Kristen Pol

Google provides a free keyword research tool to easily see what keyword phrases are popular. The tool is here:

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Using it is very easy, type in one word or a phrase that is of interest, and then it will show you all combinations of search phrases with that word or phrase in it.

So, if you are optimizing a page for tahiti, then put tahiti in the search box and you will see results like:

Google Tahiti Keywords

These are good HTML validation tools to ensure your HTML is clean... clean HTML means better SEO (search engine optimization) and typically faster page loads.

• http://validator.w3.org - HTML validator
• http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator - CSS validator
• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/249 - Firefox plugin

These tools will go through your web page or web site and check for broken HTML tags.

You will get free DrupalCon SF tickets if you win this contest:

http://drupalmodules.com/articles/drupalcon-2010-ticket-contest

Thanks to NatureBridge for helping sponsor this module! If you like this module, please consider donating to the non-profit NatureBridge to help them continue connecting youth with the natural world.

I will be proposing some sessions/talks for DrupalCon SF in April, 2010, and want to find out what Drupal users/developers want to learn about. It can be at the beginner, intermediate or advanced level. What Drupal tutorial would you like to see?

I presented a talk on building Drupal image galleries using the Dynamic Display Block (DDBlock) module at the Stanford Design4Drupal camp (http://d4dstanford.prod.acquia-sites.com/schedule). I'm attaching my how-to doc and presentation docs here as well as a zip of the database and entire code tree.

Here's a grid of top ten Drupal modules recommended by the top websites (per Google - 2009 posts only) as of December 2009. The websites are numbered 1 to 10 and if the particular module was listed in that site's top 10 Drupal modules list, then it has an X in the column for that site. So far, I have gone through 6 websites.

I gave a Drupal SEO presentation at the recent BADCamp in Berkeley along with Jen Lampton of Chapter Three.

For those who couldn't be there or were in one of the other sessions, I'm attaching my Word document that goes through quick instructions on the most common and necessary Drupal SEO modules you should set up for your website.

I went to an awesome talk on creating high performance Drupal sites by Josh Koenig of Chapter Three at the recent BAD Camp in Berkeley. You should check out the slides, but here's a recap:

1. basic performance settings at [domain]/admin/settings/performance (compress css, page caching, etc.)
   

I get a lot of calls and emails for Drupal work. Often more than I can handle. It's common for these companies to complain about how hard it is to find a "Drupal expert". So what can these companies do to find the right Drupal programmer for their project?

Are you wondering how to make Drupal SEO friendly? You can start by taking a look at the list of Drupal SEO modules that are available for free.

If I was only allowed to install my top 10 drupal modules (besides core and SEO-related modules), here's what they'd be. Also, check out the list of Drupal SEO modules.

Current Availability

I am currently working on several contracts, and will be too busy to take on new clients until at least April 2010. At that time, I *may* be able to take on additional projects depending on their scope and timeline. For example, I may be able to take on a project that will only take a few days, or a project that only needs a few hours/week.

I get some comments on this site yet I was missing some since I don't check my comments "approval queue" regularly. I want to get an email when someone posts a comment. This is easy to using Drupal actions and triggers. This is built-in functionality for Drupal 6.

You can get the Drupal Revision Moderation module working along side the Drupal Worklow module. I've just done it for Drupal 6.

I was looking in my Google analytics reports and see that I have some broken links (404 pages) in my content. Although you can track these with Analytics or other web reporting tools, there are a number of modules that can be used to help minimize and detect Drupal broken links:

• Broken Anchors (version 6 only)- Checks for broken links within your node body and comment text. Runs via cron.

If you want people to find your content, it's good to get the word out with social marketing. Since I haven't done that yet, that's the plan right now.

There are a number of Drupal SEO modules to choose from. Here is a summary of the most popular ones to help with your Drupal search engine optimization.

"Link sculpting" (also know as "pagerank sculpting" or "link juice flow optimization") is one of the more recent and popular trends in search engine optimization. Although some people have been using this concept for years, it has entered the SEO mainstream over the past year or so.

If you are going to customize a drupal theme or create a drupal theme from scratch, you will inevitably find times where the change you have implemented does not show up. This is because the theme information is cached for better performance. This will happen *even* if you have caching turned off on your site.