₦airaland Forum

Joomla is the second most popular content management system (CMS) after WordPress, used for website development. It is robust, very flexible, secured and can be used to build websites ranging from the simplest to very complex websites. Joomla also has a large community of developers who support its users with components, plugins and modules. These three are simply called extensions and actually define the look and feel, the usability and functionality of a Joomla website.

Like other web-building software, Joomla is designed to be search engine friendly. It has its in-built Search Engine Friendly (SEF) capability, you have the option to turn on Search Engine Friendly URLs and can choose to add website branding or not. But beyond the in-built Joomla SEO capability, there are plugins which can boost Joomla’s capacity to feature a website prominently on search engines. This post will look at five of those plugins, there pros and cons. They are actually applications that you cannot do without if you are to do well with Joomla in the highly competitive world of the internet.
Read full blog post at: https://www.todhost.com/blog/a-review-of-4-popular-joomla-seo-extensions.html

You may also be interested in this article: 16 Mistakes That Turn People Away From Your Website https://www.todhost.com/blog/16-mistakes-that-turn-people-away-from-your-website.html

Here you'll find some rich and helpful resources for Joomla: https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/12/Joomla

Here is a helpful blog post published on Todhost.com blog. It will help you with Google indexing and with other search engines:

How to Submit Your Website to Top Search Engines for Free https://www.todhost.com/blog/how-to-submit-your-website-to-top-search-engines-for-free.html

Websites are impersonal ways of communication and so they require strong confidence building measures to keep visitors and get them to return to the site. In this post, we have compiled 16 things that could turn people away from a website. Web builders/designers do forget to note and implement some of these recommendations even when they have themselves been irked by some of these things on other people’s website. That happens to most of us but working with a simple guide like this one can help overcome some of these problems. This guide could therefore be simply referred to as a guide to what not to do when designing your website.

Read full blog post at: https://www.todhost.com/blog/16-mistakes-that-turn-people-away-from-your-website.html

It can be very frustrating to have your website go down due to a security loophole. The bigger problem is that once a site is hacked, the task of securing it can be very daunting as there could be backdoors preventing a total escape from the hackers and despite the efforts you make to secure your website, it occurs again. The rule is to prevent it before it happens. In this post, we look at seven key tips that can help secure your WordPress website.

1. Use The New WordPress Secret Keys
What are WordPress Security Keys?

These are a set of random variables that improve encryption of information stored in the user’s cookies. There are a total of four security keys: AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, LOGGED_IN_KEY, and NONCE_KEY

Read full article at: https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/747/7-Security-Tips-for-a-WordPress-Website.html

Drupal is a popular content management system with lots of free add-on and features which contains PHP, Ajax, and Javascript and so on. In Drupal, the content is stored in a database while the design is stored in a theme. Drupal has a lot of advantages and comes with a lot of built-in software.

Drupal is open source and free so you can distribute, change and you can even sell templates. Drupal has more than 97.000 volunteers contributing to the project. Created by a student as a chat platform in a dorm room in 2000 and later in 2001, the first public version 1.0 together with 2.0 and 3.0 were released. In 2002, version 4.0 was launched, in 2007 5.0, in 2008 6.0, in 2011, 7.0 and in 2015 the last stable version 8.0 has been released. Drupal has become a core management system that has add-ons called modules and themes that they can be all packed up in distributions supported by a large community.

Drupal is currently used by the White House, by weather.com, by Harvard University and Lady Gaga.
Drupal Features

Drupal is free and has lots of features. Apart from being free, it is open source, flexible and customizable. It is mobile ready and you can manage it from your mobile devices and fantastic for big projects such as a features rich or enterprise websites.

Drupal is friendly so it is easy to use, social having multiple social media features integrated and searchable so visitors can search for specific content. It is also safe and secure being updated constantly, has themes and modules so you can extend even more and has a great community so you can ask for help.

Read full article at: https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/746/A-Basic-Guide-to-Drupal-Website-Management.html

Whatever you think about keywords could be good in as much as it works for you. We write for our users and not for search engines and we do not believe in the so called power of keywords anymore.

