Seo-оптимизация Joomla. Часть 5. Создание карты сайта с помощью компонента Xmap.

О том, что такое карта сайта, как ее создать и использовать, будет рассказано в этой статье.

Одной из важных составляющих любого сайта является его карта. Она не только позволяет посетителям лучше ориентироваться на сайте, но и помогает поисковым системам быстрее и качественнее индексировать его. О том, что такое карта сайта, как ее создать и использовать, будет рассказано в этой статье.

Хотя понятие «карта сайта» сегодня для меня совершенно тривиально, когда-то я не знал что это такое. Думаю, многие новички в сайтостроении сталкиваются с проблемой, когда все обсуждают какую-то вещь, но ее смысл изначально не ясен. Когда только начинаешь свой путь web-мастера и читаешь различные форумы и блоги, кажется, что люди там говорят на совершенно другом языке, отличном от русского. Специфических понятий и выражений очень много и в них постоянно путаешься…. Так к чему это я? К тому, что сначала я расскажу, что такое «карта сайта» в принципе. Многие, более-менее опытные веб-мастера могут забросать меня помидорами с криками «Что за детский сад!? Это уже и так все знают!», но я пытаюсь донести информацию до всех, в том числе и до новичков, поэтому стараюсь писать, рассчитывая на то, что человек не знает ничего.

 Так что же такое «Карта сайта»? В Википедии сказано:

Карта сайта — одна из страниц сайта, аналогичная содержанию книги. На карте сайта представлен (по крайне мере должен быть представлен) полный перечень разделов, либо всех страниц, имеющихся на сайте. Используется как элемент навигации. Является стандартным элементом, позволяющим повысить качество интерфейса. Нередко, заголовки страниц в списке служат ссылками на эти страницы. Карта сайта может принести пользу любому сайту. Она не только полезна с точки зрения хорошей навигации, но и увеличивает посещаемость веб-сайта.

Так же карта сайта помогает поисковым системам правильно проиндексировать данный веб-сайт.

Т.е. карта сайта, это нечто вроде его оглавления, элементами которого служат ссылки на ключевые страницы. Как я сказал в начале статьи, карта сайта полезна как для людей, так и для поисковых систем. Теперь немного подробнее:

Польза для  людей

Представьте, вы – человек, который в первый раз зашел на этот сайт(а может быть так и есть? :)). Хотя я и старался сделать навигацию максимально простой и удобной, изначально здесь легко запутаться. Но стоит зайти в пункт меню «Карта сайта», как все материалы, которые есть на сайте, видны, как на ладони. Для многих посетителей это может быть крайне удобно.

Польза для  поисковых систем

Как поисковые системы индексируют сайты? Есть ссылка, по которой они находят сайт.. Далее поисковый робот идет по все найденым на сайте ссылкам и индексирует открывающиеся страницы. Далее, на каждой из страниц процесс повторяется. Но все это происходит до определенного предела и если страница имеет высокий уровень вложенности(количество переходов по ссылкам до нее, начиная от главной), то весьма вероятно, что индексация такой страницы может надолго затянуться. Тут нам также помогает карта сайта. У большинства поисковых систем есть панель веб-мастера, где, подтвердив права на управление сайтом, можно добавить карту сайта для обработки. Это, так или иначе, ускоряет индексацию, т.к. роботу больше не нужно выискивать на странице все ссылки и ходить по ним.

Как видим, польза от карты сайта есть и любой, уважающий себя сайт, должен ее иметь.

В Joomla по умолчанию функции карты сайта нет, но есть дополнительный бесплатный компонент, который восполняет этот недостаток. Его название Xmap.

Вот ссылка на страницу xmap в каталоге расширений Joomla, а вот ссылка на скачивание.

В установке компонента нет ничего сложного и происходит она стандартно. Далее переходим в «Компоненты –> Xmap» и видим следующее:

Интерфейс Xmap довольно своеобразный, но, если разобраться, ничего сложного здесь нет.

Итак, у нас имеется 3 вкладки:

• Карты сайта
• CSS
• Расширения (extensions)

 Рассмотрим каждую из них подробно.

Xmap. Карты сайта.

Основная страница, на которой мы можем создать карту сайта. Основная особенность здесь в том, что карту сайта мы можем связать только с меню Joomla. Для того, чтобы она отображалась полностью, нужно добавить все меню, имеющиеся на сайте, кроме, разве что, меню зарегистрированного пользователя. Его всем видеть не нужно.

Также здесь показаны все ссылки, ведущие на карту сайта.

Если кликнуть по кнопке «Изменить», откроется меню с пунктами:

• Установки – открывает меню установок, о нем подробнее чуть ниже
• Установить значение по умолчанию – сбрасывает настройки карты сайта
• Копировать – создает копию карты сайта(еще одну карту)
• Удалить – удаляет карту сайта
• Сбросить кэш – отчищает кэш, формируя тем самым обновленную карту

Теперь подробнее про установки. Они показаны ниже:

Здесь мы видим следующее:

• Имя класса CSS – здесь можно определить CSS-класс карты сайта для последующего применения к ней различных стилей;
• Количество колонок – выводить карту сайта в одну или несколько колонок;
• Пометить внешние ссылки – если отмечено, то все внешние ссылки карты будут отмечены выбранным рисунком;
• Показывать заголовки меню – если отмечено, то перед ссылками в каждом меню карты будет показан его заголовок;
• Показать ссылку на сайт разработчика – если отмечено, под картой будет показана ссылка на сайт разработчиков. Таким образом вы можете отблагодарить авторов за этот компонент;
• Исключить пункты меню (по ID) – если вы имеете некоторые пункты меню, которые не хотите включать в карту, нужно указать их здесь;
• Использовать кэширование – формирование карты сайта влечет за собой существенную нагрузку на сервер(особенно, если карта большая), и если к карте будут часто обращаться, это может существенно понизить производительность сайта, либо вызвать недовольство хостера. Использование кэширования решает эту проблему, поскольку в течение времени, указанного здесь, всем будет отдаваться одна и та же карта, без новой генерации. Вряд ли в вашей карте что-то будет меняться чаще, чем один раз в 15 минут, так что применение кэширования полностью оправданно.
• Сжать XML карту сайта, для увеличения пропускной способности – иногда бывает так, что карта сайта получается ну очень большой. Особенно это касается интернет-магазинов с большим количеством товаров. Были случаи, когда карта сайта у меня составляла более 10мб. Отдавать такие большие файлы при каждом запросе иногда тоже может быть затруднительно. Поэтому, если ваша карта очень большая, возможно, имеет смысл включить эту опцию.

