Macromedia Contribute CMS - search engine friendly?

Macromedia Contribute CMS - Is it Search Engine friendly?

[UKSEOconsultant]

Hi,

Has anyone ever used Macromedia Contribute?

I am using Contribute (macromedia) to provide a content management facility in a website we are creating for a client. However, the client is keen to implement a search engine positioning campaign.

Really I'm just trying to find out if Contribute will affect search engine positioning? Are there any issues I should consider?

Thanks for your time guys.

[bumpaw]

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I have only one client using Contribute, and not for that long. The problem is that she knows nothing about CSS or checking for even minimum cross browser compliance. The result is I don't want my name at the bottom because I wouldn't want people to think those mistakes are mine. If the user is knowledgeable their should be no problems with Contribute.

[ControlEngineer]

I have just started "playing" with a trial copy of Contribute 2. It will allow the client's writers to produce content that will be displayed on the site. The result on the actual website is just html pages. I don't think that it would have any affect on search engines.

I don't think I would consider Contribute to be a CMS, just an easier way to allow writers to update content. It does not manage the content, as far as I can tell (unless there are features I don't know about).

The writers should be made aware of the importance of using likely search terms near the top of the content, in headings, etc. However, the difference between the writers using Contribute rather than FP, DW, or even hand coding is that it lets the writers concentrate on writing.