Not a trick, but an important tip for Joomla! Web Developers: Don't forget to utilize the Joomla! Site Showcase.  The showcase is a free, volunteer-managed place to display the power and extensibility of Joomla!.  Being a highly moderated area for 'good' web sites, the showcase also appears to have a great Search Engine Optimization (SEO) value with Google.  This makes sense, as Google increasingly emphasizes 'brands' and 'trust' in search engine metrics.

We recently submitted our site for Alcast Technologies to the showcase and were surprised by a corresponding surge in visitor traffic and customer inquriries as a result.  So Joomla! Web Designers, what are you waiting for?  Submit your site!

Photo taken while returning from one of our 'green space' meetings near Hamilton, Ontario. 

While blogging has gone through numerous forms online over the last fifteen years, one thing hasn’t changed: it’s usefulness in giving your site visitors a clear impression of the timely relevance of your website.

At its best, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a process of combining great site content with great programming to extend a networked community of interested parties.  At its worst, SEO is a firm promising you the top spot in Google, horrible content-rewrites, and exquisitely useless link-building.  Read on for our guide to making SEO work for you.

CartaNova is happy to announce that two of our Search Engine Optimization clients are now receiving top rankings; Williamson Accounting in Toronto, and Alcast Technologies Aluminum Casting of Hamilton, ON.

Read on to find out how we accomplished this difficult goal.