SEO downsides to using Joomla?

dreamlife789 · 11-30-2011, 02:52 AM

I've just been learning about Joomla. Since so many people use it, are there any SEO downsides to using it? I was thinking about starting a content site.

MaverickUK · 11-30-2011, 08:44 AM

I used Joomla for a small content downloads website and wish I never had used it. It was good say 5 years ago, but these days you're better off using Wordpress, whatever the type of site is you're building.

Don't use Joomla, far too many security holes.

jimbo61 · 11-30-2011, 08:49 AM

joomla is really resource hungry, put any sort of load on it and it will slow down unless your server is good. personally I stopped using it a few years ago, and use a selection of others, mainly wordpress.

JaviB · 11-30-2011, 09:01 AM

I use Joomla in some of my sites and I think that it requires more effort and time to manage SEF URLs, duplicate meta tags, etc.

So I use Joomla and Wordpress but nowadays I prefer WP.

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MaverickUK HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 429 Thanks: 8 Thanked 61 Times in 56 Posts	Re: SEO downsides to using Joomla? I used Joomla for a small content downloads website and wish I never had used it. It was good say 5 years ago, but these days you're better off using Wordpress, whatever the type of site is you're building. Don't use Joomla, far too many security holes.

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jimbo61 Warrior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 25 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: SEO downsides to using Joomla? joomla is really resource hungry, put any sort of load on it and it will slow down unless your server is good. personally I stopped using it a few years ago, and use a selection of others, mainly wordpress.

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JaviB Active Warrior Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 65 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: SEO downsides to using Joomla? I use Joomla in some of my sites and I think that it requires more effort and time to manage SEF URLs, duplicate meta tags, etc. So I use Joomla and Wordpress but nowadays I prefer WP.
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