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Creating a website.. need suggestions

by Duonoladogtraining
15 replies
Hello All,

I am creating a website that will have a forum, blog and content piece.
For SEO purposes would it be better to use the best of all three and connect them. Like (wordpress, vBulleten, etc.) or some software combines all three for you. Like vbulleten for instance allows a combination of all three in one... Does anyone have experience with this and know which is the best way to go? Does this effect you ranking in the search engines at all if you go one way or the other?

Thanks
Chris
#creating #suggestions #website
  • Profile picture of the author Andy Crofford
    I would use WordPress and Vanilla (Vanilla - Free, Open-Source Forum Software) can integrate nicely with WordPress.

    In my opinion VB is overpriced, especially when you can find nice, open source and free solutions.
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  • Profile picture of the author Duonoladogtraining
    Thank you... what about Joomla? is that the best software for just content?
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  • Profile picture of the author Duonoladogtraining
    Also... does one way or the other effect your SEO rankings? if I combine three different softwares, or just use one that can combine all three?
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    • Profile picture of the author ScottFox
      Have you seen Ning?
      This is a hosted service that offers blogs, forum, and customizable content pages, plus most of the features of a Facebook-style social network, too.
      It's $20/month but offers loads of features.
      Hope that's helpful to you.
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    • Profile picture of the author Esteem Ladder
      Originally Posted by Duonoladogtraining View Post

      Also... does one way or the other effect your SEO rankings? if I combine three different softwares, or just use one that can combine all three?
      As one who has used Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress - my preference today is WordPress - hands down.

      Why? SEO. Period. There are sooooo many free plugins that are available to accomplish just about anything. If you need more layout flexibility there are plenty of programmers out there who can customize the front end to do just about anything you need, plus you get the backend benefits of all the free tools.

      Personally, I don't use or even consider anything else but WP anymore. Of course their are varying opinions, but that's what works for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick
    Wordpess has the ability to do what you need if you do a bit of research...
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    • Profile picture of the author Mo Goulet
      I do everything from a wordpress platform and set up a related page on Facebook.

      With the right plugins, you can just about anything.

      See my sig for an example of a wp site.

      I just add the wishlist plugin and voila an instant membership site.

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  • Profile picture of the author Duonoladogtraining
    Thank you!! Does anyone know if search engines rank any specific software higher than others?
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    • Profile picture of the author AnthonyKrese
      Originally Posted by Duonoladogtraining View Post

      Thank you!! Does anyone know if search engines rank any specific software higher than others?
      I think you mean CMS (content management system) not software, like Wordpress. No, Google doesn't show favoritism to any CMS. However, some CMS's are built better for SEO than others.

      Matt Cutts, Google SEO Specialist, uses Wordpress himself. He's always saying Wordpress is great for SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author massivemarketing
    In terms of on page SEO, both do an equally good job. The difference between Wordpress and Joomla mainly comes down to functionality. If your looking for simple and elegant then Wordpress is for you. Hands down, Joomla is far more powerfull and more feature rich.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vlad Bacioiu
    My opinion is to use wordpress, it is easy to use, simple to change and is very popular
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    • Profile picture of the author prideseo
      I would pick wordpress for its seo features.
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  • Profile picture of the author dezchamps
    Wordpress is the program of choice for me as well. There is a robust community of developers and experts. I haven't found anythng yet, that can't be done with WordPress. As far as SEO goes, what is good for google today, may be banned tomorrow, if wordpress gets banned we're all in a bucket.
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  • Profile picture of the author haymanpl
    If you look at a big site like: problogger.net which is no.1 in AUS. He uses wordpress and vbulletin
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  • Profile picture of the author ravijayagopal
    WordPress + DigitalAccessPass.com (DAP) for your membership site.

    For forums...

    Simpleress (or bbPress) or vBulletin (DAP integrates with all of them).

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