VocalWalls:
and what are you writing about?

SEO? and you don't even know the first rule?

Schools For Interior Decoration

learn how to use keywords. You talk about ranking and you don't even know about using keywords and variations?

i dey laugh you

WordPress is the most popular Content Management System(CMS) used on the web today for creating powerful blogs and websites. It has lots of advantages and also have some disadvantages. The disadvantages often scare some persons who do not know how to cope with them and the run away from using WordPress to create blogs and for website development. Read more at: https://www.todhost.com/blog/9-common-problems-of-a-wordpress-website.html

We write for users and not for search engines. I guess what you mean by spamming is the link we added. May be you need to explain further how an outbound link becomes a spammy link and where you found todhost signed up for adsense..

VocalWalls:
Guy! You're spamming! Later you'll be praying for Adsense and you'll be getting 'webmaster policy and guidelines' as a response.

You wrote about ranking yet you're not incorporating keywords in your URL. See how long they are?

What SEF error do you find with the url: https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/745/Common-Mistakes-That-Affect-Website-Performance-and-Search-Engine-Ranking.html

VocalWalls:
Only your URL is a mistake sef

Common Mistakes That Affect Website Performance and Search Engine Ranking https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/745/Common-Mistakes-That-Affect-Website-Performance-and-Search-Engine-Ranking.html

A Comprehensive Guide to Joomla Article Creation and Editing https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/744/A-Comprehensive-Guide-to-Joomla-Article-Creation-and-Editing.html

An Overview of a Todhost Dedicated Server Hosting https://www.todhost.com/blog/an-overview-of-a-todhost-dedicated-server-hosting.html

Todhost Now Offers Unlimited Bandwidth on Reseller Hosting https://www.todhost.com/announcements/41/Todhost-Now-Offers-Unlimited-Bandwidth-on-Reseller-Hosting.html

Common Causes of Website Suspension and Deactivation https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/743/Common-Causes-of-Website-Suspension-and-Deactivation.html

How to Prevent Hacking on your Web Hosting Account https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/742/How-to-Prevent-Hacking-on-your-Web-Hosting-Account.html

Building a company website is serious business and requires some dedication regarding content and structure. Indeed, it does not mean you need to give it all the time but it requires some care to have it succeed. The fact is the success of the website will depend on the first impressions it makes to visitors.
So how should one approach theis huge task of setting up a web page for a company or any other organization? This post approaches this problem from the perspective of a beginner and provides the guide.
Critical Aspects of the Web Page Outline
• Part 1: The Homepage
• Part 2: The company About Us page
• Part 3: The Products and/or services pages
• Part 4: Customer Testimonials page
• Part 5: The Company Blog
• Part 6: Contact Us page

The Home Page
The homepage is undoubtedly the most important. It provides the layout for internal pages and guides visitors on how to use the site and what the entire site will be all about.
What should the homepage outline look like? Let’s look at them in greater detail.
1. Header
• You will have your company logo displayed at the top left. This will normally be linked to the homepage.
• The top right will be be good to have things like:
o Phone Number – A customer contact phone.
o Address – This will be because it is given so your customers can find your business location, but it’s also great for search engines to be able to “tie” your company to a particular location.
o Search bar – Having a search bar at the top of the page isn’t necessarily a requirement. But if your site will have a search bar, it’s best to put it in the top right hand side of the page and every other page on the website thereafter. This makes it easier for your customers to search for what they’re looking for without having to browse the site. Search bars are very good for larger sites without a lot of products and/or services. For well planned smaller website, the search bar may not be necessary.

2. Navigation or Main Menu
This section will determine whether your visitors will be guided to look at internal pages and to believe that the website contain what they are looking for. The content of these internal pages will also affect how they navigate the entire site. The following layout should guide you in setting up the navigation or main menu.
• The first option should always be HOME.
• Second navigation item should be your About Us section.
• Third navigation item should be your Products and/or Services section.
• Fourth navigation item should be about your customers: testimonials, case studies, customer logos page, etc.
• Fifth and last part of your navigation bar should be a link to your Contact page.

