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April 13, 2006

Web 2.0

Lately, there has been a lot of buzz about something confusingly called Web 2.0. It made its debut on the front of Time and Newsweek in March, but it still seems somewhat obscure to people I talk with. Does it come in a box? What was wrong with the old web? What‚Äôs different about this new version? Bear with me for two minutes, while I try to explain. When I was a kid I loved to read a lot of books. Looking back I have to be honest and admit that most of them were pretty forgettable, plodding novels –…

April 6, 2006

Joomla URL Week Part 6 – Conclusions

In Parts 1 and 2 of our survey, we talked about default Joomla URLs and default Joomla SEF URLs. We decided that both were poor choices for a website. Fortunately, over the next three days we analyzed the three components that allow you to produce Search Engine Friendly URL and found that each one offered potentially significant improvements. Today, its time to answer the question: "What is the best URL setup for Joomla and why?"

April 5, 2006

Joomla URL Week Part 5 – SEF Advance Review

SEF Advance is the granddaddy of SEF URL extensions for Joomla, having been around for nearly three and a half years now. It is also the only one of three that is sold instead of being released for free under the GNU/GPL license. In the fifth part of Joomla URL Week, we’ll review SEF Advance and find out how it compares to Artio SEF and Open SEF.

April 3, 2006

Joomla URL Week Part 4 – Open SEF Review

Although we are reviewing OpenSEF because of its ability to create Search Engine Friendly URLs for Joomla, this extension has many more features. This component is a whole suite of SEO tools that include scripts to create Google Site Maps, manage URLs for multiple sites and check for thing such as broken links, Google Page Rank and keyword density. Does such a wide-ranging feature set make OpenSEF the best choice for Joomla SEO, or does it simply make it bloated? Read our review and find out….

March 23, 2006

LunarPages

Name Logo Cost Space Bandwidth Other Reviews LunarPages $6.95 1500 GB 15000 GB Click to go back to main Joomla hosting page Please feel free to leave your experience of LunarPages hosting below: Do they keep their websites running reliably? Do they answer customer support questions quickly and successfully? Would you recommend other Joomla users host with them? Click here to see a review of all Joomla hosting companies.

March 23, 2006

HostGator

Name Logo Cost Space Bandwidth Other Reviews HostGator $4.95 350 GB 3000 GB Click to go back to main Joomla hosting page Please feel free to leave your experience of HostGator hosting below: Do they keep their websites running reliably? Do they answer customer support questions quickly and successfully? Would you recommend other Joomla users host with them? Click here to see a review of all Joomla hosting companies.

March 23, 2006

GoDaddy

Name Logo Cost Space Bandwidth Other Reviews GoDaddy $4.29 10 GB 300 GB Click to go back to main Joomla hosting page Please feel free to leave your experience of GoDaddy hosting below: Do they keep their websites running reliably? Do they answer customer support questions quickly and successfully? Would you recommend other Joomla users host with them? Click here to see a review of all Joomla hosting companies.

March 23, 2006

BlueHost

Name Logo Cost Space Bandwidth Other Reviews BlueHost $6.95 1500 GB 15000 GB Click to go back to main Joomla hosting page Please feel free to leave your experience of BlueHost hosting below: Do they keep their websites running reliably? Do they answer customer support questions quickly and successfully? Would you recommend other Joomla users host with them? Click here to see a review of all Joomla hosting companies.

March 23, 2006

1and1

Name Logo Cost Space Bandwidth Other Reviews 1and1 $3.99 10 GB 300 GB Click to go back to main Joomla hosting page Please feel free to leave your experience of 1and1 hosting below: Do they keep their websites running reliably? Do they answer customer support questions quickly and successfully? Would you recommend other Joomla users host with them? Click here to see a review of all Joomla hosting companies.

March 3, 2006

The Open Directory

Children, Taxes, In-Laws‚Ä¶ Why is it that some of the most frustrating things to deal with in life are also the most important? The Open Directory (www.dmoz.org) is similar. Its vital to get your website listed by them, but it can also be a long and remarkably annoying process. OD is an important website in its own right but it‚Äôs results are also used by Google, Yahoo, AOL, Netscape and other large companies. Getting accepted means a search-engine ranking boost across many large websites. History The OD was founded because so many people were frustrated with the bad job Yahoo…