FREE SEO Check List for Joomla 1.0.x and 1.5.x

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FREE Joomla 1.0.x and 1.5.x SEO Check List

Here's our simple SEO check list for Joomla 1.0.x and 1.5.x. These simple Joomla! SEO tips work.

• Version 1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  Use SEF URL's. Our preferred solution is SEF Advance.  It's not perfect but it works very well. It's also fast and simple to set up.
• Version 1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  If you are using SEF Advance you can set it to hide the section and category in the URL. This can make the URL's simpler and shorter.
• Version  1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  Set the page title to HIDE in the parameters, you can do this globally. This allows the page Title box to be used for a well crafted page TITLE element, very important for SEO, and then simply use a normal H1 element for the on page title. If you are using content items instead of static content use the title alias for your SEF URL. This only applies to Joomla 1.0, Joomla 1.5 doesn't have static content items, it uses uncategorised articles.
• Version  1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  With the page title set to HIDE create an H1 on-page header, assuming the page content needs a header. You may need to style your CSS to make this look OK.
• Version  1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  Create a unique META DESCRIPTION for each page. Google uses these in the SERPs.
• Version  1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  Create unique META KEYWORDS for each page. They are no longer important but it's better to be safe than sorry.
• Version  1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  Empty the global META TAGS in Global Config.
• Version  1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  Empty the Site Name in the Global Config.
• Version  1.0 Only
  This will leave an annoying "-" at the start of your title tags. If you are happy editing PHP files you can edit includes/joomla.php. MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP FIRST!!!
  Replace this:
  $this->_head['title'] = $title ? $GLOBALS['mosConfig_sitename'] . ' - '. $title : $GLOBALS['mosConfig_sitename'];
  with this:
  $this->_head['title'] = $title ? $GLOBALS['mosConfig_sitename'] . $title : $GLOBALS['mosConfig_sitename'];
• Version  1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  To fix the so called canonical issues and make sure you only have one version of your homepage add the following lines to your .htaccess file AFTER replacing 'yourdomain.com' with your own domain.
  #Red Evo index.php fix
  RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.yourdomain.com/ [R=301,L]
  #Red Evo Homepage fix
  Redirect 301 /home http://www.yourdomain.com
• Version  1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  Install the Joomap extension and tell Google, Live, Yahoo etc about your site!
• Version  1.0 & Joomla 1.5
  Install Google Analytics and/or Clicky into your template's index.php file using the in built Joomla! Template Manager.