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this type of question is probably going to be more prelavant in the future with the introduction of advanced content delivery systems and cms's....
we have just got a client who is using the phpnuke cms, and his site is really quite nice. they have good content, good photos, good navigation systems throughout the entire site etc. the design is fresh, and no flash.
my question is, we normally have done fairly standard seo with static html or asp stuff.
i am looking for some advice from people who have already dealt with CMS's and how to handle the fact that they are continually being updated by the secretary (hence the cms) and whatever changes we make to the text can be gone tommorrow.
also, does anyone know of any modules to make the url more se friendly? currently they are as follows....
[URL.com...]
ok i know that google may be able to get through the?!"*() stuff, but the others surely can't.
i have never played with cloaking, but i am considering it as an option, or is the mirrored domains the way to go?
any advice is greatly appreciated.
nudge
Welcome to WebmasterWorld
Content management systems are fine if they are done right. Take the BBC for example they have loads of regular content which is indexed on a regular and consistant basis.
You will have problems with your urls if they are as long and complicated as the example you cite.
There is module that can do what you want and make static looking URL. I am no expert and am having woes with it, but the apache mod_rewrite is your beastie.
I cannot find it at the moment, but I remeber reading some less favourable information on phpnuke (exploit?) which may now be resolved. If I find it i will post it.
Cheers
Take a look at:
CMS built pages - how do you optimise them? [webmasterworld.com]
How to get rid of? in URL [webmasterworld.com]
Torben
I set it to not archive any previous pages, so I'm not sure what the url on those would have been.
On another cms I used, for a large technology magazine in San Francisco, we input a database of articles, upon which we edited metas ourselves (in fields entitled meta keyword, meta description, title), then crossposted the finished product to the correct department (investment, tech, front page, etc.), using a static .html url.
Keywords on the actual pages were not a concern. But I have a feeling that your secretary-generated pages will be relevant for something in your industry, with or without your invisible hand. If not, then perhaps it's not really something to worry about.
