Joomla or Wordpress

[canadaexpert]

Hi There,

From SEO point of view, which one is better, Joomla or wordpress?

Thank you

[JamesGw]

I prefer Joomla. I think it's easier to manage more types of content.

[iAmNameLess]

I Effing hate these threads... because tons of inexperienced people overall will speak so many wonderful things about how wordpress is absolutely the best there is, but it isn't.

They are both good for SEO... neither one will hurt you. You just need SEF urls on joomla, that is all. Anyone that does SEO will tell you, there is no advantage to one over the other, that the advantage is whoever you use for SEO.

Yes... there are extensions for Joomla.... Yes, there are extensions for wordpress.... Which one is better for SEO? Neither.... Which one is more flexible? Joomla.... which one is easiest to learn? Wordpress.

People will say Google loves wordpress... that isn't true at all. Wordpress is a blog platform, and google loves fresh content. Blogs typically get updated often and therefore have fresh content, which google likes. A blog on Joomla will do just as well as a blog on Wordpress.

[John Hocking]

For seo, either would work.

i prefer Wordpress. With the free seo, and social media plugins. you can turn Wordpress into a publishing hub and notify the blog search engines, twitter, facebook, etc when you have new content to explore.

Google really seems to love wordpress sites.

[Bradley J Anderson]

Originally Posted by iAmNameLess

I Effing hate these threads... because tons of inexperienced people overall will speak so many wonderful things about how wordpress is absolutely the best there is, but it isn't.

They are both good for SEO... neither one will hurt you. You just need SEF urls on joomla, that is all. Anyone that does SEO will tell you, there is no advantage to one over the other, that the advantage is whoever you use for SEO.

Yes... there are extensions for Joomla.... Yes, there are extensions for wordpress.... Which one is better for SEO? Neither.... Which one is more flexible? Joomla.... which one is easiest to learn? Wordpress.

People will say Google loves wordpress... that isn't true at all. Wordpress is a blog platform, and google loves fresh content. Blogs typically get updated often and therefore have fresh content, which google likes. A blog on Joomla will do just as well as a blog on Wordpress.

Exactly. It makes no difference in terms of SEO. They are both the same in that regard. I think people mis-speak when they say, "Google loves Wordpress." What they really mean to say is, "Google loves CMS", but WP is just the only one they are familiar with. One CMS is just as good as the other in that respect.

[sonic74]

In Wordpress you can set up your URL's look Search Engine Friendly (SEF)

very easy !!! It's SEF ready !!!

In Joomla you have to download components (paid) and has a learning curve to set it up !

[fuzzynono]

I tried Joomla and didnt like it at all. I use wordpress exclusively now and thinks its the best as long as you can modify php and HTML code. Its definitely a personal preference thing though.

[BloggingPro]

I've never even used Joomla. Why? Because Wordpress does the job for me and does it well. I feel comfortable with Wordpress. There are probably a million others who feel the same about Joomla. Find a CMS that works for YOU, not what works for others.

[iAmNameLess]

Originally Posted by sonic74

In Wordpress you can set up your URL's look Search Engine Friendly (SEF)

very easy !!! It's SEF ready !!!

In Joomla you have to download components (paid) and has a learning curve to set it up !

See, this is the stuff I'm talking about... people that don't know what they are talking about.

How do you install wordpress? You probably use a fantastico or other script installs that do it for you, in 10 minutes. Just the same that can be done with Joomla. What learning curve? If you don't know how to type in a password, an email, etc. Then you have no reason to even have a website.

NEXT... Joomla comes SEF ready too... you want SEF urls? Cool, hit a button, and it is on. Some components are commercial, just like wordpress, but Joomla has a TON of free components. You are clearly misinformed.

[hashbury]

Originally Posted by iAmNameLess

See, this is the stuff I'm talking about... people that don't know what they are talking about.

How do you install wordpress? You probably use a fantastico or other script installs that do it for you, in 10 minutes. Just the same that can be done with Joomla. What learning curve? If you don't know how to type in a password, an email, etc. Then you have no reason to even have a website.

NEXT... Joomla comes SEF ready too... you want SEF urls? Cool, hit a button, and it is on. Some components are commercial, just like wordpress, but Joomla has a TON of free components. You are clearly misinformed.

Dead on with this.

[jasonthewebmaster]

Originally Posted by Bradley J Anderson

Exactly. It makes no difference in terms of SEO. They are both the same in that regard. I think people mis-speak when they say, "Google loves Wordpress." What they really mean to say is, "Google loves CMS", but WP is just the only one they are familiar with. One CMS is just as good as the other in that respect.

Exactly... any PHP script you build your website with can be good OR crappy with SEO.. it depends on you and if you take the time to build SEO into your site.

