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Robots.txt + meta tag

Topic: SEO Checklist

The robots meta tag and the robots.txt file are 2 different mechanisms to pass information to search engines

Joomla sitemap setup

Topic: SEO Checklist

Once your site is populated with data and pages you should create a sitemap AND submit it to Google / Bing, etc

Metadata: Page Title

Topic: SEO Checklist

The page title defines how your page looks in the Google SERP, making this an extremely important SEO parameter

Avoid duplicate content issues

Topic: SEO Checklist

Like, the www or non-www issue, any kind of duplicate content on your site could be a hazard for your search engine rankings

301-redirects (Joomla core vs .htaccess)

Topic: SEO Checklist

Make sure you create redirects for Google when individual URLs change, or even your entire site

www / non-www URLs

Topic: SEO Checklist

If your Joomla site is accessible both with and without a www-prefix you may suffer from duplicate content

Avoid 404-errors

Topic: SEO Checklist

Make sure you do not have dead links on your site that cause people to end up with a Page not found message (a 404 error).

As discussed in the article about duplicate URLs, canonical URLs can be used to set a preferred URL for content that can be reached through multiple URLs. It is one of the methods advised by Google for treating your URLs.

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Best read articles

Robots.txt + meta tag

Joomla sitemap setup

Metadata: Page Title

Avoid duplicate content issues

301-redirects (Joomla core vs .htaccess)

www / non-www URLs

Avoid 404-errors

Joomla and canonical URLs

Book: Joomla! 3 SEO & Performance