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Smart SEO ComponentPlugin

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  • This extension requires registration to download.
Smart SEO will help you overcome problems with components' SEO compatibility and accessibility to certain pages such as category blog layouts, forum pages, virtuemart categories and products, sobi2 entries and all other popular components.

*** See Demo Video here: http://www.youtube.com/user/jjextensions#p/a/u/1/zZ5snRkHEbg ***

Smart SEO is a powerful plugin developed for Joomla Based websites. This plugin has many advantages designated to overcome problems that every SEO expert and non-expert encounters when working with Joomla! websites.

Smart SEO does not remove or edit you existing meta-tags! your current tags will be used unless you have not specified any other values for them using the plugin.
You can always go back to using them by clearing all the fields on the Smart SEO panel and clicking apply.

With Smart SEO you can edit Meta tags and title attributes for every page and component!

*Minor Release 0.7D.1*
Minor bug fixed for both Joomla 1.5 and 1.6 Versions

*NEW VERSION 0.7D*
Following up with requests from our users, we've added a tiny (yet great) feature - character counters! now you know exactly how long your meta data is!

*NEW VERSION 0.7C*
The new version includes a great new feature - Indicating lights! now you can quickly tell if you've added information for the current page, just by looking at the top panel!

Also in this version, as asked by many of our users:
Added an ACL option for the plugin, allowing you to set Smart SEO Panel visibility option for a certain user access level and up!
This is great if you have someone else doing your SEO for you and you don't want them to have Super Admin access to your website.

Changes in Installation process:
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please notice there are now two file in the download package.
1) unzip the package first - don't install it!
2) Select the one of the two zip file according to your Joomla version (1.5.x or 1.6.x)
3) Unzip the right zip file, and install each of the zip files found in it.
4) install each zip file from the package separately.
5) install com_smartseo.zip first
4) then install smartseo_v0.7D.X.zip



Smart SEO has been tested on:
Joom!Fish
K2
ZOO
Form2content
RSForm
Red Shop
Sobi2
Virtuemart
CC Board
Kunena Forums
Easy FAQ
JCal Pro
Jomsocial
Community Builder
SimpleCaddy
jSeblod CCK

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2011-07-09
Reviews: 3
Easy installation process, working like a machine. It's so much easier to keep the page titles, meta keywords and meta description under control.
Three things I would like to see in the next version:
Counting the characters of the page title; don't count the character of the keywords, but the keyword themselves; remember the input when I close the input box (I need to close it sometimes to read the top part of the page content).
2011-07-06
Reviews: 1
This is one of if not the best SEO joomla extension I have used. It is easy to user and those exactly what it was made to do. The installation was like breeze I have no regrets.
2011-07-04
Reviews: 4
The best Joomla SEO plugin I have used, works without issues or conflicts on my sites and is very convenient and easy to use
alansunderland 15/11/10
2011-07-04
Reviews: 6
I bought two versions of this SmartSeo and they worked like a charm, except for a very small bug that i reported and the Staff immediately corrected. Thank you for your work guys!
2011-07-04
Reviews: 2
I particularly liked this plugin, as you have an immediate view of the page and content that one is needing to come up with keywords and descriptions for. This eliminates the need to have 2 windows open. Good work.
2011-07-04
Reviews: 1
Smart SEO is so easy to use and that's why I give it a top rating.

While you are on any page on your web site you can easily modify the page's title, keywords, description. This makes maintenance easy.

I also like the lights at the bottom of the Smart SEO tool which tell me if I have made a change to the SEO material through Smart SEO...or it is using default information.

Fantastic for the non-technical people.

Easy to use and effective.
2011-06-30
Reviews: 95
When I pay for something I expect it to work, I don't expect to get a message on the Joomla website "support" button that the page does not exist and the support forums which no-one replies back to you. I now feel that I have just been ripped off, not a nice feeling.

Installs perfectly for J1.6 then I get this error and I cannot go any further.

404 - An error has occurred.
Component not found
Return to Control Panel

It is found as I just installed it and the Plugin and it still does not work. If this is in BETA it should say it is in BETA. Then I would not buy it.
Owner's reply

HI SANTINO,

We're unsure if you were the one to email us about this very issue. but if so, we have replied instantly.

If only you had watched the video or read the insturctions on how to use Smart SEO you would have known THERE IS NO COMPONENT as it is only used to update the database tables for the Plugin to use.

We're highly engaged with our users and offer support to the extant of providing nearly "custom" versions of our products to make sure everyone get their money's worth.

If anything isn't working for you please email us directly at info@jjextensions.com and we'll be right with you.

