Joomla SEO – 9 Best Actionable Tips to Boost Traffic and Ranking Of Your Website
Last updated on Apr, 28 2017
#1 Host Your Website on a Fast, Secure and Joomla Friendly Server
We’ve listed this at the top and you know the reason very well. Choosing the right hosting server is imperative because it can make or break your business in a jiffy. Always make sure that you’re on a good Joomla hosting server which is fast, reliable and completely secured. For succinctness and practicality sake, we would like to suggest you Apache server with mod_rewrite installed because it will save you from endless headaches. Awww, you can thank us later :p#2 Optimize Heavy Images without Procrastination- Because Images Speak Louder Than Words
From Ecommerce SEO perspective, image optimization plays a great role irrespective you are using Joomla or any other content management system (CMS). We’ve come across several e-commerce websites having images more than 500kb that can easily be cut down to 50kb or even less but we are not saying you to compromise with the quality of the image because it matters too.#3 Either Fix 404 Errors Or Be Ready To Get Into The Soup

#4 Install Sitemap.XML Files - Don't Take It For Granted

#5 Work On Your Meta Titles and Meta Descriptions
When you search something on Google, you come across with a number of search results. Right? The blue link appears on the top of search result pages is your meta title and the description just below the blue link is your meta description. Google considers these meta titles and meta descriptions to show the results. That’s why it is strongly suggested to work on metadata using right keywords. And yes, don’t do keyword stuffing in the hope of appearing at the top of search result pages.#6 Use Alt Tags on Your Every Image
This tip is not just for Joomla but for other content management system (CMS) as well. You might not know that search engines give a lot of relevance to the images having alt tags. So, if you want to increase the visibility of your website’s images, you must use good alt tags with 4-8 descriptive words including at least one targeted keyword.#7 Uninstall Those Extensions Which You’re Not Using
Extra extensions not only create the clutter in the backend but also pose a potential security risk to your website. So, if you are not using any extension from a couple of months then uninstall it right away.#8 Improve Page Loading Time With Browser Caching

#9 Enable Gzip

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