This month's SEO tip shows you how to add header tags to your Mambo (or Joomla 1.0) page titles. It is a simple hack that improves search engine optimisation and accessibility. We also show you how to apply unique styling to these header tags for a simple and effective visual impact on your site.

Content items can be split into two parts: the 'Intro Text', and the 'Main Text'. This is useful for displaying a summary, excerpt or abstract on your front page with a link to read more. However if Intro Text is used incorrectly it can also result in duplicate content issues. This tutorial explains the difference between Intro Text and Main Text (also called 'fulltext' by Joomla!) and how to use it to enhance your visitors experience without penalising your site with search engines.

This tutorial looks at what steps to take if searchbots crawl too quickly or too often and start killing your bandwidth. It looks at the impact on your Mambo site and its performance and shows you what features to disable to improve performance while still allowing your Mambo site to be indexed.

In this tutorial we explain the use of the robots.txt and methods used within content to tell search engine robots what we want them to do when they visit our Mambo web sites. We look at the SEO implications and how we can improve security by telling searchbots where to go.

Saying THANKS to my supporters
In the past month visitors to this site, such as you, have been very supportive of my work. Your support (and the cups of coffee) has helped me to continue helping Mambo users. Well, to show how much I appreciate your support I am giving away a free SEO report [...]

In this tutorial we extend upon the discussion about the SEO implications of a good document outline and explain why its not a good idea to use the page title headers in the Mambo content item parameters. This simple change alone has significant benefits for SEO.

This tutorial discusses the document outline and importance of semantic structure and correct use of headings in your Mambo site. We explore the impacts of this on search engine optimisation and how to work around the current limitations within the Mambo content management system.

Mambo provides "SEF" URL's that you can enable through global configuration. This tutorial explores the advantages and disadvantages of using the in-built SEF option, and how to use it. We take you step-by-step through setting up SEF URL's.

What do search engines see when they visit your web site? Is all your content able to be spidered? In this tutorial we look at the various tools we can use to check that our Mambo sites are search engine friendly and our content is accessible to search engine spiders.

In this tutorial we look at the META tags in the metadata area of your Mambo global configuration. We give you an overview of how the META tags are used, what they mean, and how to enter them in a way that is safe and will not break your site.