What is Best Platform to Build Website - SEO in mind

[kdaly100]

CMS stands for Content Management System and Wordpress is one of the most popular of the many hundreds that are out there.  Thesis is one (again of many) themes that can be applied and modified to a site to give it a look and feel to a site.

[w0lfiesmithUK]

I'd like to add a vote for Wordpress, but nearly any theme which uses standard Wordpress code can be optimized with SEO in mind using a few choice plugins.

I'd actually vote against the Thesis theme though, as it's quite complexly structured code and very difficult to edit if you're not a fan of all those hooks and filters, and you just want to get in there with HTML, PHP, and the default wordpress structure (single, page, archive etc); hundreds of different files for different loops and theme parts.

[jcontraros]

I'd argue that it is structured simply for making adding PHP and HTML so much easier. Rather than having to in and modify template files in a theme to make changes, you can do it all from one file in Thesis.

Not that this has anything to do with SEO, however.

[MassivePrime]

We favor Wordpress but Joomla is just as good, however the real point that should be made is that if the SEO on and off the site isn't done well you won't rank regardless of which platform you use. Since you're creating a squeeze page, which I guess you will supplement by adding a blog, I would use Wordpress

[JohnParker2792]

Joomla has came a long way with being SEO Friendly. I SEO and develop sites on this platform every month. The new version has came out.. which has tons of add on's. I truly believe that Joomla will be your best bet. The sky is the limit.

[Prime85]

Thanks for all of the replies.... The help is greatly appreciated

[Mark_Jay_Apsey_Jr.]

We currently manage over 50 sites and we are using 20 different CMS's.  Wordpress is the best CMS to use. Easiest and SEO user friendly. You can choose any seo template to make it look like yu want it without having to do much coding.

Use SEO Yoast or all in one wordpress plugin for seo. they are both free.

Good luck....Make it happen.

[w0lfiesmithUK]

Joomla is great for community based sites which require forums and members etc. Wordpress is far simpler for the majority of use cases.

[robertdonnell]

I have used Wordpress / Thesis and agree with its being a great platform for SEO.  In fact, I have taken purchased HTML themes and converted them to Thesis only to see the PR grow quickly.

Recently, I have been using Genesis from STudioPress (as I like their themes as a starting point).

Seeing similar SEO results - any observations?

[robertdonnell]

I recently took on the task of performing SEO on a several hunded page Joomla site.  It is truly a nightmare to work on compared to WordPress.

Joomla may have come a long way - but it has miles to go.  I recommend against this platform for anyone who cares about SEO.