Таковы настройки компонента. Тут нет ничего сложного. Теперь перейдем к следующей вкладке.

Xmap. CSS.

Во вкладке CSS мы можем изменить стиль отображение нашей карты. Здесь все определяется вкусом. Лично мне, нравится и стандартный стиль.

Xmap. Расширения(extensions).

Последней вкладкой являются расширения для Xmap. Все знают, что у Joomla есть огромное количество дополнительных расширений, многие из которых участвуют в сайтах веб-мастеров. Для того, чтобы построить правильную карту, Xmap должен знать, как правильно интерпретировать каждое из расширений, ведь единого стандарта нет и каждый разработчик делает расширение по своему. Для этого в Xmap существует функция расширений. Многие из известных компонентов Joomla уже включены сюда. Поищите здесь те, что используете. Также имеется возможность установки дополнительных расширений для Xmap.

Плагин xmaplink.

В составе с компонентом Xmap идет также дополнительный плагин xmaplink. Он добавляет в визуальный редактор кнопку, позволяющую легко и удобно вставлять в текст материала ссылки из карты сайта. После установки и активации плагина под редактором появляется кнопка «Link», при клике по которой открывается окно выбора нужной ссылки:

Иногда это может быть очень удобно.

После того как все сделано, нам нужно:

1. Вывести карту на сайт. Это можно сделать, добавив новый пункт меню и выбрав его тип «Xmap», далее выбираем справа нашу карту и сохраняем новый пункт. После этого при клике по данному пункту меню будет открываться карта сайта.
2. Добавить сайту в панели веб-мастера поисковых систем. Советую сделать это для Яндекса и Гугла. Вот их панели:

Кроме всего вышеописанного для Xmap существует множество дополнительных расширений. Увидеть их можно здесь.

На этом все, удачи в создании вашей собственной карты сайта!

Об авторе

Wedal (Виталий). Веб-разработчик полного цикла (Full Stack). Создатель и автор сайта Wedal.ru.

Основной профиль – создание сайтов и расширений на CMS Joomla.

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Как сделать Xmap карту сайта

Карта сайта позволит улучшить индексацию вашего сайта в поисковых системах.
Карта сайта позволит гостю удобнее и быстрее ориентироваться на вашем сайте.

Как сделать…?

Для этого предлагаю воспользоваться наиболее популярным и распространённым компонентом Joomla — Xmap.

Скачайте установочный пакет Xmap для версии Joomla 2.5 с официального сайта Joomla — http://extensions.joomla.org/

В admin панели управления , с помощью «Менеджера расширений», загрузите и установите Xmap на сайт.

«Панель управления» >> «Менеджер расширений» >> «Выберите файл» — выбрать и открыть, далее «Загрузить и установить».

Затем в «Панели управления» идём в «Компоненты» и открываем пункт «Xmap».

Теперь нам нужно включить плагины Xmap. В открывшимся окне жмём «Extensions», далее включаем все Xmap- плагины.

Возвращаемся в компонент Xmap и жмём кнопку «Создать».

Откроется:

 

В правой колонке выбираем все установленные меню на сайте — ставим галочки.

Оставляем: «Priority — 0,5», «Change Frequency — weekly» напротив каждого меню.

Слева в строке «Заголовок» пишем «Карта сайта», состояние определяем «Опубликовано» и «Сохранить закрыть».

Карта сайта для поисковиков создана, вы её можете увидеть нажав на пункт «[XML Sitemap].

Адрес — URL этой страницы, для лучшей индексации сайта, нужно через сервис Яндекс.Вебмастер и Google отправить поисковым системам.

Чтобы опубликовать карту сайта на сайте, нам нужно создать пункт меню.

Как сделать…?

Переходим в меню где мы хотим создать пункт «Карта сайта», TOP или другое MENU.

«Менеджер меню» >> «TOP» >> «Создать» >> «Выбрать».

В открывшемся окне находим раздел «Xmap» и жмём «HTML Sitemap».

Остаётся заполнить строку «Заголовок меню», определить состояние «Опубликовано» и нажать «Сохранить».

Остальные параметры настроек на ваш выбор.

Удачи в делах!

 

