September 4, 2010

Is Joomla 1.5 RC 1 Ready for Search Engine Optimization?

Joomla SEO Configuration Settings

I have been running a test-site installation of the new Joomla 1.5 RC 1 to see what improvements there have been made for SEF and SEO. There is a difference between SEF and SEO, you can read more about that on  Search Engine Friendly or already Search Engine Optimized but I will not go into that much more here, as [...]

Joomla SEF and SEO Questions? Here is Where You Get Answers!

Where to Go with Joomla SEF and SEO Questions and get quick accurate answers, where are the specialists who know Joomla and are knowledgable in the fields of Search Engine Optimization? Read here which forums to visit.

Joomla Basics 60 percent of Top 5 Negative Ranking Factors | Joomla Basics Ranking

Joomla in its standard installation has some options set that might give you negative ranking factors, read more on how to prevent this by some simple changes to your configuration.

The Little Joomla SEO Book now also in Russian

I just received an email telling me that “The Little Joomla SEO Book” just has been translated into Russian… Now that is what I like about the Internet and sharing Knowledge, so that people can help each other, even in other languages. If you are Russian, you can go to Russian version of this book [...]

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The Forgotten Joomla SEF Component | Joomla SEF Components

May 26, 2007 By Herbert-Jan van Dinther 10 Comments

Remosef Options

Joomla SEF Components I was looking at one of my clients Mambo based website, to see what it would take to move it to Joomla. Main reason for this was that the Administrator Interface of version 4.5.x breaks the menu in Internet Explorer 7. One of the Components I used on this site was Remosef, [...]

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Simple things to do on Your Joomla site to avoid basic Duplicate Content

April 29, 2007 By Herbert-Jan van Dinther 12 Comments

I was reading a Post on Pandia on Duplicate Content on then I realised there are some basic settings in a standard Joomla Installation that create Duplicate Content. As you look at your standard installation, you will see three icons on every page: – a PDF Icon to Create a version of the page in PDF [...]

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Please give me a 404 Page!

March 11, 2007 By Herbert-Jan van Dinther 21 Comments

I really, really want a 404 page for my Joomla sites! I know, you can create one via a content page, if its a static or dynamic, and set that URL in the configuration of your SEF component… Been there, done that.. even do for most of my sites anyway. BIG problem with this is, [...]

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Luckily a Joomla Developer Lied to You

March 4, 2007 By Herbert-Jan van Dinther 1 Comment

Now how’s that for an opening… Actually I am very happy to see this post today of Jinx telling you about the lie about Joomla 1.5 and Loosing ItemID’s in the URL. Joomla! 1.5 Accessibility – Look Ma no Itemid’s  Read the post and check the URL examples he provides both with Mod_rewrite on and without! [...]

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