future than I have been for months.…
Results of the Alledia.com Migration
At the beginning of March 2009, we migrated this website from Joomla 1.0 to 1.5. We discussed some of the technical issues involved in this blog post, and I’m now going to talk about the Search Engine Optimization angle. I’ve…
Pagination Indignation
OK, indignation might be taking it a little too far, but pagination is annoying. What’s Wrong With Pagination? What’s the point? Does anyone say “I really want to go to page 68 of the blog?” No – they use the…
Googles SearchWiki and You
I’m catching a flight in a couple of hours but had so many emails about this that I’ll try to sum up my thoughts: Google made a major change overnight, allowing people to vote and comment on listings. You can…
6 Reasons Not to Use Google SiteSearch
Quite a few people have been asking lately about the benefits of using Google SiteSearch. In theory, it’s great idea because people can use Google’s own search engine to search your site without leaving it. There’s even a slick module…
Adding No Follow to Joomla Menu Links
If you don’t want pages to indexed by search engines, it’s standard SEO practice to add rel=”nofollow” on links to that page. Pages you might not want indexed include “Terms and Conditions”, “Privacy Policy” and other pages that contains content…
Surveys Build Mailing Lists
If you’re serious about getting repeat visitors and building your brand, sending out newsletters is a vital tactic. Sometimes its hard to get started with a subscriber base, but there are tactics that work well – surveys are my favorite.…
Google Website Optimizer and Joomla 1.5
Some very good news from the Joomla 1.5 world today … Google Website Optimizer now works with Joomla 1.5. If you haven’t tried it yet, Website Optimizer is a tool for testing different versions of your site to see which…