So Joomla week ends on the Hobo blog, and we’ve created a beginners guide to Joomla SEO.

If you’re creating a Joomla site, apart from creating useful content, intelligent website structure and getting links to your site with your primary keywords in them, consider these 7 on-page / on-site seo tips for Joomla; (more…)

Did you know when you link to a Hobo SEO post we have search engine friendly links back to your site if approved? Our comments are also search engine friendly you know (once you've commented on a few posts)! Do you need any more encouragement to get involved in the conversation ;)

Joomla Duplicate Content Issue

Joomla, like most if not all content management systems, creates duplicate content management issues. The sh404sef plugin alleviates some of these issues, but not all. (more…)

When China made its bid for the 2008 Olympics, government authorities promised improvements in human rights. Seven years on, China remains a country that executes, tortures and silences its citizens. Amnesty International on Human Rights In China.

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Remember tomorrow is Bloggers Unite Day For Human Rights, and this year it is Amnesty International we’re spamming promoting in search engines and blog engines.

You can blog about anything to do with Human Rights; (more…)

Insert H1 Tags In Joomla

There’s no factual based evidence that I know of (that springs to mind) that conclusively proves H1 headings on pages, or even H1-H6 headings have any benefits to high ranking in Google.

However, it is semantically correct to have one H1 on your page, the W3C says so. That’s why I like them, and I surmise that if your page doesn’t upset other Google filters first, H1 tags are useful and may well carry some positive weight in terms of page relevance; (more…)

– I thought I would take a short break from Joomla Week and thought it would be neat to list 10 free blog directories worth submitting your site to (in my opinion) – for traffic, better Google listings or reputation management. (more…)

Joomla SEO Tip – Home Page Title In 2 Mins

Your home page title tag is one of the most important title tags on your site. By default, Joomla displays the site name you specify in the config which isn’t that Google friendly, because it’s good to get your important keywords in your home page title. (more…)

OK so you have a Joomla site, your server has got .Htaccess support, you have turned on Search Engine Friendly URLS (SEF) and you’ve successfully installed and activated sh404sef so you can start automatically converting dynamically generated urls into something that is more ‘readable’. (more…)

sh404SEF is one of the best Joomla SEO plugins I have used. Make Joomla SEO friendly with this easy to install and use plugin. It’s simple to setup if you are familiar with Joomla, htaccess, and have a basic knowledge of seo. (more…)

Joomla sh404SEF Component

The sh404SEF Plugin makes Joomla SEO easy. I’ll be posting some simple Joomla seo tips to make Joomla sites work better in Google.

First up – download and install the Joomla sh404SEF Plugin (or rather ‘Component’) by siliana.com.

You can read what others say about this plugin on the Joomla forum, and the instructions to get working are printed below. (more…)