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The SEF Patch is one of the most vital SEO component from Joomla. However, it has one really, really useful function that surprises everyone when I mention it to them.

You can easily add and edit 100s of URLs at once and access a far greater range of features.

Here's how ....

Five Simple Steps to Access the Advanced SEF Patch Features

1. Get a list of all the URLs you want to add metadata to. One easy way do to this is with Yahoo's SiteExplorer. Enter your site name, or even just a part of your site, and click "Explore URL". Click "Export results to: TSV" in the top-right corner and you'll have an Excel spreadsheet of all the URLs that Yahoo has indexed on your site.
   
2. Login into your Joomla site and head over to Components >> JRE - SEF Patch Extended >> Overview URL repository.
   
3. Click "Import"
4. Dump all the URLs into that box.
   
5. Head back to "Overview URL repository" and all the URLs will be ready for editing.

When Is This Useful?

Often. Lots of Joomla components don't have good metadata control. Virtuemart, Productbook and the Gallery2 Bridge are all components we've used this on recently. This technique allows you to dump a large number of URLs into the SEF Patch and then edit them easily.

What Advanced Features are Available?

Take a look at the image below:

• Single, 2 and 3 keyword suggestions.
• Custom meta fields unique to that page author, cache and snippet settings.
  
• Custom metadata unique to that page including.

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written by Salyris Studios, March 14, 2008

Yes! It takes time but it is well worth the effort! With some of the latest upgrades, I had to lose my old settings in the SEF Patch Extended; however, I may jump back in once I decide to either migrate to J!1.6 or stay at 1.0x. Great post Steve!

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written by Ansiklopedi, March 14, 2008

it's a nice tip but as fas as i know there is no extended patch for Joomla 1.5 ?

regards
trichnosis

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written by Steve Burge, March 14, 2008

Thanks Sean

Ansiklopedi - yes, but its not quite the same:
http://www.alledia.com/blog/product-reviews/review-of-the-sef-patch-for-joomla-1.5/

This is basically a patch to the 1.5 core rather than a component like the 1.0 version.

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written by Hummerbie, March 16, 2008

Thanks Steve, a great advice.

It wasn't clear to me at first, but this is just for the Commercial SEF Extended Patch wich is a component.
But as you said, for SEO this is a high value, low price must have component!
looks like I going to use this one on more then just one website :-)

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written by Steve Burge, March 16, 2008

Hi Hummerbie

Sorry - you're right. I try not to talk about commercial software too much here, but at $7 I think the Extended SEF Patch is worth an exception.

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