Search Engine Optimisastion for Joomla

Here are some hints and tips on the basics of SEO for Joomla. If you use these tips then your Joomla installation will be completely search engine optimised. These are our top twenty tips on how to configure your Joomla website. Follow the steps and config your Joomla installation from the ground up

1. Install and configure a SEF component for Joomla - we use sh404SEF
2. Change the title of Joomla to use title alias -and use upto 140 characters for your site title.
3. Research and Identify 30-40 keyword phrases using Google Adwords Keyword Tool (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordTool)
4. Analyse your keywords and test their ranking. Investigate and get to know your Google competition. Learn to use http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/
5. Optimise frontpage title for your top 3-5 keyword phrases in no more than 300 words.
6. Sprinkle these top keywords through meta tags and content on frontpage
7. Divide up the other keywords into 3-4 groups and optimise other pages for these keywords.
8. Unique page titles, meta descriptions, meta keywords, page content.
9. Divide up the page content with appropriate page headings using H1, H2, H3 etc tags
10. Use appropriate page names  ie: website-design.html & website-development.html and include Meta tags for each page
11. Name any graphics so the name reflects the content and make sure you add the ALT tag
12. Make your site authoriative by increasing the number of pages
13. Ensure your site has been found by Google by search for your site name.
14. Get to know Google Analytics and Webmaster Console - these are free and great tools to help you optimise your site.
15. Submit your sitemap to search engines
16. Check if your site works with all browsers
17. Add your buisness to Goole Maps
18. Try to get as many sites as possible linking to you.
19. Use social media to link to your site (Facebook, twitter, Linkedin, Youtube)
20. Keep track of your ranking for your key words