I wrote some time ago that OpenSEF development has been taken over by new maintainers. Because I don't know yet how and when a new release is planned I thought I would start looking at alternatives to some of the most used features in OpenSEF. Now, don't take this the wrong way, OpenSEF is still a great component that has many great features and you can still Download … [Read more...]
How to Use Joomla Titles to Improve your Search Engine Optimization
As you might know, the most important factor for Search Engine Optimization (besides content..) is the Title Tag. In Joomla the Title of your page is the first part of your Content screen. Writing good titles is essential if you want to get found on the keywords you are targeting. But you also want to keep the titles on your pages short, to make sure … [Read more...]
The difference between RSS Feed and RSS Feed in Joomla
This post is just to explain two components in Joomla, both are related to RSS Feeds. Joomla News Feeds Component The First one goes under the component name "News Feeds" and it can be used to integrate RSS Feed content of Other websites into your pages. So lets say you want the content of this Blog to appear in you Joomla website.., just as a service to your visitors. … [Read more...]
Using Hypens and Not Underscores in Joomla SEO
Most people I guess are still wondering if the should go for Hypens - or Underscores _ in their URL rewrite. Please don't wonder any more, because there is a clear statement in guest blog post on Matt Cutss (Google Engineer) Blog by Vanessa Fox (Also from Google) Organic Site review session " And speaking of putting a dash in URLs, hyphens are often better than … [Read more...]
Little Book on Joomla SEO
Just a short update from my other private blog.... I have made an e-Book of 22 pages covering the same aspects of making Joomla Search Engine optimized. This is my first e-Book, and I don't think I will make another one pretty soon :-) I have to translate it into dutch also, but here is the release post. The Little Joomla SEO Book Ready P.s. This doesn't mean I will … [Read more...]
AlphaContent for Joomla Real SEO Component
Last time I promised you to tell you about this great Search Engine Optimization component for Joomla. Now I will give you the download URL in a minute.... First off, this component wasn't made for Joomla SEO, it was made to bring your information to your visitors in a Directory kind of way. Thus it gives your visitors (including Spiders) a great overview with excerpts … [Read more...]
Making Google Sitemaps for Joomla in 6 easy steps
You know about Google and his sitemap function? Yes? Then skip the first part and go to the making of.... No? Then read the first part: Google Sitemaps If You go over to http://www.google.com/webmasters/ there is a section called Webmaster Tools. This is a section that will bring you lots of information about how Google has indexed your site and what you can do to … [Read more...]
Joomla SEF Component
Now that we have the basic Joomla SEO working, it is time for you to take the next step.. Installing a Component that makes even better URL's, the ones that read like http://www.pathos-seo.com/seo-for-your-website/ibp-seo-search-engine-optimization-software.html Or just http://www.pathos-seo.com/seo-for-your-website/ . Now that is what I call user and search engine … [Read more...]
Must haves to Make Joomla SEF
If we are going to make Joomla Search Engine Friendly there are some things to take into account. Joomla Basic SEF Needs First of all, lets see if your hosting providers runs an Apache web server, since this is the most used web server application, changes are your oké. To find out, just look at your Joomla Administrators Menu for "System" and choose "system information" … [Read more...]
