Major SEO Mistake Affects Most Drupal Sites

Every day, millions of people use Google Image Search to find pictures, products, and people. If you're using Drupal, chances are you're not getting any of this traffic.

no results?

Here's why:

Drupal's robots.txt file contains a major mistake. Amazingly, the mistake has been there for years, and very few people seem to know about it.

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Posted by John on 2010-08-30
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Metal Layer Styles for Photoshop

Looking for a great set of professional quality metal layer styles? Well, fire up your copy of Photoshop, today's your lucky day!

Introducing my latest project, MetalWorks Pro! Featuring 140 high-quality metal layer styles and 20 seamless metal textures, MetalWorks has everything you need for your next design project!

metal layer styles

MetalWorks features just about every type of metal style you could imagine: brilliant gold, brushed aluminum, rusted iron, tarnished silver, classic copper, sharpened steel, and polished chrome, to name a few. MetalWorks is available for download now, so be sure to check it out!

Posted by John on 2010-08-27
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Building a Business with Drupal

Last week, I launched my latest Drupal-powered startup, a niche e-commerce site selling Photoshop Layer Styles.

Photoshop Layer Styles

Today, I published a full case study over on Drupal.org. The study includes my thoughts on using Zen vs building from scratch, how I set up the multi-column content layout, and some tips on tweaking your server for maximum performance.

So, if you're interested in learning a bit about how I build sites, be sure to check it out, and leave a comment if you have any questions.

Posted by John on 2010-08-14
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Looking for Awesome Drupal Blogs

DrupalFire

Do you regularly write in-depth, high-quality Drupal content? Know someone who does? I'm looking for new authors to add to DrupalFire, my low-noise Drupal content aggregator.

If you know a great Drupal site that should be on the list, let me know!

Posted by John on 2010-03-23
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A Survey of 2,368 Drupal Sites

Back in May of 2008, I did a survey of 1,370 Drupal sites, and came up with some interesting version statistics. At the time, Drupal 6 had been out for about 3 months, and the adoption rate was still fairly low.

It's been 2 years now since Drupal 6.0 was released, and I thought it would be interesting to revisit the numbers. So, here's a fresh survey of 2,368 Drupal sites:

Drupal sites by version 2010

And here are the numbers from back in 2008:

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Posted by John on 2010-02-19

Free Drupalcon Tickets Up For Grabs

The DrupalModules.com Drupalcon Ticket Contest is back, and this time I'm giving away over $1000 in tickets!

Drupalcon San Francisco 2010

Three pairs of tickets to Drupalcon SF are up for grabs, and there's two ways to win. It only takes a few seconds to enter, but don't wait too long, the contest ends February 28th!

Posted by John on 2010-01-11
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