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14 Modern SEO Best Practices for 2009

Jun 23 2009 - Tagged in:

SEOMoz just posted a great list of 14 best practices for modern SEO that they are using with their consulting clients. Some real interesting tips, like the lack of importance of H1 tags and  meta keywords.

Keep reading for review of the 14, with some notes about possible Joomla Joomla implications.

What the Heck is a Google Wonderwheel

May 13 2009 - Tagged in:

/boggle

If you haven't noticed, there has been HUGE change in Google's search results. The weird "google wonder wheel" is the least of it.

New Optimizing Images in Joomla Tutorial

Apr 02 2009 - Tagged in:

Its been a while since we have been able to post new Joomla tutorials here at compassdesigns.net. I have been hard at work on the 2nd edition of my Joomla book and the accompanying Joomla video.

But I am excited to say that I managed to convince David Towers from Good Web Practices to take some time and contribute one for us:

How to Optimize Images in Joomla 1.5

Wordpress SEO is not better than Joomla. Period

Mar 11 2009 - Tagged in:

Seems like its going to be one of those rant days...

/rant on

I just found Yet Another Post About Wordpress SEO (YAPAWS) that is saying its better than Joomla Joomla's.

This is simply not true!!!!!

Last year I tested Wordpress and Joomla SEO, and guess what? There was no real difference, if anything, Joomla was better!

Joomla SEO in 2 Easy Steps

Mar 10 2009 - Tagged in:

Over the last few months I have posted a few guides to getting better SEO with Joomla:

I was drafting a quick how to at Joomla Simplweb and I thought I would hare it here. Its probably what I consider the absolutely most important 2 things to do if you are concerned about search engine ranking.

Can Joomla developers be convinced to release GPL extensions

Dec 27 2008 - Tagged in:

On June 14th 2007, the J! Core team announced its intent to move towards a greater compliance to the GPL. Many things were part of this process, including such things as joomla.org itself moving away from non-GPL extension use.

"No lawsuits, no pogroms, no martyrs. More to the point, no shouting, no demonisation, and no drawing lines between "us" and "them".  It's a big community with many kinds of developers, and we want solutions that will work for everybody."

Over 18 months later, a flurry of policy decisions that will have further ramifications in the Joomla Joomla community.

Here is (hopefully) an objective round up of the recent policy announcements:

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