BUT... since you asked... go with joomla! its awesome!

[eAvenue]

I use WordPress in most cases because I find it easier for me to work with. With that said Joomla and WordPress will be the same in SEO ability, the better question is who is going to be writing your content and do they have the experience its going to take to create and input the content correctly.

Wordpress is no longer just a blog platform. This is where its roots are but I find it to do just about anything I need.

[rajivkumar900]

my vote goes to wordpress In my opinion its far way better than joomla
Rajiv

[iAmNameLess]

Originally Posted by rajivkumar900

my vote goes to wordpress its far way better than jumla
Rajiv

Since you don't know how to spell Joomla, I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume you aren't qualified to make that decision. Maybe it is "Far way" easier, but definitely not better.

[limestone614]

I'm with Wordpress. It really is easy to produce a professional looking site in not very long at all. It gets even better if you can dabble in the code to make the site your own.

[humbledmarket]

Simply put WORDPRESS! Better SEO, Easier but yet effective. It's suppose to be a blog but can easily be used as a full scale site.

all the Best

[InternetMarketingIQ]

I use both. My highest traffic site is based on Joomla.

What I don't like about Joomla is poor comment integration and it's more difficult to keep up to date although updates come at a much slower rate than WordPress.

Joomla is much more flexible in CMS data manipulation.

Most people who are doing online Marketing will do fine with WordPress and the learning curve is not as steep. They are actually very different products.

One advantage for me is the plugin architecture of WordPress seems to be more developed and easier to implement, especially in regards to useful free plugins.

There also seems to be a wider variety of templates in the WordPress realm.

As long as a CMS doesn't cause problems for bots to crawl there should be no difference from an SEO standpoint as SEO is a function of content and links, but to a lesser degree if the content is pushed too low for what the search crawlers see it can affect how deep they will crawl, at least this used to be the case when you could manipulate old HTML sites to increase the proximity relevancy of content... meaning Google will give more weight to content at the top of an article vs the bottom of an article.

[SEOpsychic]

SEOwise, WordPress is more suitable especially with it's customization URLs and pinging property. aside the fact that most of it's useful plugins are free and also it's not as bulky as joomla. joomla requires more tech-know-how, if you're lacking in that area, please go for WordPress, it'll go a long way to helping your SEO and site management.

[TeamGlobal]

Originally Posted by iAmNameLess

See, this is the stuff I'm talking about... people that don't know what they are talking about.

How do you install wordpress? You probably use a fantastico or other script installs that do it for you, in 10 minutes. Just the same that can be done with Joomla. What learning curve? If you don't know how to type in a password, an email, etc. Then you have no reason to even have a website.

NEXT... Joomla comes SEF ready too... you want SEF urls? Cool, hit a button, and it is on. Some components are commercial, just like wordpress, but Joomla has a TON of free components. You are clearly misinformed.

Thanks for this clarification. Clearly there are many who will state that one is better than the other without ever having extensive knowledge of both.

It's funny this came up as I was just adjusting my own SEO settings on a couple of my Joomla sites. As iAmNameLess says, "Joomla comes SEF ready too... you want SEF urls? Cool, hit a button".

The built-in settings are set by clicking the Yes or No buttons with the options listed below.

SEO Settings
Search Engine Friendly URLs No Yes
Use Apache mod_rewrite No Yes
Add suffix to URLs No Yes

All The Very Best,

Tony

[Meharis]

Rather than arguing which one is better, maybe
someone could explain in plain English the advantages
of one over the other. The non technical people will have
a better idea of which way to go and try it.
Meharis

[canadaexpert]

Originally Posted by iAmNameLess

I Effing hate these threads... because tons of inexperienced people overall will speak so many wonderful things about how wordpress is absolutely the best there is, but it isn't.

They are both good for SEO... neither one will hurt you. You just need SEF urls on joomla, that is all. Anyone that does SEO will tell you, there is no advantage to one over the other, that the advantage is whoever you use for SEO.

Yes... there are extensions for Joomla.... Yes, there are extensions for wordpress.... Which one is better for SEO? Neither.... Which one is more flexible? Joomla.... which one is easiest to learn? Wordpress.

People will say Google loves wordpress... that isn't true at all. Wordpress is a blog platform, and google loves fresh content. Blogs typically get updated often and therefore have fresh content, which google likes. A blog on Joomla will do just as well as a blog on Wordpress.

Could you please just let me know which extension work better in that regard? I mean SEF for jooma.

Thank you

[shafiqkamal]

Originally Posted by iAmNameLess

I Effing hate these threads... because tons of inexperienced people overall will speak so many wonderful things about how wordpress is absolutely the best there is, but it isn't.

They are both good for SEO... neither one will hurt you. You just need SEF urls on joomla, that is all. Anyone that does SEO will tell you, there is no advantage to one over the other, that the advantage is whoever you use for SEO.