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Create a sitemap from scratch 90041 90002 90003 You can create a 500,000 URLs sitemap from scratch 90004, hand-coded. 90003 It’s possible, but I am strongly against it. 90004 It takes so much time, and is not as effective as the methods I suggest you use above. 90005 90002 However, I think you 90003 need to understand how to create a sitemap without using any extensions 90004 or online application.Because it will 90003 become extremely handy when you just want to modify 1 or 2 URLs in the file 90004, and your current extension can not or needs a huge amount of time to do so. 90005 90002 Here are some basic guidelines for you to start: 90005 90022 90023 You can 90003 open or save a sitemap.xml file with NotePad / TextEditor 90004 on your computer. Or some application made especially for coding like 90003 Sublime 90004. 90026 90023 Write your sitemap following the site structure you have made in the previous step 90037, 90038 and the XML format.90026 90035 90002 In the simplest form, your sitemap must: 90005 90045 90023 Begin with an opening tag and end with a closing tag. 90026 90023 Specify the namespace (protocol standard) within the tag. 90026 90023 Include a entry for each URL, as a parent XML tag. 90026 90023 Include a child entry for each parent tag. 90026 90050 90002 Again, you can read this guide about sitemap XML protocol for better understand.90005 90002 3. Validate your sitemap with this tool to check if everything is formatted correctly 90005 90040 Best practice for creating a sitemap 90041 90002 For a site that is new or fairly small (around 500 URLs), you should use a free online generator, Joomla extension combine with customizing the file by yourself to exclude unimportant page or change the priority of a particular URL 90005 90002 If your site could have up to thousands of pages, or you need a more advanced sitemap, paying extra from $ 29 — $ 49 for a Pro version of Joomla Sitemap extension is quite reasonable.It will save you a lot of time and effort. 90005 90016 Notify the search engine about your sitemap 90017 90002 Create your sitemap is not the end. 90003 A search engine bot or crawler need to be aware of your sitemap. 90004 There are 2 ways for you to do it: 90005 90022 90023 90003 Submit your sitemap to Search Console 90004 90026 90023 90003 Put the sitemap on robots.txt 90004 90026 90035 90040 Submit your sitemap to Search Console 90041 90002 Some Joomla extension is integrated with this function, so you do not have to do it manually.However, here is how manually you do it. 90005 90002 Note: Since Google is the most popular search engine, I will demonstrate with Search Console / Google Webmaster. 90005 90002 90037 Step 1 90038: If you do not have 90003 Google Search Console 90004, follow this guide to 90003 connect your site 90004 with it. 90005 90002 90037 Step 2 90038: 90003 Put your sitemap under the httpdocs folder. 90004 90005 90045 90023 If you use Online Sitemap Generator to create your sitemap, you could download it and put it under the httpdocs folder.Using an FTP program or your hosting control panel to do this. 90026 90023 If you are using a Joomla extension, it’s very likely the file has been put on the right place 90026 90023 To check if the file is put on the correct folder, you could test by entering: yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml (or the name of the file). It will show you a complete sitemap. 90026 90050 90002 90285 90037 Step 3 90038: 90003 Login to your Search Console 90004 90005 90002 90037 Step 4: 90038 Go to 90003 Sitemaps tab 90004, 90003 enter the name of the sitemap file 90004 (usually sitemap.xml) then 90003 click submit. 90004 90005 90002 If it’s correct it will have a success status like the picture below. 90302 90005 90002 HOW TO SUBMIT URL TO SEARCH ENGINES 90005 90040 Put your sitemap to Robots.txt file 90041 90002 You could 90003 easily locate your robots.txt file in your Joomla Data folder. 90004 Follow the example of these lines to add your sitemap to Robots.txt file. 90005 90002 90313 90005 90002 90003 You can add more than 1 sitemap in your Robots.txt file 90004.It will automatically update when your sitemap gets updated. 90005 90016 Advanced guide for creating a sitemap 90017 90002 If you follow the instructions from the start, your sitemap will be very optimized for Search Engines. However, you can still optimize the XML file further by taking note of some of these guides: 90005 90002 90037 1. Be aware of your file size 90038: Google and Bing allow your sitemap to be up to 50Mb. 90005 90002 90003 2 90004. 90037 If your site is too big, split it up into multiple sitemaps.90038 A sitemap is in the most effective condition if it has less than 50,000 URLs. So it’s best to split it into multiple sitemaps if your site has significantly more than that number. Follow this guide for more details 90005 90002 90003 3 90004. Do you know beside basic URL data storage file, you can 90037 have a sitemap that specific for image, video, different language version 90038, etc. You should consider generate a specific sitemap for those cases if they are really important to your site.90005 90002 90003 4 90004 90037. Consider to update your — last modified date 90038. You should make the change only and only when you make a significant modification to a page. For example: you update outdated blog content. But do not try to overuse this technique since Google can consider your action as spam. 90005 90002 90003 5 90004. 90003 Remember to exclude no-index, 404, 301, 302 URLs out of your sitemap 90004. That means only URLs with 200 status could stay. Why? Because sitemap has a limited size, and it will cost your crawl budget, making the search bot spend more time to index all of your site.It will be a problematic issue when you have too much of these types of links. 90005 90002 90003 6 90004. And 90003 only include links that have a canonical tag in your sitemap 90004. It would be unwise if you want to index a duplicate page. 90005 90016 What is sitemap? 90017 90002 Even if you are not tech-savvy, sitemap is an easy term for you to understand. 90005 90002 90003 Sitemap is a file that contains a list of URLs in your page in XML format 90004 (It’s short for «extensible markup language», and used for storing data) 90005 90002 With sitemap, 90003 search engine bots can crawl much more effectively and faste 90004 r.It tells the crawler which URL is important for your site. Besides that, a sitemap provides extra information about these URLs such as: last update, the alternate language version, how often the page gets changed, etc. 90005 90002 In short, 90003 sitemap is a map of URLs, telling the search bot which way to go, which page is important 90004. 90372 90005 90016 Why do you need a sitemap? 90017 90002 90003 Installing a sitemap brings great benefit to your Joomla site 90004. One of the biggest impacts is to your SEO efforts.90005 90002 Why? 90005 90002 Google or any Search Engine aims to show the most relevant answer for every query. To do that, they need to see, and index every page you want them to see. So 90003 with a sitemap, they can get the most out of your site without missing any important URLs 90004. 90005 90002 When it comes to indexing, the merrier, the better. The more chance you will get ranked in the top results page. 90005 90002 90003 According to Google 90004, without a proper sitemap, some of the following situations could make search bots bypass your URL: 90005 90045 90023 90003 You have a really big site 90004: crawler bot likely to overlook some of the new or recently updated links.90026 90023 90003 Some of your page is isolated 90004, 90003 and not linked to each other 90004. If these pages are not in your sitemap, it will surely be missed. 90026 90023 90003 Your site is new, has few or zero external links to it 90004. If search bot can not find a way to reach your site, it will never get indexed. So, be sure to submit a sitemap if your site is new. 90026 90023 90003 Your site uses rich media content for showing in Google News or image, video 90004.Google can take these additional information in sitemap when crawling. 