SEO Friendly CMS

As the internet allows more and more writers to present their work to the world, new software platforms have been developed which give even amateur web masters total control over how their content is formatted and displayed. These software platforms, called Content Management Systems (or CMSs)

CMS's have become so sophisticated that a writer with no knowledge of developing web sites can have a fully-functional blog up and running in a matter of minutes.

The proliferation of writing on the web is great -- it gives everyone in the world a voice and the potential to be heard by others. But it also creates an echo chamber; a giant mass of text and words that has to be sifted through and broken apart. This is a daunting task, and, luckily, many search engines have stepped up to tackle it.

But the search engines can't do all of the work themselves, which is why many CMS packages now come with features that allowed for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). These SEO Friendly CMS packages give provide writers with the ability to associate their writing with the keywords that people are searching for.

What is SEO?

Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is a process for emphasizing certain keywords in a body of text so that search engines will associate the content of that text with those keywords. Essentially, SEO tells a search engine what a web page is about by "summing it up" with a few keywords. When those keywords are searched for, the search engine puts the pages it associates with those keywords at the top.

SEO is an effective tool for bringing new readers into a site based upon their search engine queries. For this reason, many SEO friendly simple CMS programs have been developed, automatically incorporating SEO into the presentation of an author's text.

Top 3 SEO Friendly CMS Platforms

Wordpress

Wordpress is a powerfully blogging utility that has a very user friendly admin. Wordpress is great for very powerful blogging site solutions, but should not be considered for a serious website due to growth limitations. Wordpress has growth limits not experienced by the more advanced CMS solutions out there, such as Joomla, and Drupal. Wordpress comes equipped with a number of great features that allow writers to publish their content quickly, easily, and without knowing anything about setting up a web page. Wordpress handles auto-archiving and times content releases as well as user registration and management. For the novice web masters, Wordpress is an excellent option when looking for an SEO Friendly CMS.

Joomla

Joomla, formerly known as Mamba, is an seo friendly CMS. Joomla doesn't come with SEO support on install, but many third-party extensions have been written for Joomla which increase its incorporation of SEO. Joomla has more features than Wordpress but also requires a little more knowledge to set up. Overall, Joomla is a very functional seo friendly cms with a full set of features. Joomla won the 2006 and 2007 best open source CMS award for it's user friendliness and advanced functionality. Joomla is very flexible and used by fortune 500 companies such as MTV, VH1 and Harvard Business School. A popular Joomla All In One Site Solution is found here: http://www.smartchoicesites.com

Drupal

Drupal is another open source CMS similar to the Joomla seo friendly cms. Though not as popular as Joomla, Drupal is an good choice for community based sites. Setting up Drupal can take over an hour, and it requires some specific knowledge about file transfer and server settings. Drupal comes with SEO support upon install, though, and it also has had many extensions written for it which improve its SEO performance.

By MyWebGuyTaylor

About the Author: MyWebGuyTaylor is an seo specialist in Santa Barbara, CA and founder of The Search Engine Pros. Taylor is actively involved in local humanitarian efforts in the Santa Barbara area (Greenpeace, Fonkoze Microloans, HUB.) and specializes in helping Non-Profits and Eco Friendly startups. Taylor has been providing web and search engine optimization services and advice for 11 years. Taylor can be reached at 800.605.4988 or by email taylor [ @ ] mywebguytaylor.com

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Comments (5)

love this site!

love this site! loads of free seo info. thanks bunches guys!

Jonathan , June 01, 2009

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I always go with Joomla as it is very user friendly - not too mention the SEO plugins for free that you can get...
Mary

Mary , June 24, 2009

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This article provided some insights which I really dint know much about CMS.

Jones , August 10, 2009

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Taylor Reaume has some brilliant seo knowledge, he runs an ethical seo company providing effective seo campaigns. My colleague Karen tried this company and had great things to say about them. They are search engine marketing consultants from santa barbara,ca. organic search seo, etc. I am doings some research on them online...they have a tons of articles on the net... And this one is very informative. Before reading it I have been usng only wordpress but now i would definitely go and try Joomla too.

Vlad , September 28, 2009

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I just can't imagine that there would be such software which could help a writer with no knowledge of developing web sites have a fully-functional blog up and running in just a matter of minutes. Isn't that wonderful? This means spending less money and time!

SHERYL , September 29, 2009