Ruth Cheesley
Ruth Cheesley runs Virya Technologies and Virya Software and has worked with Joomla! since the fork from Mambo. She specialises in Joomla! - in particular Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - and is interested in exploring how open source technology can be implemented in business and education. Virya means a driving force or energy to do good for the benefit of others, which is the central ethos behind the business.
She's also a field hockey goal keeper, training for ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order and runs the popular Joomla! User Group Suffolk, as well as being part of the Joomla!Day UK organising team. Ruth joined the Joomla! Community Leadership Team in 2013.
Website URL: http://www.viryatechnologies.com
Friday, 01 March 2013 00:00
Standing Out in the Stream - Adding Interactive Posts to your Content
We've all seen the social sharing icons which appear at the bottom of many websites encouraging people to like and share your content, but what if you could have the message that your visitors are pushing out to their social streams become more interactive? Google+ has just introduced 'interactive Posts' which help your shared posts stand out from the crowd - this could be a real game changer for many websites and an interesting way to develop social interaction with your visitors' networks.
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2013 March
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Friday, 01 March 2013 00:00
Are you Suffering from Keyword Overload? Keeping Google Happy after the Exact Match Domain (EMD) Update
Choosing the URL to use for your business can be a difficult decision - so many factors to consider! Will customers remember it? Does it say what you do? How well will it optimise in search engines?
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2013 March
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Friday, 01 February 2013 00:00
What You Probably Never Knew Lurked Within Google Analytics!
Keeping up with changes from Google can be rather challenging at the best of times, and some of the more recent changes and advanced features added to their popular analytics platform have gone largely unnoticed by many people. This series of articles will take you through some of the more recent additions, and also highlight some useful features that you may not have previously explored.
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2013 February
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Tuesday, 01 January 2013 00:00
How Secure is Your Joomla! Website?
Joomla! is fast becoming one of the most popular content management systems in the world, powering almost 3% of the web and exceeding 30 million downloads - the chances are during your day you probably browse at least one website using Joomla!. Many businesses rely on Joomla! for their web presence, but often business owners are not empowered to ensure that their website is being managed properly, or is up to date with the latest security patches. This article gives Joomla! website owners some simple tips to ensure that your website is up to date, and some tools to make that process easier!
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2013 January
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Sunday, 30 September 2012 19:00
Adding Cool Stuff to Search Results through Semantic HTML and other Tweaks
You may have noticed recently that extra bits of information have started appearing in search results, perhaps photos of the author, reviews of a product, maps showing the location of a store or links which allow you to jump to a certain location within a page.
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2012 October
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Monday, 01 October 2012 05:00
Google Panda & Penguin - How to Identify Problems and Recover Rankings
Google has been tweaking its algorithms (the systems it uses to identify how relevant it's links are to the search terms entered) over the years, with a view to improving the user experience, and promoting results which are more relevant and abide by their recommended guidelines relating to search engine optimisation. Two updates were released in recent history which have hit some sites particularly hard. This article will cover the Google update first seen in February 2011 and later rolled out internationally in August 2011 known as 'Panda' or 'Farmer', and the more recent Penguin update.
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2012 October
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Saturday, 01 September 2012 00:00
Why You Should be Paying Attention to Google+
With the abundance of social networks that spring up on an almost daily basis, you would be forgiven for emitting a dramatic sigh to hear that you need to start paying attention to another social network. But this time, really, you do!
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2012 September
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Wednesday, 01 August 2012 00:00
Inspiring Young People to Consider Open Source Technologies
In the summer of 2011, Virya Technologies had reached a point where the company needed to expand due to the volume of work, but also wanted to invest in the community and provide an opportunity for a young person to gain employment, training, and involvement in Open Source technologies.
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2012 August
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