90026 90050 90002 90037 Note 90038: having a sitemap does not ensure all of the URLs in it get crawled since Google has a very complicated algorithm for its search engine. However, most of the time you will get benefit from it, especially on SEO effort. 90005 90002 Even if you are making a sitemap wrong, you have nothing to worry about since it will not cause any technical issues, and the bot will crawl normally as if you do not have one.90005 90016 In conclusion, 90017 90002 That is everything you need to know about 90003 Joomla sitemap 90004. It may seem long, but with an optimized sitemap, 90003 it could benefit greatly for your SEO effort 90004. In short, you just need to remember 3 basic steps to create a sitemap for your site: 90005 90022 90023 Make your site hierarchy structure 90026 90023 Create sitemap using an online generator or Joomla sitemap extension 90026 90023 Notify Search Engine about your sitemap 90026 90035 90002 I hope with this article, you can successfully create a sitemap that optimizes for search engines.90005 90002 90003 Read more SEO articles: 90004 90005 .90000 How to Create a Sitemap in Joomla 3 90001 90002 90003 Note that development for this plugin has ceased. The download link is no longer valid. If you follow the link, it will bring you alternatives. The following article will remain for archive purposes. 90004 90005 90002 90007 90005 90002 The easiest way to create a 90010 Sitemap 90011 for a 90010 Joomla 3 90011 website is to use one of the many Extensions available. In this guide we will walk you through creating a 90014 sitemap.xml 90015 file for a Joomla 3 website, using the 90014 Xmap 90015 extension. Creating a sitemap can help Google crawl your website more accurately, since it provides a list of all your pages. Click here to learn more about Joomla Hosting. 90005 90019 Installing the Xmap Extension 90020 90021 90022 Download the 90010 Xmap Package 90011 90025 90026 90002 here. 90005 90022 Login to the Admin Dashboard for Joomla 3. 90025 90022 In the main menu, click 90010 Extensions 90011, then click 90010 Extension Manager 90011 90025 90022 Click the 90010 Choose File 90011 button and select the file you downloaded in 90014 step 1 90015.90025 90022 Click the 90010 Upload & Install 90011 button. You will then see a message stating «90014 Installing package was successful. 90015 «90025 90022 Click 90010 Extensions 90011 in the main menu, then click 90010 Plugin Manager 90011. 90025 90022 In the search box, type 90010 Xmap 90011, then hit the 90010 Enter 90011 key to search. 90025 90022 You will see a list of all the included 90014 Xmap 90015 plugins. Click the red 90010 X 90011 next to 90014 Xmap — WebLinks Plugin 90015, and 90014 Xmap — Content Plugin 90015 to enable them.You will see a green check beside them once they are enabled successfully. 90070 90071 90025 90019 Generating a Sitemap 90020 90021 90022 Login to the Admin Dashboard for Joomla 3. 90025 90022 In the main menu, click 90010 Components 90011, then 90010 Xmap 90011. 90025 90022 Click the 90010 New 90011 button. 90025 90022 On the next screen, enter a name for sitemap in the 90014 Title 90015 field, and change the 90014 Status 90015 to 90010 Published 90011. Make sure the 90014 Access 90015 setting is set to 90010 Public 90011.90025 90022 Select the 90010 Menus 90011 tab. Click the 90014 check box 90015 next to the menus you want included in the sitemap. 90025 90022 The other fields are not required, click the 90010 Save 90011 button when you are finished. You will then see a message stating «90014 Item successfully saved. 90015 «90025 90026 90002 Congratulations, now you know how to a generate a 90014 sitemap.xml 90015 file for a Joomla 3 website, using the 90014 Xmap 90015 extension. 90005 .90000 How to Make a Website Using Joomla 3.4 90001 90002 Joomla is one of the most popular Content Management System (CMS) that has revolutionized the web development. World’s renowned brands use Joomla for building their websites, including, Harvard University, MTV, UK Ministry of Defence, Heathrow Airport, Peugeot, High Court of Australia, General Electric, and eBay. Joomla is powerful that is why such famous websites have been using this platform. 90003 90002 I appreciate your desire for learning Joomla.Learning Joomla is not an uphill battle. Once you acquaint with the administration interface and the core features (Components, Modules, Plugins, and Templates), you become an ingrained Joomla user. 90003 90002 Here at Templatetoaster Joomla website builder, i will help you get started with Joomla. The very first thing to do is to install Joomla. You may use XAMPP for installing Joomla on your personal computer system. Have a look at our post describing the installation of Joomla on XAMPP. It is a process of quarter of an hour.After successful installation of Joomla, you can start making your website and download free Joomla templates. 90003 90002 90009 We have sectioned the building of website in five steps- 90010 90003 90002 90009 Step 1. Understand the Joomla Admin Interface 90010 90003 90002 90009 Step 2. Install a Joomla Template 90010 90003 90002 90009 Step 3. Add Content (Articles) 90010 90003 90002 90009 Step 4. Create Menu 90010 90003 90002 90009 Step 5. Add module 90010 90003 90032 Step 1.Understand the Joomla Admin Interface 90033 90002 90035 90035 90003 90002 The menu across the top of the admin area consists everything that Joomla offers to the administrator, and the left sidebar shows the utmost options needed for creating and managing the website. The menu across the top has seven sections. Let us tell you what options each menu-section carries. 90003 90002 90009 System- 90010 It is the entrance of the Global configuration of the website. Admin can make settings that apply and affect the whole website, which include Site, System, Server, Permissions, and Text Filter settings.It also consists the option to come back to the control panel of the administration area. 90003 90002 90009 Users- 90010 This section gives the options to the Super user (main administrator) to add more users to the site. The super user can make groups of the other users, and assign them different access levels to the website. 90003 90002 90009 Menus 90010 -here reside the options for creating and managing the navigation menu of the website. 90003 90002 90009 Content 90010 -user is given the options to create articles, make article categories, make featured articles, and manage the media files.90003 90002 90009 Components- 90010 user finds the main functional constituent of the website like banners, contact form, news feed, and more. 90003 90002 90009 Extensions- 90010 this section contains the options for using extensions to extend the website. The Components, Modules, Plugins, Templates, and Languages ​​are collectively called extensions in Joomla. To implement the extensions related to these things, the options given this section are used. 90003 90032 Step 2. Install a Joomla Template 90033 90002 As we told you in previous step, the template is an extension.So, it will be installed from 90009 Extensions 90010. For installing a template in Joomla, 90003 90002 Go to 90009 Extensions-> 90010 select 90009 Extension Manager-> Browse 90010 the extension package file (template file) -> 90009 Upload & Install. 90010 90003 90002 90079 90079 90003 90002 Joomla gives three more options to install extensions. 90003 90084 90085 Install from web- User can directly install the extension from JED (Joomla Extension Directory) 90086 90085 Install from directory- user can install the extension by giving the path of directory.90086 90085 Install from URL- user can enter the URL to the extension. 