Is Wordpress good for SEO
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Is Wordpress good for SEO? If so, any tips? Do I need to set up as a subdomain so www.blog.mysite.com?
Thanks
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The best test case for the value of WordPress is to switch an existing site to WP from HTML as see the results. I have been impressed. I only use SEO optimized theme framework like headwaythemes.com genesis or thesis.
I find Yoast SEO buggy and redundant if you use a strong framework.
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Colin, you are definitely right about WordPress and SEO. The link you provided was also quite helpful - thanks for the reminder.
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Out of the box, a self-hosted WordPress site is flawed when it comes to SEO. Your permalink structure will be poor, there is rampant duplicate content and titles, frankly it's a bit of a mess.
With a little work though, you can turn WordPress into a very SEO friendly platform. WordPress SEO by Yoast is an essential plugin in my mind, and makes things a whole lot easier.
Check out this very helpful Mozinar on the subject: http://moz.com/webinars/advanced-wordpress-seo
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Yea you want to run a "self-hosted wordpress" to get the real SEO value out of it. It's totally different than wordpress.com
http://wpmu.org/wordpress-org-vs-wordpress-com/
The benefit of wordpress is you won't have to be programmer to fix duplicate url issues and a lot of the technical stuff. It's not that a wordpress site "ranks better" or something...it's just easier to keep technical issues from holding you back in my opinion.
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You don't have to set up wordpress on a subdomain. And I probably wouldn't unless you're just looking to add a blog to your an existing site.
My opinion is that wordpress is hands down the most SEO-friendly CMS out there, and much less time-consuming to optimize than anything else. You can create clean permalinks in 2 clicks, it basically handles the .htaccess stuff for you. Also, the wordpress SEO plugin from Yoast makes it real easy optimize.
There was a good Wordpress SEO mozinar the other day that you might find helpful also.
http://moz.com/webinars/hands-on-answers-to-the-most-asked-wordpress-qestions
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Hi,
Thanks for the responses. i want to add the blog to my site to get the SEO value from it. I do not want it hosted at Wordpress. I'm confused how it would work in SEO terms. How do I get the SEO value out of wordpress.
So to answer your question its: "or just using a wordpress CMS on a domain you have such as "www.example.com"?"
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Studio, here's a great post on wordpress SEO. Yoast makes a very useful plugin too.
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just to clarify, are you talking about having a wordpress site as in "mysite.wordrpess.com" or just using a wordpress CMS on a domain you have such as "www.example.com"?
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