Yes... there are extensions for Joomla.... Yes, there are extensions for wordpress.... Which one is better for SEO? Neither.... Which one is more flexible? Joomla.... which one is easiest to learn? Wordpress.

People will say Google loves wordpress... that isn't true at all. Wordpress is a blog platform, and google loves fresh content. Blogs typically get updated often and therefore have fresh content, which google likes. A blog on Joomla will do just as well as a blog on Wordpress.

Well said. I've never tried Joomla before but I'm loving wordpress and with great themes from Clickbump, it makes my work easier. Just write fresh content so Google will love my website. Just my 2 cents.


Regards,
Shafiq

[scott william]

My experience is that because the number of plugins and themes for WordPress far outnumbers those for Joomla, that helps with SEO too. Simply from the fact that you do more with the site. Adding a podcast or other features enabled by the vast array of wordpress plugins may not directly improve SEO – but it encourages users to add content – which helps.

The easier it is to use, the less problems, and the more extras you can add in easily, the more content goes up on the site.

And, of course, some of those plugins like your own modified Link Love plugin help SEO directly.

[spandit]

Hi
Wordpress is better option.

[DIGITALCHAMELEON]

Wordpress, more user friendly and more plugins.

[Iqball]

Wordpress (WP) Hands Down!! Google really loves the WordPressing Sites.
There is many evidence to support WP of testing Google Ranking.

[thehypnoguy]

I would go with the Word Press. Jeff Johnsons Free SEO plugin does wonders.

Martin

[spiders1980]

word press is better,here we can convert the article to visitors

[Istvan Horvath]

The next big hit on the market will the forum software that has an IQ test built in...

[ganesh]

I use both of them. As far as SEO is concerned there is not a very big difference. It all depends on the utility. Any script for that matter has a learning curve. I have seen newbies asking how to change themes in Wordpress. So Joomla is surely worth trying. Eventhough Wordpress has evolved a lot, I prefer to use it only for blogs. For corporate sites or where I need a mix of static and dynamic content with some pages only available to subscribed members etc, I prefer to go with Joomla. Again this is my personal choice. CMS made simple and website baker are two other very easy and SEO friendly scripts. I use them for some offline clients.

[Merchant Prince]

Originally Posted by canadaexpert

Hi There,

From SEO point of view, which one is better, Joomla or wordpress?

Thank you

I've seen some amazing things done with Wordpress, and it's more widely used. You could give Joomla a try if you think it's features will accomplish your purpose.

[sting82]

For SEO I prefer Wordpress.

[iAmNameLess]

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

The next big hit on the market will the forum software that has an IQ test built in...

Wouldn't that be great?

[indojobsearch]

In my opinion,For SEO,wordpress is better than joomla..it's very flexible and it has lots of plugins to increase our site's SEO...Good luck..

[Dave90210]

I prefer Wordpress since more people use it. The more people use it the bigger selection of SEO plugins. With wordpress I can get indexed in mins on Google and Yahoo and I haven't been able to accomplish that yet with Joomla

[Rukshan]

No need to ask. Wordpress is the best CMS for IM.

[celente]

SEO and usability....

I go for WORDPRESS baby! yeah!

*looking all austin power-y*

[paologiannone]

Wordpress is definitely the better one to use for the number of templates available. If you are a beginner is also much easier to learn.

[vikasrawat]

I would prefer using Wordpress. There is lots of support available for wordpress. There are plenty of resources available in the forum of themes, plugins, forums etc around wordpress

[nicolas simpson]

both are considered the same by search engines however wordpress is more user friendly especially if you are a beginner and owning your 1st blog wordpress is the way to go.

but as for experience persons it does not really matter

[ManieE]

Both works fine, Joomla is very powerful but WP is so much easier.

[zubair56]

wordpress is the best in my opinion but joomla is also not a bad choice for SEO

[brendan9971]

Wordpress wins in most regards but there are some really nice joomla thems out there lol...

[fullmatrix]

I know nothing about joomla, but from what I know, joomla sites are soft target for script kiddies to practice defacing. In my country we had this defacing explosion 2 years ago. Never interested to use joomla since then.

[EdmundDantes]

Have always been a big fan of wordpress, Joomla has some advantages but I can't get away from wordpress.

[pmbrent]

Since Google likes wordpress it would be adventageous to utilize a wordpress site.

[DIGITALCHAMELEON]

I will prefer wordpress, more pluggins and more user friendly and easy to use.

[Getash]

Both Are Good For SEO - Its a matter of which you are comfortable with.

[authoritylinkbuilder]

Whichever you can learn quickly and modify to perfection

[PinOz]

For me wordpress is the best for seo and easy to use