90086 90091 90002 We download the Joomla template from the TemplateToaster’s template gallery. You can always download a template at no cost from here. One more way to get a template is to create it on your own with the help of TemplateToaster website builder. You can quickly create a professional template using TemplateToaster since you do not need to write the code for this. 90003 90002 Now, to activate the template, go to 90009 Extensions-> 90010 90009 Template Manager.90010 On the Template Manager screen, find the template file and set it default by clicking the star (under default column) just at the right. Hence, the template will get activated on the website. You can check the implementation of template by visiting your website. 90003 90002 90101 90101 90003 90002 Our website looks like this containing the sample Joomla data. 90003 90002 90107 90107 90003 90032 Step 3. Add Content (Articles) 90033 90002 Specifically in Joomla content management system the term used for the content is «Article».The articles are further placed in categories and organized in the menu. So, we are now going to tell you to add an article in the Joomla. 90003 90002 From the left sidebar on the control panel, select 90009 Add New Article. 90010 Compose your article in the editor by giving it a title. Aside from text, you can add images in your content. To do so, select «Image» button at the bottom of the editor. As soon you finish writing your article 90009 Save & Close 90010 it. 90003 90002 90121 90121 90003 90002 All the articles on your website are collected inside 90009 Article Manager 90010.You can view all your articles there. Also, there are options for making articles featured or archived. When you select the star next to the title of the article to the left, it becomes featured article and displays on the front page of your website. 90003 90002 90129 90129 90003 90032 Step 4. Create Menu 90033 90002 Without adding the article in the menu, it will not appear on the websites. It is your wish that you want to add your article to the default menu or would like to create your own menu.Most probably, you would like to create your own menu. For this, go to 90009 Menu Manager 90010 -> 90009 Add New Menu. 90010 Then, add a title, type and description of the menu. 90009 Save & Close 90010 the screen. 90003 90002 90143 90143 90003 90002 It is the time now for adding menu items. To do so, go to 90009 Menus-> 90010 select 90009 New Menu 90010 -> 90009 Add New Menu Items 90010. 90003 90002 90155 90155 90003 90002 From above screen, you need to select the menu item type.You see following screen for selecting the menu item type. 90003 90002 90161 90161 90003 90002 Select 90009 Articles 90010 as menu item type. As a result, a list will appear from which you should select single article. Then, select the article you want to display on the menu. We select the article created in step number three, that is, «Home». 90003 90002 This is not it. For displaying the menu on the website, it has to be assigned a module position. So, jump to the step five to know how to do so.90003 90032 Step 5. Add a Module 90033 90002 Go to 90009 Extensions 90010 -> 90009 Module Manager-> New. 90010 As you click 90009 New, 90010 a popup window appears. 90003 90002 90181 90181 90003 90002 Select 90009 Menu 90010 from the pop-up, as a result, you are taken to the module configuration page. 90003 90002 90189 90189 90003 90002 First of all give a title for the module. Then, select the menu (in our case «New Menu»). After this, go to positions and select a position for your menu module from the drop down list.90003 90002 Done! You can now see the menu on your site. You can create more pages the same manner, like «About Me», etc. 90003 90002 90197 90197 90003 90002 With this, we end up our tutorial. 90003 90032 Recap 90033 90204 90085 Login to your Joomla admin area. 90086 90085 Install a pretty template for your website. 90086 90085 Create articles. 90086 90085 Create your menu and add menu items (articles) 90086 90085 Add a module for your menu and assign it a position 90086 90085 You are in business! 90086 90217 90032 Final Words 90033 90002 You can add as many articles as you want for scaling your website.You can organize your articles into a category blog in case you want to include a «blog page» in your website. 90003 90002 Joomla does not daunt the learners. Once you begin with Joomla, soon you become used to. There is a very big community of Joomla. If you ever get stuck at some point, help will be readily available to you. Do not back your step because someone said to you that Joomla can not be your cup of tea. Let your conscience decide whether Joomla is pretty or not your cup of tea. 90003 90002 90009 If you are going to take a shot to make a website, make TemplateToaster web design software your designing partner.It is a premium Joomla template generator helps in making template without coding. It saves a lot of time of a designer as no coding is required to make the templates. 90010 90009 Download TemplateToaster 90010 90009 by now and start making your Joomla template of your creative imagination. 90010 90003 .90000 Joomla SEO — The Definitive Guide To Dominate Top # 1 90001 90002 As you know, Google has more than 200 ranking factors. 90003 90002 That is an enormous amount of knowledge to comprehend if you want to SEO properly for your Joomla site. 90003 90002 But like everything else, there is only 20% of those factors contribute to the overall ranking of your site. And that is this guide is aimed to. 90003 90002 90009 A comprehensive and practical guide for Joomla SEO 90010. A perfect place to start if you do not know where to start or what factor is missing in your site to have a better ranking.90003 90002 With this latest ultimate SEO checklist, your site can be able to dominate top # 1 in any search engine. Let’s check it out. 90003 90002 90009 Table of content 90010 90003 90018 Configure Joomla SEO setting 90019 90002 Before taking you through any advanced techniques or mastermind, let’s go through all the little things we can 90021 optimize in Joomla for SEO 90022. 90003 90002 It may seem long but 90021 it’s very important for your result latter 90022 and will 90021 take you about 5 — 10 minutes to do all 90022 of it, so be sure do not miss any of those.90003 90030 Enable Search Engine Friendly URLs (SEF URL) 90031 90002 If you do not want your URL to look something like this: 90009 https://joomlashine.com/index.php?option=com_view=item&id=124:joomlaseo 90010 90003 90002 It’s hard to read for both humans and search engines, but more importantly, 90021 being URL friendly is counted as one of many factors for your site to get a high ranking 90022. Therefore, be sure to enable 90021 Search Engine Friendly URLs 90022 in the Global setting.90041 90003 90002 After that, all of your URL will be shortened, and be much more comfortable to read like this: 90003 90002 90009 https://joomlashine.com/joomla-seo/index.php 90010 90003 90030 Remove index.php by using URL Rewriting 90031 90002 To truly achieve what search engine call 90021 URL Friendly 90022, you 90021 need to remove the index.php 90022 at the end of your URL. And the method to get rid of it is simple, just by 90021 enabling URL Rewriting 90022 in SEO settings.90058 90003 90002 However, on some websites, especially new ones, you may have to take an extra step further. And that is renaming the 90009 htaccess.txt 90010 file to 90009 .htaccess 90010 in your Joomla data folder. 90003 90002 90067 90003 90002 Remember to check back to see whether you have 404 error or not. 90003 90002 Note: Refer to these guidelines to change the name if you are not using Apache Servers. 90003 90002 90021 Read more 90022: SEF URLs — The complete guide from Joomla to SEO 90003 90030 Remove ID in URL 90031 90002 Joomla Default automatically adds a number in your URL as a counting mechanism.Majority of Joomla users and any SEO optimization guideline thinks it’s bad for your site. We also think that too. So let’s get rid of it. (If you have it on your site). 90003 90002 From Joomla 3.8, you can easily get it done with less effort. 