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Joomla! 1.5 SEO

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Joomla! 1.5 SEO

Overview of this book

Some sites always appear at the top of a search result while others fail to even make it to the top ten. Wouldn't you want to see your site on the first page of any search result? This is not easily feasible if you are depending solely on the marketing guys whom you hire for SEO. Joomla! SEO will help you to attract more visitors and improve the way you rank in search engines by giving you the techniques and knowledge to work your site into higher visitor numbers. It will help you to create and improve your site in an easy way. Joomla! is great, and you can make it perform even better by using the guidelines and ideas in this book. Search Engine Optimization is becoming a must for every web site. As the competition on the Internet grows you need to make sure your site is among the top results on the major search engines. More and more people use search engines to find the information they are looking for, so you need to make sure you show up in those search result pages to get those visitors to your web site. Joomla! SEO will provide you with a lot of information, ranging from keywords strategies through technical improvements and content creation. All this information and the tutorials provided are targeted to give you the best base for gaining higher rankings. In the book, you will learn how to build a keyword strategy and create a better site structure for SEO. You will read about technical improvements that will give you better options for SEO. There is a separate chapter that helps you create search-engine friendly and keyword-rich URLs. In the end, you will have a web site that is ready to outperform your competitors and a manual to refer to for improving every step you take.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Joomla! 1.5 SEO
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
9
Tracking and Tracing to Improve Your Web Site

Chapter 7. The Importance of Good SEO Joomla! Templates

Templates in Joomla! are of course an easy way to change the look of your web site. A nice looking web site will keep visitors on your site for longer time than a web site with an old, worn-out layout, and color settings. But there is more to templates than what "meets the eye". There are some SEO factors to consider when you are looking for a new template for your web site.

A few things we are going to cover in this chapter are:

  • Finding the right template for your site

  • What to look for in a template

  • Why validation of HTML, XHTML, and CSS matters

  • Choosing between free and commercial templates

  • What does usability have to do with SEO

  • Going for fixed or fluid

Now that may seem like a lot to handle, and it really is, as this is one of the best and biggest improvements you can use for your Joomla! site.

Finding the right template for your site

Getting the right template for your site can be a long and cumbersome process. You want to check the best...