XOOPS: Maximising Google SEO and Adsense ad relevance for Xoops
Posted by: brashOn 2005/11/16 9:06:5210368 readsIT Headquarters is pleased to present this guide on Maximising Google SEO and Adsense ad relevance for Xoops. Since implementing what has been covered in this guide the number of referrals from the Google search engine to my site is on target to increase by approximately 300% by the end of this month, and the resulting increase in relevant ads being delivered from Adsense was a major contributor to a 436% jump in revenue last month. This guide involves modification to the HTML in your theme, with a lot of the tips here I found in Carnuke's excellent search engine optimisation FAQ. I've also put together a package for download containing the same modified code for page title generation as I am using on my site. I hope this guide helps you boost your SEO and Adsense revenue as it has done for me.
Maximising Google SEO and Adsense ad relevance for Xoops
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Thanks for this great article! I can tell you it works, i did +- the same thing to my site a couple of months ago (not all mods though) and my traffic went from 3.000 uniques/day to 22.000 uniques/day...
Ofcourse my adsense income has multiplied too
Another good thing to do, is change the background of adsense ads to match your site, for example in xoops.org case to white, and use the textcolor that is used for links on the site...
This trick has doubled my income yet again
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Hi sikey,
Great to hear you are having some very postive results too . Going from 3000, to 22000 a day is a massive increase, which I wonder if is attributed to the fact you seem to be using the shortURL hack?
Changing the colour scheme of your Adsense ads to fit in with your site is a very good idea. Some claim that blending it in (as you have suggested) is the best option, and others (including Google) claim that making them stand out using a colour scheme that matches you site is the best option. I'm still experimenting with this myself so can't say for sure which method works best for me yet.
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may I take a look at the site which went from 3000 to 22000? Pleeeeease.... :)
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I thought sikey might have been talking about the site in his profile, but it doesn't seem to have any google ads on it so I'm not sure.
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how should i install this hack? just unzip and upload to my directory?
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For the module hacks, just unrar the file into you modules directory overwritting the existing files. Change should be immediate with no need to update templates.
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thanks
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This article is the best for quick 'n easy SEOptimization of XOOPS ! Even a not experienced user can do it !
Well done !
noscript tag
Thanks for this info.
I do have my doubts about using the noscript tag for SEO. The noscripts tags were intended as an alternative text for search engines which may not read scripts like java on your site. Contrary to the other SEO measures you presented, you create content for search engines instead of content for visitors by using the noscript tags this way. This is by many (including people who run search engines) considered to be unethical.
Of course, you may argue that it is your business what you put on your site as long as it is legal and it is up to the search engines how they label it. However, it is not unthinkable that one day, this easily recognisable 'black hat' SEO method will be punished by search engines by suddenly giving you lower rankings.
From the point of view of optimalisation, the question is whether the benefits outweigh the risk of being punnished. The risk is unknown as it depends on the policies of the companies who own search engines. But I believe that the (short term) benefits are also limited. Using a meta tag analyser I found out that it did not increase the relevancy of my titles, nor of my keywords tag, nor of my description tag.
Why? Well, relevancy is measured (at least by the meta tag analyser) in percentages so it seems to have a maximum. I think that the effect of the noscript tag on title relevancy, keywords relevancy and description relevancy is the same as the effect of one of the 'white hat' SEO methods I use.