Hobo SEO Blog

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…)

We've recently updated our comments policy and increased the number of comments a visitor has to make to get seo friendly links in comment signatures to reward long term readers and make it a bit harder for dofollow spammers ;) - I told you dofollow spamming wasn't a long term strategy....

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 SEO Tips Week and thought it would be neat to list some blog directories and directory submission services 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’.

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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…)

Joomla is a fantastic content management system that allows you to do, well, just about anything with your website – that’s why it is one of our CMS of choice for new clients. But when you install Joomla, search engine friendly URLs are not on by default, you need to configure it.

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Microsoft Yahoo Deal – No Takeover

Microsoft appears to be throwing in the towel with regards to the hostile takeover of Yahoo. In a public email transmitted to CNN and picked up by Search Engine Land too, Steve Balmer of Microsoft sent Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang the following message, ending the attempt by Microsoft to buy Yahoo to take on the number 1 search engine in the world, Google.

In a letter Saturday to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer formally withdrew the software giant’s proposal to acquire Yahoo. – CNN

As ever, Search Engine Land was quick to pick up on the news…. (more…)

Yup, since January 01 2008 the Hobo site has been visited by no less than 100,000 unique visitors, from all over the world. For a small business that’s no mean feat considering we have never spent one penny in traditional advertising. We’ve not bought one link, even from Yahoo (although I might one day). (more…)