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[Stephen Britton]

I know there are others who think differently, but I have found that Joomla
2.5/3.1 does not require the SEO extensions that were necessary in Joomla
1.5.

Just using the features built-in to Joomla 2.5/3.1, you can create SEF
friendly URLs, unique page title tags, and meta description tags. And it is
also possible to re-map URLs. Right now the only "SEO" extension that I use
is Xmap. I always try to take advantage of the native features in Joomla
before I start looking for third-party extensions. It cuts down on code
bloat.

As you may have heard, Joomla 3.1 now includes article tags, and there are
article tag extensions for Joomla 2.5 if you want to put tags on your site.
I have never bothered with article tags, but now that they are part of
Joomla 3.1, I have started using them. So far, I have not seen any SEO
benefits from tags, but they are helpful for on-site search and organizing
articles.

As long as the site has good content, good meta descriptions, unique title
tags on each pages, and the sitemap XML file has been uploaded to Google
and Bing webmaster tools, it should rank well in search.

- - - Steve



On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Unitel <unitelny at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Is it a good idea to install one of the SEO extensions, such sh404SEO or
> MijoSEO. Can someone recommend one that they are currently using? Also
> should I install xmap from Vargas even if I install an seo extension.****
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> Best regards,****
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> Marcos Miranda ****
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Stephen Britton
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