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Optimizing your Joomla site to Get Indexed in the Search Engines

5 Tips to Help you Properly Optimizing your Joomla Site

 

Optimizing your Joomla site is similar to using SEO on a blog or regular website. You will still need to target specific keyword phrases and use them correctly so that you can get ranking for the right terms in the search engines. This is just part of what you will want to do and here are 5 tips to help you optimize your Joomla site.

5 Tips for Optimizing your Joomla Site

1. Write between 100 and 1,000 words per page

When you create your Joomla site you do not need to write page after page of content. If you write less than 100 words the search engines will probably not pick you up and if you write over 1,000 words that is quite a bit to ask your visitors to read. Keep your content between 100 words and 1,000 words.

2. Keep your keyword density around 2% for the entire site

If you use your keyword phrase too often in your content it will be hard to read and the search engines will most like mark your site as spam. Keep the density around 2%. You can measure the density with http://www.live-keyword-analysis.com.

3. Only target one keyword phrase per page

It is not always a good idea to try to target more than one keyword per pages, especially if you are new to SEO. If you only target one keyword phrase per page you will have a better chance of achieving the density you are looking for and properly optimizing your Joomla site for the search engines.

4. Make your links and headings keyword rich

One of things that the search engines love is to see your main keyword in the different headings on your pages. Another thing that works out very well is to use them when you link to other pages on your site or other sites. This will help your ranking in the long run.

5. Use proper link paths

Search engines use text links to go from one page to another on your site and they are like a window for the search engines to look into. You want to link your pages at the top and bottom or right and left. By using proper link paths you will make it easier for the search engine spiders to work their way around your website.

Bonus Tip for Optimizing your Joomla Site

The bonus tip for optimizing your Joomla site is to use a site map. This makes it much easier to get a higher ranking on Google and many other search engines. Plus it is very easy to create a site map to help with optimizing your Joomla site.


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