90003 90002 90021 Step 1 90022: Go to 90021 Content / Articles 90022 then choose the «90021 Options 90022» button 90003 90002 90021 Step 2 90022: Click the «90021 Integration 90022» tab. 90003 90002 90021 Step 3 90022: Set 90021 URL Routing 90022 to «90021 Modern 90022».90003 90002 90021 Step 4 90022: Set 90021 Remove IDs from URLs 90022 to «90021 Yes 90022». 90003 90002 Check back and see the result. 90114 90003 90002 These are the steps for article’s URL. I recommend you configure similar settings towards other pages like Contacts, News Feed, and Users. 90117 90118 90003 90030 Enable Gzip Compression in Joomla 90031 90002 Enabling this setting will make your website load faster. It works like a zip application when it asks your server to compress your file before sending them to the receiver.So, 90009 smaller files, better load speed 90010. 90003 90002 Here is how you enable the setting. 90003 90002 Go to: 90021 System / Global Configuration 90022 then find 90021 Server Tab / Enable Gzip Page compression 90022 90133 90003 90002 Note: You can check your site 90021 GZip Compression 90022 with many online applications such as this one. 90138 90003 90002 The results after enabling the setting is astonishing I must say — 90021 up to 77.5% file size reduction 90022. 90003 90030 Other options on Joomla SEO setting 90031 90002 90147 90003 90002 Besides that, there are some other things in 90021 Joomla SEO basic setting 90022 that you could pay attention to.90003 90153 90154 90021 Add Suffix to URL 90022: not recommend since it will make your URL longer. 90157 90154 90021 Unicode Alias ​​90022: if your URL use Non-Latin character, you should use it 90157 90154 90021 Site name In Page Title 90022: It’s a good way to spread your brand name via a search result, however, if any of your title is too long, it can not be displayed. 90157 90166 90002 Let’s check out the the detailed video on SEO setting on Joomla: 90003 90002 90170 90171 90003 90018 Recommended Joomla SEO Extension — Plugin 90019 90002 When it comes to SEO, there are countless tools or application go along the way.In Joomla, this is no exception. Our job is to determine which one is worth your money. 90003 90002 You can check out these 90021 Joomla SEO tools 90022, which are most recommended by the Joomla community, 90003 90153 90154 EFSEO: Excellent choice if you want to manage all your metadata conveniently. 90157 90154 Sh504sef: The most Complete SEO tool in Joomla, it can be seen as the Joomla version of Yoast SEO. Frequently update to latest Google changes. 90157 90154 SEO-generator: Focus on metadata configuration.It’s simple to use. 90157 90154 RSSEO: A handy Joomla SEO extension when you can do almost anything with it beside basic setting such as: generate sitemap, monitoring keywords, Google Analytic integration and so on. 90157 90166 90002 For maximizing your efforts doing SEO, it’s best to have one of these tools. 90003 90002 90009 Read more 90010: Top 12 Joomla SEO extensions and plugins — 2019 Review 90003 90018 Prepare your site for measurement 90019 90002 SEO or not, you will 90021 need to track your site constantly 90022 to see the overall health of your site through various metrics (session, bounce rate, time one site, etc).90003 90002 And there is no other tool that is free, easier to implement and more powerful than the duo: 90021 Google Analytics 90022 and 90021 Search Console. 90022 90003 90002 While Google Analytics gives you details of how your website is doing, Search Console focuses on analyzing organic traffic, and site technical problems. 90003 90002 90009 Read more 90010: Install Google Analytics in Joomla 90003 90018 Keyword Research 90019 90002 When you have done configuring all the 90021 Joomla Basic SEO setting 90022, adding Google Analytics to your site, your next step is making the actual SEO plan.90003 90002 90021 Keyword research is the first chapter in your SEO plan 90022, it will not just determine what should you focus on but also what you need to leave behind. So with careful research, you can maximize all of your resources to its full capacity. 90003 90002 In this section, I am not going into details of how you actually research it because it is pretty much everywhere, and there are better articles for it like this one by Backlinko. I will just remind or summarize for you the essential parts in keyword research.90003 90030 1. Research and find a topic that relates the most to your business 90031 90002 Before you start with any keyword research tools, let’s take a closer look at your business, your customers or targeted audience. 90021 Find out what topic they are talking about, what topic they are searching for when they do not search directly for your service or your product. 90022 90003 90002 For example: if you are doing business in spa and massage services, your customer may look for back pain solutions or stress relief topics first.And they may be the topics to focus more on besides topics about spa and massage. 90003 90002 By doing this, it will be easier to come up with keywords idea. 90003 90030 2. Do not rely solely on any single keyword research tool. 90031 90002 Keyword research tool nowadays is pretty accurate, but with each tool comes a different mechanism for researching. Not only that, do you know there is approximately 15% of a daily search query that has never been searched before? 90003 90002 Therefore, to have a really thorough keyword research list, besides any tool, you should ask your customers, read the forum, or even come up with your own ideas, and so on.90021 Combine all methods and tools you could do for a complete keyword list. 90022 90003 90002 Some of the most effective and free keyword tools you should pay attention to: 90003 90002 90248 90003 90002 And very useful premium tools: 90003 90030 3. Pay more attention to long-tail keyword 90031 90002 90021 Long-tail keywords 90022 have low search volume but it is often close to the customer’s action and brings more conversion. Meanwhile, 1 or 2-word length queries can generate up to a thousand searches a month but they also come with various intentions which usually is an informational search.90003 90030 4. Be sure to also research LSI keyword 90031 90002 90021 LSI keywords 90022 or latent semantic indexing keywords are keywords that are related to your main term keywords. 90003 90002 For example: If your service is selling a car, and your main keyword is «car», then your LSI keywords could be: «BMW», «Engine», «motor» etc. It will let the search engines know that your page is talking about cars, the vehicle but not «Car» a Disney Animation. 90003 90002 Search Engine is getting smarter every day, 90021 LSI keyword is an essential factor to determine your SEO ranking.90022 90003 90018 Best way to come up with article ideas. 90019 90002 When you have done your keyword research, you may have come up with some topics and articles to begin with. However, to be sure you and your customer are thinking the same thing, you have to 90021 pay attention to its 90022 90021 search intent, the real reason behind any query. 90022 90003 90002 It’s usually come in 4 different categories for search intent. 90003 90153 90154 90021 Information 90022: when they want to know more about something.90157 90154 90021 Navigation 90022: when they want to look for a specific website. We often type Facebook on Google is one popular example for this case. 90157 90154 90021 Transaction 90022: when they want to buy something. 90157 90154 90021 Commercial intent 90022: when they search various things about the products such as price, best ones, etc to decide what they will buy in the future. 90157 90166 90002 The best way to find out what they are really means, 90021 let’s search for yourself and look for the top 10 search results in Google 90022.It will tell you accurately about what the searchers usually want with that query. 90003 90002 After that, you will have a list of all the topic you need to cover in your article. 