Read more at: https://www.todhost.com/blog/developing-the-layout-and-content-for-a-business-website.html

Website optimization is one of the key considerations that guides the choice of any web building tool used today. This is because website optimization will largely determine the power of any website to compete on the complex world of the internet which is already filled with lots of powerful website applications.

Optimization is something to be done continually and has to be improved along with changes in the search engine algorithms especially Google and Bing. ExpressionEngine(EE) offers great features

Read full blog post on: A Comprehensive Guide to ExpressionEngine Website Optimization: https://www.todhost.com/blog/a-comprehensive-guide-to-expressionengine-website-optimization.html

The internet has changed significantly and so have the signals that determine search engine ranks. We recently made changes to our website title. Some two years ago, such change would have affected our search engine ranks but today, it does not really cause any ranking gain. The fact is that titles are now expected to be more related to page content and not just built around keywords.

We’ve got to change our strategy and do so very fast following emerging guidelines and indicators that the recent changes to Google’s algorithm are pointing us to. So be careful with tweaking critical content like page title, description, main menu titles, other menu titles and description. They add up to how Google accesses your website friendliness and usability.

An algorithm change can create a major upset and force a radical change to how pages and content are constructed. That’s the dynamism of the internet and sets us on the path to thread cautiously. We must keep in mind that changes to the search engine algorithm is continuous. One thing that seems constant is the focus to improve user experience. If you keep your content development efforts on improving user benefits, you are not likely to get a penalty even with future update to the search engine algorithm.

You may be struggling to recover from a past penalty and drop in ranking. We have once suffered a heavy rank loss in Google search engine. Dropping from top 5 position and going down to 32 for a very relevant keyword.. That was because we frequently fiddled with metatags at a time it played very important roles and hoped that those changes will force Google to re-access our page and push it up. It worked but when the penalty came, it was also huge. That was the lesson that got us to know that there can be penalties for some things. We began to learn about the best and acceptable practices and have since moved up steadily. Slow and steady is the way to go. Never be in a hurry, stick to the rules and work with the advice of reputable SEOs, that will bring you eventually to a winning position.

In this article, you’ll find very useful guidelines that will help you avoid a penalty and also help your recovery if you are suffering a Google penalty. The focus of this writing is on Google from 2015. We shall be looking at the last four big algorithm updates from Google and lay out a strategy for dealing with the damage.

Let’s look at them one after the other.

Read full article at: https://www.todhost.com/blog/a-guide-to-manage-google-algorithm-changes.html

A Guide to Manage Google Algorithm Changes https://www.todhost.com/blog/a-guide-to-manage-google-algorithm-changes.html

How to login to ExpressionEngine Control Panel https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/331/How-to-login-to-ExpressionEngine-Control-Panel.html

Affordable Reseller Hosting in Nigeria with cPanel and WHM. Visit Todhost to learn about plan details: https://www.todhost.com/reseller-hosting.php

A Beginner's Guide to Website Performance Evaluation https://www.todhost.com/blog

Service Upgrades and Changes to Our Terms of Service https://todhost.com/announcements/40/Service-Upgrades-and-Changes-to-Our-Terms-of-Service.html

7 Steps to Reduce the Disc Space Used by Your WordPress Website https://www.todhost.com/blog/7-steps-to-reduce-the-disc-space-used-by-your-wordpress-website.html

Read more Web Hosting Guide: https://www.todhost.com/blog/

50 Percent Off Website Design Plus Hosting This Weekend https://www.todhost.com/announcements/38/50-Percent-Off-Website-Design-Plus-Hosting-This-Weekend.html

How to Manage 403 Forbidden Error in WordPress https://www.todhost.com/blog/how-to-manage-403-forbidden-error-in-wordpress.html

How to create and manage a page in WordPress https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/124/How-to-create-and-manage-a-page-in-WordPress.html

How to Copy a Joomla Module and Install on Another Website https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/803/How-to-Copy-a-Joomla-Module-and-Install-on-Another-Website.html

We have published a new article: Basic Documentation on Joomla Website Administration https://www.todhost.com/knowledgebase/740/Basic-Documentation-on-Joomla-Website-Administration.html

Do let us have your coments