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title: "Joomla SEO"
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# Joomla SEO

SEO, of Search Engine Optimization, is een verzamelnaam voor alle stappen die nodig zijn om hoger te scoren in zoekmachines. In deze kennisbank laat ik je alle mogelijkheden zien van Joomla SEO

## remove index.php from the URL

After installing Joomla, by default you will see /index.php/ in the URLs. This is easy to change in 2 steps.

[Read more...](https://www.joomill.com/knowledge-base/joomla-seo/remove-index-php-from-the-url?output=markdown)

## Add meta description

The metadata of a web page is data that provides a description of that specific web page, for example a description about the content of the page (what is the web page about?). Search engines such as Google use this metadata to quickly and easily assess what the page is about.

[Read more...](https://www.joomill.com/knowledge-base/joomla-seo/meta-descriptions-in-joomla?output=markdown)

## Add website name to page title

Want to add your website name to every page title? That's easy in Joomla

[Read more...](https://www.joomill.com/knowledge-base/joomla-seo/adding-your-website-name-to-page-title?output=markdown)

## Customise page title

A page title in Joomla is determined by the title of the article or the name of the menu item. This title is adopted by search engines as the title of the search result. In this article, I will show you how to adjust the page title.

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## Robots metatag settings

**The robots meta tag**tells search engines which pages you want indexed and how. In this article, I will tell you what options there are within Joomla and how to use this option.

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## Alt-tag descriptions for images

An **alt tag (or Alternate Text)** is a piece of text, invisible to the visitor, that you use to describe an image. Search engines are smart but they cannot yet see exactly what is in an image, which is why you can help Google by adding a description to the image.

[Read more...](https://www.joomill.com/knowledge-base/joomla-seo/alt-tag-descriptions-for-images-in-joomla?output=markdown)

## Removing numbers from URL in Joomla

On 19 September 2017, the new Joomla version 3.8 is expected.

One of the improvements is the new routing system. In this article, I'll explain what the routing system does and look at the improvements in this system.

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