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If you have read any of my reviews of email marketing solutions, you might have noticed that AWeber is missing. Its a very popular solution, I even got an account so I could review it. While I was doing the review, I had some bad experiences from their customer service though.

If you have a website (Joomla or otherwise), and you have a vague interest in getting traffic, then pay per click (PPC) need to be part of your Search Engine (SEM) strategy.

Why is pay per click so useful? If you put an ad in a magazine about your product, you pay the magazine the add fee and it goes in. At that point you are hoping that the ad is compelling enough to get people to call/email/visit your site. If you get no leads from the ad, then you still had to pay the magazine the fee.

We need your help to give a deserving charity $1000 USD

Ready to vote for one of our five finalists? Read about all five and vote now.

Back in December we asked you to nominate your favorite charity for our "Charity Starts with a Joomla Home(page)" Contest.

Now it's time for you to vote for the charity you believe is most deserving of a donation of either a free website design or $1000USD. We wish all five could win, but now you, our community, will decide.

Read more about Time Vote Joomla Charity Website

Alleida are doing a series of interviews on various people from the Joomla world. I was flattered that Steve  asked if I would take a shot. I did and discussed some of my thoughts about Joomla template design and Joomla SEO. Here is an excerpt from the interview...

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"hey, what's up with all the ads!"

You may have noticed I have some Google Awords and Kontera contextual ads on the site now. I am running a little test about what CPM is achievable with the two different kinds of ads.

It seems over at Alledia they have started to do some daily blogging, and much of it seems to be about Joomla SEO. They have another site that's dedicated to that topic. I was browsing it and their SEO recommended tools and saw they had JPromoter at the top of their list. Developed by JoomlaEquipment. I thought I might grab a copy and do a review, after all, I am always interested in anything that will help me with my Joomla SEO ;).
  

Joomla SEO. If you have a Joomla site and are looking to improve your ranking on search engines, this forum is for you. Its moderated by Barrie North, the author of the popular The Complete Guide to Joomla SEO.