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SEO - Wordpress vs NOF ?
HI Folks
I was having a discussion with a company that specialises iN
search engine optimisation the other day.
The client had asked them to look at the SEO aspects of a site
that I'd built in NOF - and they had decided to do a complete 'look &
feel' redesign, and create the new site in Wordpress.
The 'look & feel' I have no problem with - I'd be the first to admit to
being no graphics designer <g> - but I was a bit mystified to hear them
say that their new 'Wordpress' site would be much more search-engine
friendly - just because it was made in Wordpress...
Anybody got any experience of this 'Wordpress Vs NOF' debate in the
context of search-engine friendliness...??
My take (fwiw !) is that getting the relevant indexable content up
towards the top of the page, and making sure that links exist so that
se's can find all of the site (site map also) is a good start....
Comments invited.
Thanks
Adrian
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Re: SEO - Wordpress vs NOF ?
...
You hit it on the head.
#1: concise relevant content
everything else
current content (page changes between spider walks)
relevant links to and from sites with relevant content
proper use of <h1-h6> tags
proper use of image alt tags
relevant page titles
It does not matter whether a site is generated with Fusion or hand coded or
displayed via a dynamic language.
Content is king. Everything else is just good programming technique
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Mike - gotHosting.biz
Web Hosting with FREE Fusion Support
ASP, PHP, ColdFusion web hosting
www.gotHosting.biz www.gotFusion.com
"Adrian" <adrian@inspired-glass.com> wrote in message
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> HI Folks
> I was having a discussion with a company that specialises iN
> search engine optimisation the other day.
>
> The client had asked them to look at the SEO aspects of a site
> that I'd built in NOF - and they had decided to do a complete 'look &
> feel' redesign, and create the new site in Wordpress.
>
> The 'look & feel' I have no problem with - I'd be the first to admit to
> being no graphics designer <g> - but I was a bit mystified to hear them
> say that their new 'Wordpress' site would be much more search-engine
> friendly - just because it was made in Wordpress...
>
> Anybody got any experience of this 'Wordpress Vs NOF' debate in the
> context of search-engine friendliness...??
>
> My take (fwiw !) is that getting the relevant indexable content up towards
> the top of the page, and making sure that links exist so that se's can
> find all of the site (site map also) is a good start....
>
> Comments invited.
>
> Thanks
> Adrian
>
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Re: SEO - Wordpress vs NOF ?
HI Mike
gotFusion LLC wrote:
> ..
> You hit it on the head.
>
> #1: concise relevant content
>
> everything else
>
> current content (page changes between spider walks)
> relevant links to and from sites with relevant content
> proper use of <h1-h6> tags
> proper use of image alt tags
> relevant page titles
>
> It does not matter whether a site is generated with Fusion or hand coded
> or displayed via a dynamic language.
>
> Content is king. Everything else is just good programming technique
That's reassuring to hear....
I shall be shot for saying it <g> - but I do get the feeling that
there's a fair few snake-oil merchants in the seo business....
I couldn't see _why_ creating the site in Wordpress would give
such an (alleged) advantage - but it looks as if my client's been
seduced by offers of a vast increase in hits - so good luck to them !
Thanks for the reassurance <g>
Adrian
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Re: SEO - Wordpress vs NOF ?
"Adrian" <adrian@inspired-glass.com> wrote in message
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> HI Mike
>
> gotFusion LLC wrote:
>> ..
>> You hit it on the head.
>>
>> #1: concise relevant content
>>
>> everything else
>>
>> current content (page changes between spider walks)
>> relevant links to and from sites with relevant content
>> proper use of <h1-h6> tags
>> proper use of image alt tags
>> relevant page titles
>>
>> It does not matter whether a site is generated with Fusion or hand coded
>> or displayed via a dynamic language.
>>
>> Content is king. Everything else is just good programming technique
>
> That's reassuring to hear....
>
> I shall be shot for saying it <g> - but I do get the feeling that
> there's a fair few snake-oil merchants in the seo business....
>
> I couldn't see _why_ creating the site in Wordpress would give
> such an (alleged) advantage - but it looks as if my client's been seduced
> by offers of a vast increase in hits - so good luck to them !
>
> Thanks for the reassurance <g>
>
> Adrian
>
Because they use Wordpress to make entire sites (when it's intended for
doing blogs) and they're SEO "experts".
In other words, they want the business and used their alleged and
self-proclaimed SEO "expert" status to get it.
As Mike said, it's the content, not what you use to design the site.
--
Chuck Joslin
BeyondFusion.com - Your Fusion Community
www.beyondfusion.com
Register domain names at www.awavedomains.com
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Re: SEO - Wordpress vs NOF ?
HI Chuck
Chuck Joslin wrote:
>
> "Adrian" <adrian@inspired-glass.com> wrote in message
> news:hjhm0h$uqe$1@DailyPlanet.news.netobjects.com. ..
>> HI Mike
>>
>> gotFusion LLC wrote:
>>> ..
>>> You hit it on the head.
