Doesn't really matter which one is "better in terms of SEO"...

What does matter: what does your site need?

I have to vote for Profits Theme, works great for landing pages, haven't done membership pages yet though. In terms of SEO, I'm assuming you'd install All-In-One-SEO plugin anyway? Besides, on page SEO is just a few basic components and your off page SEO is what really counts

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Well............I believe theme doesn't matter. The only thing required on your website is it should describe your product/service. It should be user friendly. It should have each and everything clearly what reader wants. AND AND AND most important thing is good SEO.

Hmmm well here is the way I look at it. Thesis is a great theme legendary but the major difference in regards to SEO is more a case of application on the back end. For instance with Profits Theme you can:

Create a network of linking pages with custom specific design and use the optin popup for each page to popup different messages.

Also you can create mini phantom product launch pages that are connected to each other and use the custom headline pages to greet them differently at the top.

What I am saying is that I agree with everyone on the general SEO.
But some clever tricks are much easier to do with PT

I also have it and I like it, too.

However, as a professional I do NOT recommend anything until I find out what the client (in this case the OP) needs.

When the only reason to reply/give advice is to promote (push? pimp?) our own affiliate link... that advice sucks big time! Wouldn't you agree?

Even if you don't have a premium theme that has SEO feature, SEOing your site using other plugins such as All in One SEO will still bring good results. What matters is how much you work on your site, building backlinks, growing your traffic etc.

Bear in mind that SEO is just a part of the picture. Literally speaking, if you want to have huge traffic and nice rankings, you will need to work harder building links and growing your promotion. Hiring someone to do that can be a good investment.

I build backlinks which is really a good way to boost your rankings and traffic. But still conversion is again needed. There's no use of optimization if you don't convert. It's again another factor that identifies the profitability of your website.

Hey, if you want to hire someone for link building applying "THE REAL-NO-HYPE" strategy, you can hire me by the way.

Just giving you some thoughts.

Neither.

Go with Catalyst Theme.

Developer is a warrior and has a WSO still going I believe.

It is flexible and fantastic.

James

@Timmy hey thanks but I have been promoting them for some time. great advice You should be a marketer LOL

PS Istvan Horvath is about as much a heckle as he is friendly LOL

As for the whole pimp promote thing ...hmmm "cute"

Well I have not used any yet, and as a matter of fact , I am also interested in a theme right now to use for a writing agency. So I will be following this thread alongside the one I started to see what comes out of it.

I am using thesis for my blog- Free Best Health- Health is treasure, Preserve it !. The performance and usage is really excellent and easy to understand and operate.

As others have mentioned, with plugins and a bit of elbow work, any theme can do well. But we use Thesis on everything because it's fast and it ranks quiet well without too much tweaking. As you know, the hard work isn't the theme but choosing the right keywords & backlinking strategy.

Hello Everyone,
I have been trying to research on what theme to use in my upcoming weight loss affiliate blog.I have seen lots of talk about profit theme and optimize-press.Quite confused a Little but with what I have seen and heard of profit theme,I might have to go for it.I am more excited about the possibility of building my list using the squeeze page and landing page features in the theme as well as going full in reviews using the blog feature.Please tell me,should I go for profit theme.Any one who has used it or is using it for affiliate marketing should please give me an insight.Can I also see blogs built with PT please?
Bemito

Hi , as i said here in this forum i use PT
you can see one of my blogs ( i have more but i don't want to show , for SEO secrets i use ....) and click the link on the bottom left of my blog to go directly to Profit theme.
To be clear you can do much better than i did and with more variation and skins colours , but you can see an optin form on the sidebar and a Squeeze page ( get my free offer too...)
here : Frank Moreno .net | internet marketing for all , internet marketing for beginners
believe me that's the easy way to build a blog , just look at the video in the official site to see what you can do ....amazing !!
good luck , and if you need help you can PM me or mail at fm@frankmoreno.net i will be glad to help you .
Frank Moreno

Who are you writing the content for, real people or search engines?

I use thesis as it gives me brilliant control of how the site looks and get the most interaction from my readers. Now I don't target any particular keywords, so I can't comment on the profit theme, but if the sites ends up looking more like a splog and you are looking for real people I would avoid it.

In this day of quality being King having real people spending more time at your site and commenting can only be a good thing.

Thesis theme rocks.

Moreover, if you are willing to go through a bit of learning curve, check Headway and Catalyst.

I prefer Profits Theme. It gives better linking options. Thesis rocks, but for this, PF is my rec.

Honestly the profits theme and Thesis are not comparable. Thesis is way more advanced and you will need to have a pretty good understanding of how code works to properly use it.

However, if you are looking for a theme that gives you the most flexibility I would go with the Headway Theme. Best theme on the market in my humble opinion.

Shannon

I've used thesis and found it excellent, but in truth the best SEO is all about the content you create for the site.

I´m using theme from heatmap. I love it