{"id":4700,"date":"2022-01-12T18:27:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2022-05-21T13:16:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T13:16:06","slug":"can-i-use-yoast-seo-for-joomla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/can-i-use-yoast-seo-for-joomla\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Use Yoast SEO For Joomla? | The do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4700\" class=\"elementor elementor-4700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28499a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28499a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f40e9c\" data-id=\"4f40e9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b11829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b11829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I get asked about Joomla as a platform for building websites, I am often asked about how well they can be optimised for SEO.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoast SEO is a popular SEO plugin that is associated mainly with WordPress sites&#8230; but can it be used in Joomla?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we will discuss <strong>how SEO friendly Joomla is compared to other CMS<\/strong> and whether you can use <strong>Yoast or any SEO plugin to help optimise your websites<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-644f78f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"644f78f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"what-is-joomla\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What is Joomla?<\/b><\/h2><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#what-is-joomla\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Joomla?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#is-joomla-good-for-seo\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is Joomla good for SEO?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#what-platforms-does-yoast-use\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What platforms does Yoast use?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#does-anyone-still-use-joomla\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does anyone still use Joomla?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#how-can-you-use-seo-joomla\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can you improve your SEO in Joomla?<\/span><\/span><\/a><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#simple-website-navigation\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simple website navigation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#internal-linking\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internal linking<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#off-page-seo\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Off-page SEO<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#schema-markup\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schema markup<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#is-joomla-better-than-wordpress\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is Joomla better than WordPress?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#conclusion\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Joomla<\/strong> is an open-source Content Management System that allows users to build dynamic websites and web-based applications.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6912be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6912be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"950\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-joomla.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"what is joomla\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-joomla.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-joomla-500x296.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/what-is-joomla-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1165b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1165b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joomla is the fifth most used content management system behind the likes of WordPress and Shopify. It has a number of features that make it great for bloggers to use with their RSS feed and caching features.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joomla is written in PHP and the site data is stored in a MySQL database and is a CMS platform that is used globally.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e21a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e21a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"is-joomla-good-for-seo\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Is Joomla good for SEO?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The user interface for Joomla is not the easiest to navigate when compared to the likes of WordPress and Shopify. Whilst Joomla has great potential to rank highly in terms of its out the gate performance unless you know the platform well, then it can be challenging to optimise your website well.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a6382d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a6382d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"950\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/joomla-analytics-manager.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"joomla analytics manager\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/joomla-analytics-manager.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/joomla-analytics-manager-500x296.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.joshuageorge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/joomla-analytics-manager-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff57fda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff57fda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joomla requires a lot of care in order to get your on-page SEO executed successfully and may require experience of the platform and some coding knowledge. It does allow you to add metadata including titles and descriptions at a page level but certainly, it is not as easy to implement these things directly through the platform.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are Joomla SEO extensions that you can install that make your SEO management easier but again, you need experience of the platform in order to install them to your Joomla instance. You can<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joomla.org\/Installing_an_extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follow this guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that tells you in full how you can install an extension for your website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7724061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7724061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"what-platforms-does-yoast-use\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What platforms does Yoast use?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoast SEO plugin is available on a number of content management systems. Some of the platforms Yoast is available on include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shopify<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neos CMS<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drupal<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst Yoast is one of the more popular SEO plugins, it is actually not available with Joomla. The free version of Yoast is used widely by website owners but is not a Joomla SEO plugin that is available if you use it to build your website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6b2f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd6b2f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"does-anyone-still-use-joomla\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Does anyone still use Joomla?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joomla powers around 3% of websites on the internet. Whilst other content management systems like WordPress and Shopify are becoming increasingly popular for website owners, Joomla is certainly a platform that is used.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joomla is still a platform that is used but its popularity is shrinking wi5h the likes of WordPress, Shopify and Magento becoming far more powerful in what they have to offer.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It may be a platform that is better suited to developers and it might not be everyone&#8217;s cup of tea but it is certainly not a platform that is not used. Depending on the level of experience that you have, different platforms offer different design capabilities and it really comes down to personal preference and the way that you work.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2005f11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2005f11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"how-can-you-use-seo-joomla\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>How can you improve your SEO in Joomla?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to improving your SEO in Joomla, whilst it may not be as straightforward as it would be in some of the more popular CMS platforms, there are certain things you can do to improve the experience a potential customer has (and Google) has with your site.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93124b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93124b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"simple-website-navigation\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Simple website navigation<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implement website navigation that is easy for users and Google to understand. Ensure that your home page and menu navigation have clear navigation to your subcategories and this will improve the experience that both Googles crawlers and potential customers will have with your website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecba9b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecba9b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"internal-linking\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Internal linking<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build internal links where you see fit. Whilst you should not overbuild internal links, if there are opportunities that make sense within your content, then you should always look to build internal links when you can.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ad2947 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ad2947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"off-page-seo\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Off-page SEO<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building links on other websites that are relevant to what it is your site offers will help you build relevance for what it is that you offer. Link building is a great way to help build the authority of your website and is a key part of any SEO campaign.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94dc620 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94dc620\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"schema-markup\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Schema markup<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schema is a great way to tell Google about what it is certain pages are about within your website. Structured data is implemented within the header of your HTML and helps Google read your web pages far easier. You can implement reviews and make your search result snippet far more attractive for potential customers to click, in turn improving CTR.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd123a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd123a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"is-joomla-better-than-wordpress\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Is Joomla better than WordPress?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are significant differences between Joomla and WordPress and both platforms have different functionality. Joomla is a platform that is a lot better suited to web developers with a bit more experience whilst WordPress offers a more inclusive solution to anyone looking to create a website. Whilst both offer SEO extension integration, for the average web designer, WordPress is by far easier to get to grips with. The majority of website designers will say that WordPress is actually better than Joomla just for the fact that it&#8217;s far easier to set up and more scalable if you require multiple users on the website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d020a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d020a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"conclusion\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst Yoast SEO might not be available for Joomla, there are other alternatives that you can use for your website if you are using this platform. Yoast SEO is generally a plugin that is mainly associated with WordPress but there are certainly alternatives that you can use. Joomla as a CMS platform is becoming less popular than it once was because of the likes of Shopify and WordPress that make editing content and search engine optimisation far easier.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I get asked about Joomla as a platform for building websites, I am often asked about how well they can be optimised for SEO. Yoast SEO is a popular SEO plugin that is associated mainly with WordPress sites&#8230; but can it be used in Joomla? 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