90303 90003 90002 90306 You can download our comprehensive guide in PDF format with this link below 90307 90003 90002 Download PDF Guide 90003 90018 On-Page SEO 90019 90002 Optimize every ranking factor for search engine within your site. The nice thing about On-Page SEO is you get 100% control over it. 90003 90030 Page Title 90031 90002 90021 Insert your targeted keywords 90022 in your title, the number of characters for 90021 a 90022 90021 page title should 60 -70 character 90022 to be displayed fully in search engine.90003 90002 Also, come up with great and attractive search titles will help you increase the CTR — Click-through rate. The higher the CTR, the better your search ranking. 90003 90002 To change Page title in 90021 Joomla 90022, there are 2 ways: 90003 90002 90021 For a Menu: 90022 Go to Page Display Tab In Menu Item 90334 90003 90002 90021 For an article 90022: Go to Options Tabs then change the Browser Page Title at the end. 90339 90003 90030 Meta Description 90031 90002 Like Page Title, you should 90021 include your keywords in your meta description 90022 and 90021 limit it to 160 characters 90022 for full display.Although not being counted as a ranking factor, meta description helps you increase your CTR. 90003 90002 In 90021 Joomla 90022, you can change the meta description for your Article and Menu. Here is how: 90003 90002 90021 For Menu 90022, you can change the Meta Description under Metadata Options. 90306 90357 90307 90003 90002 90021 For Article 90022, you will find the Meta Description field in Publishing Tab 90306 90364 90307 90003 90030 URL Optimization 90031 90002 In Joomla, your URL may be very unfriendly for both humans and search bots.However, if you have configured your 90021 Joomla SEO settings 90022 like above, you have nothing to worry about. 90003 90002 Beside basic settings, there are 2 important things you need to be assured of your URL 90003 90153 90154 90021 Insert keywords in your URL 90022. 90157 90154 90021 Keep your URL short and understandable 90022. 90157 90166 90002 For example, an optimized URL for keyword «joomla-seo» will look like this: www.joomlashine.com/joomla-seo.html 90003 90002 You can read this guide for more detailed information.90003 90030 Image Optimization 90031 90002 Having images in your content not only enrich your information, they make it easier to understand for your reader but also offer extra value for SEO. 90003 90002 If you tend to upload your images, be sure to follow this best practice: 90003 90153 90154 90021 Fill in your Image Alt Tag / Title 90022 — Make it easier to understand for your reader. You should have your keyword in your Alt Tag / Title but avoid keyword stuffing. 90157 90154 90021 Optimize your Image size 90022.Nice, quality image is good, but it often comes with enormous size and results in slow load speed. This problem will directly affect your site UX, and SEO. 90157 90166 90002 There are various free solutions that will help you solve this problem by reducing the size of your image significantly and still keep your image quality. I could name a few such as TinyPng or ImageOptim. 90003 90002 In Joomla, even default content editor like TinyMCE or JCE Editor have a function to insert Alt Tag / Title nicely.With the upcoming Joomla 4 version, you can also edit, resize an image within your back end. 90003 90030 Video 90031 90002 Apart from being a great way to demonstrate your idea, providing video within your content will 90021 significant boots your reader dwell time 90022 or 90021 time on site 90022, a ranking factor. 90003 90002 Even if you can not produce original work, put on other videos relevant to your content in the form of Youtube links could also be a plus point for SEO. 90003 90030 Internal link 90031 90002 Their initial purpose is for website navigation.When coming to content, it’s also a method for reference. For a search engine, it provides a clear path for search bot, past «ranking power» from one site to another, and prolongs the user’s session. 90003 90002 Despite its great benefits, over or uncarefully inserting internal link will do your SEO effort and website navigation more harm than good. So, how do you best use it: 90003 90153 90154 90021 Create internal links that are natural for the reader 90022. It means that the link you create must fit with the context, and not something you try to force into it.90157 90154 90021 Use relevant anchor text 90022 90157 90154 90021 Set a Do-follow link. 90022 A No-follow link will block search bots to crawl your site. 90157 90154 90021 Do not insert internal link for the sake of numbers 90022. 90157 90166 90030 Outbound link 90031 90002 Contrast to internal link, an outbound link is just for reference. Some may fear that giving outbound links will transfer your «ranking power», making your reader wander to other sites. It’s true but it’s not as negative as you think, and only occurs when you give the link a Do-follow instruction.90003 90002 Therefore, in the case of outbound link, 90021 you should use No-follow link 90022, and 90021 keep it in a reasonable number 90022. However, it is much better for your reader when you have a solid reference for what you write. And that is the most important. After all, there is the saying: «Giving is receiving» 90003 90030 Clear navigation on your site 90031 90002 Your website design may look amazing with all the meaningful content in the world. That’s great, however, when your reader or customer can not find what they want due to the un-logical, messy structure of your site, it will make all of your hard work in vain.90003 90002 With Joomla, 90021 you can make a deep site structure with ease thanks to the logical Menu / Menu item system 90022. So you only need to think of how to create a logical, unconfuse sitelink structure: 90003 90153 90154 90021 Think ahead of your hierarchy structure 90022 90157 90154 90021 The number of the main categories should be from 2 — 7. (For most business, information site) 90022 90157 90154 Do not try to deepen your site link structure when it’s not necessary.90021 3 level in depth is often enough. 90022 90157 90166 90002 90021 90477 90022 90003 90030 Mobile-friendly, responsive design 90031 90002 According to Techjury research, 40% of people search only on a smartphone. That number speaks for itself. Moreover, Google has released Mobile-first indexing in 2018, which is a search algorithm that crawls and indexes website based on how it renders on a mobile device. This put a ton of weight on the value of how mobile-friendly your website is.90003 90002 Therefore, the ability to adapt to any mobile screen is a critical factor for any website. If you are using Joomla, it’s best to look for responsive Joomla templates or any Joomla extension that helps you create a mobile-friendly site. 90485 90003 90002 TRY JOOMLASHINE TEMPLATES FOR FREE 90003 90030 Page speed 90031 90002 90021 The faster page loading speeds, the better page ranking. 90022 Not to mention how irritating it would be if your site takes forever to load. 90003 90002 Thus, you should invest your time, and effort to improve your site loading speed to its best.Start with checking the current situation of your loading speed. Page speed insight is a great tool for this job. 90003 90002 In Joomla, you can enable 90021 Gzip Compression 90022 and 90021 Caching System for better page speed 90022. Besides, there are many conventional ways will help you further increase your site loading speed: 90003 90153 90154 Choosing reliable hosting 90157 90154 Using CDN 90157 90154 Minimize the use of blocking JavaScript / Render-blocking CSS 90157 90154 90021 Optimize Image Size 90022 90157 90154 Using 90021 Joomla page speed optimized extensions 90022 90157 90154 90021 Using AMP 90022 for your mobile device version.90157 90166 90002 90009 Read more 90010: 8 Tips to Speed ​​Up Your Joomla 3.x Website 90003 90018 Off-Page SEO 90019 90002 Off-Page SEO activity focuses on how you generate traffic and backlink through others site. 90003 90002 FYI, 90021 backlink 90022 is a link on another site to your site. It’s an important factor to determine your ranking for any search engine. 