Ric is the founding partner of water&stone, a digital agency that focuses on new media and online marketing. He works with clients on digital marketing strategy and supervises the SEO implementation team. Ric lives in Bali, and divides his time between the island and Singapore.
About the Reviewers
Herbert-Jan van Dinther has been working on websites and SEO since 1999. He is currently working as a Senior IT Analyst with a large company. Herbert started website building with Mambo, Joomla!, Drupal, Typo3, and WordPress. He likes to educate people, via several of his websites, on how to use open source content management systems such as WordPress and Joomla!, and how to get them higher in search engines.
He is the author of Joomla! 1.5 SEO by Packt Publishing. You can learn more about him on www.herbertjanvandinther.com.
I would like to thank my wife and children for their patience and the time they give me while I am building websites and helping other people.
Peter Martin has a keen interest in computers, programming, sharing knowledge, and how people (mis)use information technology. He has a bachelor's degree in Economics (International Marketing Management) and a master's degree in Mass Communication.
He discovered PHP/MySQL in 2003 and Joomla!'s predecessor, Mambo CMS, a year later. Peter has his own business, www.db8.nl (founded in 2005), and he supports companies and organizations with Joomla! implementations, support, and Joomla! extension development.
Peter is actively involved in the Joomla! community where he is a member of the Community Leadership Team and Global Moderator at Joomla! forum.
Furthermore, Peter has reviewed the following Packt Publishing books:
- Joomla! 2.5 Beginner's Guide, Eric Tiggeler
- Joomla! 1.6 First Look, Eric Tiggeler
- Joomla! 1.5 Templates Cookbook, Richard Carter
His other interests are open source software, Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux), plug computers, music (collecting vinyl records), and art house movies. Peter lives in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Preface
Joomla! is one of the most popular open content management systems. It powers a huge number of today's websites, and is a solid choice for many businesses that want to create a compelling online presence. On today's web, where noise and competition are at their highest levels ever, simply having a great site isn't enough. If you want to be competitive online, you need to have an appreciation for search marketing, and you need fluency with the skills and strategy behind search engine optimization.
Joomla! provides only limited SEO functionality straight out of the box. In this book, we look at how you can create a search engine optimized Joomla! site using a combination of the default Joomla! tools together with a set of popular extensions for the CMS. We also explore in depth the strategy behind SEO and how to set up and prosecute a successful SEO campaign.
Search marketing is a very competitive area, and one that is constantly changing and evolving. SEO skills are in high demand. Use this book to build a solid foundation in SEO and make your Joomla! sites perform to the best of their ability.
What this book covers
, An Introduction to Search Engine Optimization , introduces the key concepts behind search engine optimization, including an explanation of how search engines look at websites and a glossary of terms in common usage in the SEO world.
, Configuring Joomla!'s SEO Options , focuses on how to configure Joomla! to achieve optimal SEO advantage. Each of the default SEO features is discussed at length as are server configuration issues.
, Useful Extensions to Enhance SEO , reviews the most popular SEO extensions for the Joomla! CMS, then goes on to show the installation and configuration of a sample set of free extensions.