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Joomla and AI search: llms.txt and AI crawlers
Let GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot in via robots.txt, check your firewall and CDN, keep text in the HTML, then add an…
8 November 2026 · 6 min read
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Joomla images and SEO: alt text, lazy loading and LCP
Fill Joomla's alt text field or tick No Description, pick images with the media field so lazy loading works, and load the first…
4 November 2026 · 5 min read
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Open Graph tags in Joomla: why shared links show the wrong picture
Joomla core writes no Open Graph tags, so shared links show the wrong picture. Which tags you need, how to add them with an…
31 October 2026 · 7 min read
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Hreflang in Joomla: telling Google which language version to show
Joomla writes hreflang tags itself once the Language Filter plugin has them switched on and every translation is linked through…
27 October 2026 · 5 min read
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XML sitemaps in Joomla: what core lacks and what belongs in the file
Joomla has no XML sitemap generator in core. How to add one, why articles outside your menus go missing, what to leave out and…
25 October 2026 · 6 min read
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Robots.txt in Joomla: what to block, and what blocking cannot do
Joomla's robots.txt blocks system folders only. Which lines to add, why old sites still block their own CSS, and why Disallow…
22 October 2026 · 4 min read
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Page titles and meta descriptions in Joomla: which field wins
Joomla takes the page title and meta description from the article, menu item or Global Configuration. Which field wins, and why…
20 October 2026 · 5 min read
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One article, six addresses: duplicate URLs in Joomla
One Joomla article can answer on five or six URLs. Where the duplicates come from, which core settings fix them, and how to see…
17 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Structured data in Joomla 5 and 6, without an extension
Joomla 5 and 6 have Schema.org structured data in core. How the schemaorg plugins work, how to set them up, and how to avoid two…
15 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Fixing broken links with Joomla’s Redirect component
You change a menu alias, remove an old page or reorganise a category. Your navigation works, but a visitor following an old…
14 October 2026 · 3 min read
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Search engine friendly URLs, and the settings that bite
Turning on SEF URLs takes two clicks. The trouble comes from the three options next to it, which quietly decide whether your URLs…
6 August 2026 · 2 min read
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Moving a Joomla site to a new domain without losing your URLs
The site moves in an afternoon. The rankings take longer, and mostly because of what happens to the old URLs.
6 August 2026 · 2 min read