Seo News & Articles

Sydney- and UK-based Squiz just announced they’ll be conducting a demo of MySource Matrix 3.12, their open source CMS solution, at London’s Internet World from May 1-3.

If you happen to be in London in the next two weeks, drop by the Adam Street members club for the latest of Squiz’s “Best Practice” seminars. On Thursday the 26th the OSS aficionados will be regaling open ears with an exclusive called “How to SEO Like a Pro.”

For a small taste of what type of information you may glean, check out our recent article on SEO and CMS deployment best practices.

Hot Banana Software has been popping up at conferences in North America this week showing off sleek new features of its web content management system.

Everyone loves new features, but more fascinating is Hot Banana’s ongoing focus. Hot Banana continues to position itself as a tool for marketers, rather than a run-of-the-mill Web CMS product.

Ontario-based Hot Banana Software, a strong contender in the Web CMS and Website Operations space recently unveiled their latest software update. The company claims that version 5.5, “takes Web CMS to the next level by integrating website optimization and marketing automation features.

Notably the company has made changes to both its software as a service (SaaS) and licensed pricing. Their new tiered pricing structure targets small web teams, making the full set of Hot Banana tools more affordable for these smaller groups and organizations.

Last week we discussed some of the on-site factors that affect search engine rankings within a CMS implementation. This week, we’ll revisit these factors and present guidance for addressing and automating these strategies during your CMS implementation.

If there’s one thing that we hold in common as a human race it’s that, when we’re on the Web, we’re cheap. (Even the Swiss are cheap.)

Content management systems (CMS) place the responsibility of content creation and maintenance squarely in the hands of non-technical users. With the promise of reduced IT involvement and expenditures, the benefits of CMS are clear. Or are they?

For those leveraging Web CMS tools to manage their online content, there is a risk to be mitigated while implementing your WCM solution. In a series of two articles, we explore how a CMS deployment, without careful consideration, can have a detrimental effect on your search engine rankings and the general findability of your content.

Do people search using basic, simple, old words? But when they arrive at a website are they moved to action by more emotive, sophisticated words?