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Best Practice issue: Modx vs Wordpress
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Lately I've been working a lot with Modx to create a new site for our own firm as well for other projects. But so far I haven't seen the advantages for SEO purposes other then the fact that with ModX you can manage almost everything yourself including snippets etc without to much effort.
Wordpress is a known factor for blogging and since the last 2 years or so for websites.
My question is: Which platform is better suited for SEO purposes? Which should I invest my time in? ModX or Wordpress?
Hope to hear your thought on the matter
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I came to the same conclusion!
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Llanero,
i'm sticking with MODX. It gives me a lot more space programming wise over Wordpress. Templates can be easily made in HTML and converted to Templates whereas you need a lot of specific knowledge for Wordpress.
As highland also responded: As long as you can manipulate URL's, title's, descriptions, H tags and content you'll be fine.
wordpress has the Yoast plugin (i think it's called that) that is made for SEO purposes but MODX can be easily adapted for SEO purposes.
regards
Jarno
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Thanks Highland,
I know exactly what you mean and I totally agree. ModX has a big advantage for me over Wordpress. Coding is much easier. Modx lets you use title, longtitle, meta description and all other kinda stuff if you want to. I really like the interface and usability a lot more then wordpress (and yes I have worked with that too).
So thanks again.
Kind Regards
Jarno
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I am having the same dilemma.. did you end up sticking with Modx? If not, can you tell me your reasons why not? Someone is trying to persuade me that WordPress is fully optimized for SEO, unlike Modx but I am not convinced it matters as long as you get URLs, page titles etc right.
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Let me ask this:
You opened with the statement "But so far I haven't seen the advantages for SEO purposes..."
What are your expectations here? In terms of a SEO-friendly software, I find all have their ins and outs but from an SEO perspective, most perform about the same. It's a bit like saying "I want to drive a car from LA to NY. So what is the best car to drive?" The car is less important than the route and the driver.
Most CMS will do the basics well. You need SEO friendly URLs and that's the largest issue I've seen (and URLs are a minor thing in terms of SEO). Maybe a meta description too. You will be providing the rest of the SEO via content (i.e. H1 tags, etc) and most everything does that well.
Wordpress is not a CMS per se, it's really a blogging software that made a shift to reach a wider audience. I've seen some very impressive sites that use it... and don't use it all that well. Modx looks like a pure CMS.
If your site is already up, I would NOT change. Changing software typically means changing URLs and that means you're gonna take a short term hit (not to mention the fun with 301s). Unless you have some burning need, I always tell people to think twice about changing URLs.
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