October 2009 Packt Publishers released my Book about Joomla 1.5 SEO. When I say my book, I have to acknowledge the work that the reviewers and editors of Packt Publishing have done to make it even better and I want to thank them for doing such a great job.

What is in the Book?

Here is short list of what you will learn from this book:

• How to Set up your SEO and Keyword strategy
• How to develop and implement a plan to improve the rankings of your web site
• How to organize your content in a search engine-friendly and user-friendly way
• See SEO improvements and possibilities with the SEF Patch
• Impress the search engines and your visitors by writing atractive titles and articles
• Set up a Joomla! Blog and run its RSS feed using Google's FeedBurner service
• Install and use sh404SEF, a SEF component to improve your URLs
• Pick a good SEO template for speed and SEO techniques
• Speed up your site with better images and cache settings
• Monitor visitors and keep track of the visits to your site using Statcounter stats and Google Analytics
• How to use the Joomla 1.5 SEO Book

The book is written so you can improve the rankings of your Joomla 1.5 website yourself. It is a practical guide that shows you all the steps you need to take to get higher rankings in the search engines. Keep in mind that your need to do those things yourself or have your webmaster do them for you.

You can check out an example of Chapter 5 Joomla Blogging and RSS Feeds

For you as a the owner of a Joomla! website you can improve the content of your site by reading the tips about content creation for search engines and how you can start blogging with Joomla!.

I have written the Joomla! 1.5. SEO Book to be a guide that will help you to gain more and better rankings. It is now up to you to go out and use those tips, trics and tutorials contained in the Joomla 1.5. SEO Book.