CMS platforms are third party applications that store content in databases or XML files. CMS platforms make it easy to publish, edit and manage content. The advantage of CMS platforms is you don’t need to be a programmer or designer to understand them. It’s easy to create content and upload images and videos.
Even though CMS platforms are easy to navigate, site administrators sometimes run into issues when it comes to optimization. However, with the right plugin installations you can turn these CMS platforms into dynamic SEO platforms.
Top Five SEO-Friendly CMS Solutions
Modx allows you to take full control of your content. This Open Source - multiple users can work on it at once and no licensing required - PHP framework allows users to build sites exactly to their specification. Templates are easy to use and you can build sites quickly – very user friendly and works on most servers.
Modx is touted as one of the best SEO platforms out there—what you put into your site is what you get out of Modx.
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• XTML code puts content close to body tag
• Simplified page titles and metadata automatically available for each page
• Create URLs manually or dynamically – URLs that search engines will like and rank
• Allows users several ways to manage and oversee meta content on each page.
Modx provides the plugin SEO Strict URLs. This is a “must-have” plug in because it saves you from duplicate content – enforces use of unique URLs.
WordPress
WordPress is also a free Open Source publishing platform that was built on PHP and MySQL. WordPress prides itself on its easy usability. WordPress is also one of the most popular blogging platforms.
WordPress has many plugins that can be used to make it work to your SEO advantage. The following plugins are a few suggested add-ons that will make your WordPress sites more SEO friendly.
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• Automatically optimizes titles for search engines
• Creates meta descriptions and keywords (override titles)
• Avoids duplicate content
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• Permalinks specific to categories
• No 301 redirections
• Migrates old websites
Typo3 is a small/midsize enterprise content management system that makes it easy for anyone to use. Typo 3’s complex software provides powerful functions including easy and fast content editing features.
Some Typo3 plugins include: News (displays and manages news) and Twitter (shows profile and timeline of Twitter user). For a full list of plugins check out the Extensions section.
Drupal
Drupal is another powerful free content management platform that allows users to manage a wide variety of content. It has more than just CMS features – it also includes forums, blogs and podcasting.
Nodewords – Allows users to set meta tags for nodes, panel pages or views. By using important keywords in nodes, it allows search engines to rank sites better.
Google Analytics – Web statistics tracking system - tracks users, monitors file downloads and customizes tracking reports.
Interspire
Interspire is PHP web-based software that offers multiple packages including Shopping Cart software and content management system – Website Publisher.
It allows users to custom design websites and content to specific business needs. There are a variety of modules that can be used to further enhance sites.
Community Builder plugin makes a great addition to Interspire’s Email Marketing software. It’s a great tool to build more subscribers which draws more traffic to your site.
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Friday, 10. July 2009
Thanks for the concise summary of those SEO friendly CMS packages and blogging platforms, we found your article helpful. For transparency, I need to state that I am the President & CEO of an SEO friendly CMS company called Pixelsilk. Similar to what you stated above, you can get out of Pixelsilk what you put in. You have FULL control of the HTML and the architecture has SEO best practices built in from the ground up. Some of the most well known names in the SEO industry had their hand in the requirements planning from the beginning of the project. After its release in February 2009, they have publicly endorsed Pixelsilk. It does have a multi-tenant control panel if you manage multiple sites and you can easily levergage your work from one project to the next with the use of tokens. The interface is easy, clean, and simple but, then again, I am biased ;-). If you have any interest, there is a short product tour video on our site at http://www.pixelsilk.com.
Saturday, 11. July 2009
I will check it out Mark. Thank you for sending this info.
Zeke
Tuesday, 11. August 2009
Good article. I’m actually amazed at the lack of SEO support in many of the big name CMS products. I’ve tried quite a few, but usually wind up going with a managed solution (my managed cms or similar) to avoid the the install/upgrade/hosting overhead.
On a side note, I’m not sure Wordpress can be considered a CMS, per se. Wordpress is awesome if you’re running a blog, with a few accompanying pages. Just kinda seems like it doesn’t fit since the other CMSes you listed are more for non-blog-centric websites that *may* have a blog.
Tuesday, 11. August 2009
You can do pretty much whatever you want with WordPress. It’s not just a blogging platform.
Zeke
Tuesday, 11. August 2009
Its really nice that you give the nice comparision. We can use your comparision to impress our clients.
Friday, 21. August 2009
I understand it’s not just a blogging platform. I just think too many people try to use WP where other things are a much better fit. As the adage goes … when the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
I personally think it’s a great piece of software. But anything over a small handful of well known plugins, it’s far too risky, IMO. When you start to get an excessive amount of code from various sources, you wind up with either a) a serious maintenance headache, or b) unpatched, vulnerable code. Neither is a good scenario.