90003 90030 Participating in community forums 90031 90002 This is an act of 90021 providing extra valuable information, answered to a specific topic through the online community 90022 (forum, blog, social platform) in exchange for traffic, backlink or brand name mention.90003 90002 The most popular platform you can look at to is Quora and Reddit 90021, 90022 but any similar platform or forum in your industry or country could work too. However, be sure to 90021 follow all the rules and regulations of the website 90022, and 90021 do not be greedy for links 90022 (you are likely to get banned!). 90003 90002 The most important thing is that 90021 your answer or contributing content must have real value 90022 or else it will be overlooked. 90003 90030 Social Sharing 90031 90002 90021 Create your online presence wherever your targeted customers are 90022 because social media like 90021 Facebook 90022, 90021 Twitter 90022, etc could be a potential way to generate huge traffic, which is one of the most important ranking signals.90003 90002 90021 Share your new content 90022, or 90021 curate your content in a different form 90022 (picture, infographic, video, etc) is how you can optimize social sharing for traffic. Sadly, social links do not count as backlink because they will automatically get no-follow instruction. 90003 90030 Guest blogging 90031 90002 A popular and effective way to do Off-Page SEO. By 90021 providing valuable content on other sites that are related to your business 90022, you can have a solid source of traffic and backlink through your site.Aim for high ranking trusted site and offer for a guest blog. T 90021 he better the site is, the better the backlink you will get. 90022 90003 90002 Here is a brief guideline of how you progress the activity: 90003 90002 90021 Step 1 90022: Find guest post opportunity 90003 90002 90021 Step 2 90022: Contact with the site you want to do a guest blog to request. 90003 90002 90021 Step 3 90022: If you have granted a request, prepare the guest blog. 90003 90002 90021 Step 4 90022: Post and monitor the result it brings to your site.90003 90002 Here is the more ultimate detail guide on how you do a guest blogging for Off-Page SEO 90003 90002 90021 Note 90022: In order for this guest blog to work, 90021 your guest blog site and your site need to be in the same industry 90022. You can not ask for a car guest blog in a real estate site. 90003 90018 Technical SEO 90019 90002 SEO for Joomla or any CMS require technical optimization beside content making and link building. 90003 90030 Use SSL — Https 90031 90002 90021 SSL 90022 or 90021 Secure Sockets Layer 90022 is a security advanced technology that creates an encrypted link between a web server and a browser.You can tell if a site has this security technology or not by spotting the if there is any 90021 Https 90022 in your URL. (Not Http) 90003 90002 Google has put more weight in ranking for a site that enables https than sites that do not use a long time ago. And in 2018, Google’s Chrome browser will make an extra step when marking not Https site as not secure. 90003 90002 So 90021 make sure your Joomla site has used SSL — Https. 90022 90003 90002 90021 Read more: How to setup HTTPs — SSL on Joomla 90022 90003 90030 Create a Sitemap for your Joomla site 90031 90002 90021 A sitemap is an XML file that has all your website URL arranged in a logical hierarchy 90022.With a sitemap, search engine bot can crawl your site faster and effectively. 90003 90002 To create a 90021 sitemap in Joomla 90022, you can use an online sitemap generator or a Joomla Sitemap creator extension. 90003 90002 90021 Read more: Create Sitemap for your Joomla site in a minute 90022 90003 90030 Add structured data markup (microdata) 90031 90002 90021 A systematic code added to your website to help search engines better understand the content on it 90022. If implemented successfully, besides the title, URL, and meta description, you can display extra information like the picture below.Depending on your type of structured data, the extra information can be displayed differently. 90003 90002 This method can significantly enhance your CTR, generate more traffic to your site. 90003 90002 90650 90003 90002 90009 Read more: 90010 7 questions and answers about how to use Microdata in Joomla 90003 90030 Consider using AMP for your site 90031 90002 90021 AMP 90022 or 90021 Accelerated Mobile Pages 90022 is an open-source project aimed at allowing mobile website content to load nearly instantly.90021 It strips down all styled design code 90022, 90021 leaves only what is essential for the reader 90022 which are text, image, and video. 90003 90002 However, if your source of traffic comes mainly through desktop or not by blog reader, using AMP does not bring much impact, and could be a waste of resources. 90003 90002 To implement AMP for your Joomla Site, either you hired an experienced developer in this field or using a Joomla extension. 90003 90002 90009 Read more 90010: Top 3 AMP extensions in Joomla 90003 90030 The duplicate content issue in Joomla 90031 90002 The duplicate content issue in Joomla is a tricky problem since the CMS itself has so many ways to generate the issue: 90003 90153 90154 A page is reachable from multiple menu items.90157 90154 URL generates from Joomla Editor preview feature 90157 90154 Included index.php or index.html at the end of a URL. 90157 90166 90002 So, you need to be cautious of this issue since it will harm your SEO efforts badly. Your solutions to prevent this issue in Joomla are: 90003 90002 90009 Read more 90010: 9 Dos and Don’ts when solving duplicate content in Joomla 90003 90018 Joomla vs WordPress — Which one is better for SEO? 90019 90002 The thing I notice when start using Joomla is that people often think the SEO for Joomla could be harder than WordPress.90003 90002 Is it true? Well, until now, with my experience and research, 90009 I can confidently say that there is no CMS is better for SEO than the other. 90010 Both has its own advantages and disadvantage. 90003 90002 While 90009 Joomla has an SEO setting come right out of the box 90010 such as Search Engine Friendly URL, or the flexibility to change title or meta description, WordPress, on the others hand, its SEO ability relies on SEO extensions like Yoast SEO. 90003 90002 To be frank, Joomla SEO extension is very good, has all the function you needed, but not as optimize in UI / UX like their counterpart on WordPress.90003 90002 However, the most important point I want you to remember besides any other factor is that 90009 Google 90010 or any Search Engine has only one purpose: 90003 90002 90009 «To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful» 90010 90003 90002 To achieve this goal, hundreds of ranking factors and algorithms have been created. Just to make sure that with each search query we put in, there is a meaning full answers pop up in the Search Result Page.90003 90002 Therefore, you do not need to care about which CMS is better than which. 90009 What you need to concentrate on is your content, your user experience 90010. Is your page answer the search query intent? is it easy to read and browsing? 90003 90002 With the upcoming era of machine learning, when the search engine is smarter, the content related factor will be even more emphasized. 90003 90002 Bottom line, you can 90009 feel free to develop any website with Joomla, the ability to SEO is not affected 90010.90003 90018 In Summary, 90019 90002 90021 Joomla SEO 90022 or 90021 Search engine optimization 90022 in any CMS or website management platform will never be an easy job to do. There is a multi-billion dollar industry built around this topic to help any website dominate the top ranking in Google. 90003 90002 It requires a clear strategy, hard work, dedication and countless tips and tricks to do the job right. 90021 I hope with this guide, you will have an overview of what needs to do to SEO your Joomla Site for Top # 1 in Google or any search engine.90022 90003 90002 90306 You can download our comprehensive guide in PDF format with this link below 90307 90003 90002 Download PDF Guide 90003 .