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Is Joomla good for your SEO?

Is Joomla good for your SEO?
Scores of books and articles have been written about the Joomla Content Management System. Many of these have been written for it and others against it. The most common argument is that Joomla is not the ideal option as far as search engine friendly CMS’ are concerned. However, in my opinion, this view is not very well thought out and comes from amateurs who don’t how this CMS can be good for SEO purposes.

Joomla is arguably one of the best CMS’ available today. And for those who doubt this, Joomla is also extremely search engine friendly if it is handled by SEO experts who know how to maximize the results from Joomla websites. Search engine optimization is a very important tool as far as Internet marketing is concerned, and although many people believe that Joomla sites are the toughest to optimize, this is not true. Professionals who really know their job can handle such a project easily.

Here are some of the features that are loaded into the Joomla CMS and that help to make it search engine friendly:

  • It makes your URL’s more visible: One of the outstanding features of Joomla is that it gives you more search engine friendly URLs that end with a .html or a .htm and not any other special characters.

  • It allows for customization of meta-tags and title-tags: You can easily customize each web page for their title and meta-tags and thus avoid duplication. You will also be given a unique menu system that makes customization easier.

  • Add Header Tags: You can easily make changes to the template system with Joomla and you can also add header tags.

  • Customized 404 Error Page: A customized 404 Error Page has become very important, especially if web surfers get bored of the same message being featured all the time. You can now customize your page and keep tracks of any broken links.

  • Allows you to use the Nofollow feature: Joomla allows you to use Nofollow, which tells the search engines not to rank certain unnecessary pages on your site.

  • Newsletter: The newsletter form is very important for your site to be a success. This way you can get in touch with your customers.

  • These are just a few of the features that Joomla provides. There are plenty more that make it good for SEO purposes.

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