This User Guide is provided for subscribers to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Help and Support in UK business and third sector organisations to help them improve website visibility in search engines.
If you are not a subscriber but actively manage a Joomla! CMS website then you may also find this guide useful.
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Is your Website using an old version of Joomla! CMS?
The Joomla! Project™ recommends that you use the latest available version of its CMS.
The Joomla! Project only provides bug fix and security fix support for the latest versions of its CMS, namely:
- Joomla! 5.x, and
- Joomla! 6.x.
It no longer provides support for previous versions of its Joomla! CMS.
Websites using older versions of Joomla! CMS are therefore at increased risk of becoming Compromised.
This risk can be significantly reduced by using the latest version of Joomla! CMS with your Website.
If you need help migrating your Website to Joomla! 6 then just ask.
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Joomla! CMS Official Documentation
In 2025 The Joomla! Project announced that the old Official Documentation was to be replaced by new two-part documentation.
A Joomla! User Guide for users, called Joomla! User Documentation
And a Joomla! Developers Manual for developers and programmers, called Joomla! Programmers Documentation
For now the old Official Documentation may still be be found here: Old Joomla! Documentation
The Joomla! Project invites all Joomla! users to become contributors to the new Joomla! Uaser Guide.
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List of Contents
Custom 404 Page Not Found
Fixing Broken Links
Headings and Titles
HTML alt Attribute
HTML title Attribute
Keyword Strategy
Menu Item Aliases
Meta Tags
Reduce Bounce Rates
Rich Content
Search Engine Friendly Page Navigation
Search Engine Friendly Robots TXT File
Schema.org Plugin
Search Engine Friendly URLs
SEF Plugin
Site Map Extensions
Speed up your website
Use an SSL Certificate with your website
Useful SEO Web Links
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Search Engines
Two very popular search engines in the UK are Google and Bing.
Each provide a range of tools to help you improve your website's performance in search engine results.
Bing Webmaster Tools
Google Search Console
Google Search Console was previously called Google Webmaster Tools.
To open the Search Console, first sign into Google, open a new tab and visit the following link:
Google Search Console may help you improve and optimize your website.
Google Analytics 4
Google Analytics 4 replaced Universal Analytics on 1 July 2023.
Read more: Introduction to Google Analytics 4
Useful Google Analytics 4 Links.
Using the Google Analytics 4 Tracking Code
Step 1: Consider the pros and cons of using a Tracking Code with your website.
This useful September 2022 Joomla! Community Magazine article considered:
- whether or not you would be better off without a Tracking Code, amd
- some alternative options for analysing website traffic.
Read more: The alternatives to using a Tracking Code
Step 2: Create a Tracking Code.
This October 2022 Joomla! Community Magazine article outlined how to create a Tracking Code.
Read more: How to create a Google Analytics 4 Tracking Code for your website
Step 3: Add a Tracking Code to your website.
The optimal way to do this is by means of editing your website's template.
Read more: How to add the Tracking Code to your website.
Google Analytics and GDPR
If you are using Google Analytics with your website then you could unwittingly find yourself on the wrong side of relevant data protection laws in some jurisdictions.
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Disclaimer
We do not guarantee that your website's performance in search engines will improve as a result of making any one change to your website's structure, navigation or content.
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