How do I know our bootcamps are doing great? Other people are publishing reports before we get a chance to do so: See Joomlacommunity.eu and Web-effect.nl. Our co-organizers Jira.nl took some pictures, and so did the attendees. You could even follow the event live on Twitter! The presentations are available from Jira and on Slideshare.
With all the attention our SEO Bootcamp is getting, there's not much left for me to do. These are the main points to remember:
- SEO is not voodoo. We are always trying to understand Google, but in fact it's Google who is trying to understand humans. When a site has great content and is well-organized, it's in Google's best interest to direct users there.
- You can be your own SEO expert. Tools like Website Grader help you to understand how SEO works and what you can do to improve it.
- SEO is only 20% of the whole picture. SEM or Search Engine Marketing is much more effective. As Google bases it's pagerank partly on popularity, being present on the internet will get you more traffic.
... and yes, as usual the Bootcamp ended in a restaurant with Johan Janssens telling stories about the early Mambo days... ;-)
