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Three Ways to Utilize Drupal

One of the first decisions you have to make when building a website is choosing a content management system (CMS). It is important to establish the objective of your site before you invest any elbow grease into your digital home. Ideally, you would like to choose a CMS that is easy to use with a wide range of functionality. Thorough research is always recommended, but that may just be how you found this blog post... Let me save you some time: Drupal is an excellent choice for any type of webmaster because it is easy to theme, it has the functionality of Bo Jackson (in his prime) and is supported by a large community of powerful “Drupalonians”. Not sold yet? Here are three ways to utilize Drupal for your website.

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Researching Backlinks for Drupal SEO

One of the most beneficial SEO executions for your Drupal website is building quality backlinks. The idea behind building backlinks as part of the page rank algorithm is that if a page has great content, people will start linking to it. The more quality backlinks a page has, the better. But you shouldn’t rely too heavily on the fact that the content is good and quality people will automatically link to you. It is true that if the quality of content is great, so will the backlinks, but what you get without any effort will be considerably less than what you need to successfully increase your rankings. Finding quality back links can take a lot of effort, but if you use an advanced search operator, it will deliver consistently over time.

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Volacci SEO Podcast Episode 5: SEO Features in Drupal 6

<p>Ben Finklea talks about his new baby, the new Volacci offices, and the new Drupal 6 SEO features. <br />
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<p>Links to resources and websites mentioned in this episode:</p>
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<li>The Volacci SEO Podcast Hotline: 512-989-2945 x254</li>
<li><a href="http://drupal.org/project/pathauto" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Pathauto Module for Drupal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://drupal.org/" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">The Drupal Content Management System</a></li>
<li><a href="http://drupal.org/user/36762" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Greg's User Profile Page on Drupal.org</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.apple.com/retail/onetoone/" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Apple One-to-One Training program</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lullabot.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Lullabot</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Garage Band</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.skype.com/" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Skype</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Audio Hijack Pro</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Podbean Podcast Hosting</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.volacci.com/directions" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Volacci's New Offices</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.volacci.com/robots.txt" rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Volacci's robots.txt file</a></li>
<li><a href="http://highervisibilitywebsites.com/drupal-6-performance-and-developer-d... rel="nofollow" target="drupal">Drupal Speed Tests</a></li>
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