>>>
>>> #1: concise relevant content
>>>
>>> everything else
>>>
>>> current content (page changes between spider walks)
>>> relevant links to and from sites with relevant content
>>> proper use of <h1-h6> tags
>>> proper use of image alt tags
>>> relevant page titles
>>>
>>> It does not matter whether a site is generated with Fusion or hand
>>> coded or displayed via a dynamic language.
>>>
>>> Content is king. Everything else is just good programming technique
>>
>> That's reassuring to hear....
>>
>> I shall be shot for saying it <g> - but I do get the feeling that
>> there's a fair few snake-oil merchants in the seo business....
>>
>> I couldn't see _why_ creating the site in Wordpress would give
>> such an (alleged) advantage - but it looks as if my client's been
>> seduced by offers of a vast increase in hits - so good luck to them !
>>
>> Thanks for the reassurance <g>
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>
> Because they use Wordpress to make entire sites (when it's intended for
> doing blogs) and they're SEO "experts".
Now that's cynical ! <g>
>
> In other words, they want the business and used their alleged and
> self-proclaimed SEO "expert" status to get it.
Snake oil ?
>
> As Mike said, it's the content, not what you use to design the site.
That was my understanding ....
....but then, I've only been doing web since 1994 -
and the client's got a shiny new Diploma from an evening course in
Online Marketing (10 weeks - 3 hours each week!) - so what hope do I have??
Said SEO experts are now backing away saying 'we don't do web design' -
but they're quite happy to redesign the site (with added snake-oil)
and then hand it back to me to maintain...
Don't think so.... somehow
Next ! <g>
Adrian
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Re: SEO - Wordpress vs NOF ?
"Adrian" <adrian@inspired-glass.com> wrote in message
news:hjhp4q$iu$1@DailyPlanet.news.netobjects.com.. .
>
> Snake oil ?
>
> Said SEO experts are now backing away saying 'we don't do web design' -
> but they're quite happy to redesign the site (with added snake-oil)
> and then hand it back to me to maintain...
>
> Don't think so.... somehow
>
> Next ! <g>
>
> Adrian
>
It takes years of consistent performance to get a top ranking. I am sure
that your client was not told this. It takes 6-9 months to even get a
stable ranking on page 100.....
There is no longer any black magic to search engine ranking. Most of the
hocus pocus is now penalized. If your client was ranked on page 20 before
the "make over" they may find themselves back on page 50 after (depending on
how much BS is gratuitously inserted).
--
Mike - gotHosting.biz
Web Hosting with FREE Fusion Support
ASP, PHP, ColdFusion web hosting
www.gotHosting.biz www.gotFusion.com
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Re: SEO - Wordpress vs NOF ?
Adrian,
For property or real estate they say "Location, location, location".
For web sites it's just as simple "Content, Content, Content".
Paul
Adrian wrote:
> HI Folks
> I was having a discussion with a company that specialises iN
> search engine optimisation the other day.
>
> The client had asked them to look at the SEO aspects of a site
> that I'd built in NOF - and they had decided to do a complete 'look &
> feel' redesign, and create the new site in Wordpress.
>
> The 'look & feel' I have no problem with - I'd be the first to admit to
> being no graphics designer <g> - but I was a bit mystified to hear
> them say that their new 'Wordpress' site would be much more
> search-engine friendly - just because it was made in Wordpress...
>
> Anybody got any experience of this 'Wordpress Vs NOF' debate in the
> context of search-engine friendliness...??
>
> My take (fwiw !) is that getting the relevant indexable content up
> towards the top of the page, and making sure that links exist so that
> se's can find all of the site (site map also) is a good start....
>
> Comments invited.
>
> Thanks
> Adrian
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Re: SEO - Wordpress vs NOF ?
HI Adendum
Thanks - that's the principle I've always worked on.....
....but then, I'm not selling myself as an seo expert ! <g>
Thanks
Adrian
Adendum wrote:
> Adrian,
>
> For property or real estate they say "Location, location, location".
>
> For web sites it's just as simple "Content, Content, Content".
>
> Paul
>
> Adrian wrote:
>> HI Folks
>> I was having a discussion with a company that specialises iN
>> search engine optimisation the other day.
>>
>> The client had asked them to look at the SEO aspects of a site
>> that I'd built in NOF - and they had decided to do a complete 'look &
>> feel' redesign, and create the new site in Wordpress.
>>
>> The 'look & feel' I have no problem with - I'd be the first to admit to
>> being no graphics designer <g> - but I was a bit mystified to hear
>> them say that their new 'Wordpress' site would be much more
>> search-engine friendly - just because it was made in Wordpress...
>>
>> Anybody got any experience of this 'Wordpress Vs NOF' debate in the
>> context of search-engine friendliness...??
>>
>> My take (fwiw !) is that getting the relevant indexable content up
>> towards the top of the page, and making sure that links exist so that
>> se's can find all of the site (site map also) is a good start....
>>
>> Comments invited.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Adrian
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