1. So something I noticed is that Joomla by default is setting my logo as a H1. This isnt really a problem though although I realized that I didnt set any of my headings properly, I just kept them as paragraphs and bolded them. So I need to make those changes to my headings to make them h1 headings.
2. In the global configuration area I was able to set my global meta tag description and global meta tag keywords properly. By default they are set to Joomla descriptions and keywords. I changed these to match my site.
3. In the global configuration of Joomla there is a setting that enable SEO friendly links. By default it is not this way, so I enabled that feature! But now my website is not working, the links have changed and when I try to make set the links for the main menu it’s still not working kind of like the paths arent updating. Only my home page works now. I dont understand why.
4. I was trying to enabled apache mod_rewrite as well in the global configurations to give a cleaner and better seo link. It requires that I rename my htaccess.txt to .htaccess.
5. Another good thing to do for SEO is to make sure that file name extensions show, by default Joomla does not do this. In the global config area I was able to enable this.