2011-06-28
Reviews: 2
I've been searching for extensions to modify my component titles, descriptions and keywords. Articles, etc. were an easy find. My components were the ones giving me problems with my Google rankings.

I'm here to tell you this is it! This is by far the best extension I've had the pleasure of installing.

I cannot say enough good things about it. It's the best money I've spent on SEO thus far!
2011-04-17
Reviews: 36
Hi,
exactly the tool what I needed to complete and/or improve the keywords and description. It's worth the money to buy. Good job.
Regards
Rudolf Aigner
2011-03-14
Reviews: 1
I downloaded this so I could do SEO work on a client site. It is only partially functional with the template. While I was able to gain control of the Home page title tags, which is critical, as well as a few other pages, I could not access anything that was accessible only via the top nav bar, even by typing in the url. The company's only suggestion was: remove the template. This is not a helpful suggestion to the client, who is a very small business on a tight budget.
Owner's reply

Dear Sir/Madam,

Over a 1000 websites (that we know of) are using Smart SEO without any problems at all.
the percentage of users having any trouble with Smart SEO is less than 1% which is outstanding for an open source product.

Changing templates is a step in finding the cause of the problem, not the solution itself.

We suggested this so we could see if the problem is caused by your template or maybe it's something else like a specific extension you have installed.


You were offered to purchasae the EXD version for direcrt support but chose not to. therefore please understand the support process might take a little longer via the forum.


We feel it's unfair to jump the gun and make unbased assumptions about our product without even looking into things and giving us a reasonable amount of time to help you.


You've sent us 4 emails in 5 minutes demanding a reply an threatening to tweet about lack of support... and doing so without understanding that our support team was replying to your email at that exact time.

we'd like to help you solve this issue, please be more patient

if you'd like to follow along with our suggestion we'd be more than happy to assist you, like we have with many other users.


Kind Regards,
The JJExtensions Team

2011-02-23
Reviews: 5
Just purchased this extension, and it's so simple! Can edit the metatags right from the front end. That's a great feature. Well worth the money.
2011-02-17
Reviews: 1
So far I have had no luck with this...I have installed on three different occasions and have not been able to get this thing to work. Everything installs properly, but when I go to the front-end to start populating, I start to see double bars, both of which are non-functional. The worst part is that when you pay for something you would hope to get some support, but my posts on their forums have magically disappeared. Hopefully others will have luck, but not for me.
Owner's reply

Hi Markodv,

Please contact us directly at info@jjextensions.com and we'll take care of your issue right away!

We've been changing our forum system and your post may have got lost in the process.

We apologize for the inconvenience the delay may have caused you.

The JJExtensions Team

2011-02-15
Reviews: 1
Needed something to allow me to change title tag for virtuemart pages, this worked like a charm.
2011-02-14
Reviews: 2
This extension certainly is making my work easier but there is one annoyance and that is that the control panel seems to be locked and unmovable from the top center of the screen. It's right in the middle of what I need to see and I can't move it.
Owner's reply

Thank you for your input on our product.

Has with other requests from our users, this feature (and many more) is already planned to be added to a future version of Smart SEO.

Please contact us directly at info@jjextensions.com if you would like to detail further regarding your request.

Thanks,
The JJExtension Team

2011-01-20
Reviews: 1
This Component is smarter than smart - it just rocks. Right out of the box it is a peace of cake. Great Job - thanks.
2010-12-17
Reviews: 3
This is a great tool I can't live without it. The front end interface makes setting page titles and meta data a breeze. Much easier than the back end of Joomla. I highly recommend it.
2010-11-17
Reviews: 2
This extension is almost too good to be true. Super easy to install and works like a charm. I'm using it with success all over my site, including pages with Magento content. I can't imagine an easier way to make sure your site metadata is up-to-date and accurate. All for only a few dollars!
2010-11-12
Reviews: 5
For those who aren't quite certain what this component and accompanying plugin do, a mini control panel appears on the front-end when you are logged in as a super administrator. You then navigate to the page you want to edit, click on a drop-down menu on the SmartSEO CP, which then displays that particular page's meta-description, meta-title, and meta-keywords. You can then customize each of those three meta tags if you desire.

This plugin is extremely valuable (I would add necessary) for removing the default site description that Joomla automatically dumps on all category and section list pages. With this plugin, you can successfully eliminate "duplicate description" warnings from Google's Webmaster Tools.

For only $8.95, this is a gift: a greatly appreciated one.
2010-10-27
Reviews: 1
Hi,
I tried this on one of my website its working good. Finally a useful seo extention for Joomla. Realy cool and easy to use. Recommended!
2010-10-18
Reviews: 2
Easy to use and excellent GUI,
Fit to any user lever.

My clients like it.
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