Hello,
Can anyone tell me if building a site in EE has any effect on SEO? Are there any advantages or disadvantages?
Many thanks.
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August 11, 2008 7:09am
Subscribe [2]#1 / Aug 11, 2008 7:09am
Hello,
Can anyone tell me if building a site in EE has any effect on SEO? Are there any advantages or disadvantages?
Many thanks.
#2 / Aug 11, 2008 11:08am
EE can be customized to be quite SEO friendly, as the framework allows for search-friendly URLs, dynamic sitemap generation and other best practices. Keep in mind that if you have an existing site, you’ll want to make sure you incorporate 302 redirects to maintain your existing rankings.
Brad, Rivad Media
#3 / Aug 14, 2008 10:24am
All of what Brad said, plus you can set up custom fields so each page’s title tags can be customized. EE gives you all of the tools you need to get creative with managing your SEO.
#4 / Aug 18, 2008 3:32pm
The BetterMeta add-on also allows for dynamic title tag creation - highly recommended.
#5 / Aug 18, 2008 3:45pm
I have a series on this in SEO, and the discussion has some good tips too.
#6 / Sep 25, 2008 3:05pm
Keep in mind that if you have an existing site, you’ll want to make sure you incorporate 302 redirects to maintain your existing rankings.
Actually, this should be a 301 redirect—moved permanently. A 302 redirect is read as a temporary redirect, and may or may not run into problems.
Info on HTTP status codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_redirection#HTTP_status_codes_3xx
Problems with 302 redirects: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=google+302
Cheers,
John