We are planning to develop a seo plugin for WordPress that basically will follow the same model as RSSeo! for Joomla!, but will have some adapted features for WordPress.

So if you are planning a “Top 10 seo plugin extensions for WordPress in 2010″, I hope it will be on your list too.

RE paragraph spacing issues: As you know, I use Joomla. I used MyBlog from Azrul, and if I entered text within the blogging extension, vs directly into Article Manager in Joomla, I ran into this problem. I think it was also dependent upon the theme. So it’s very hard to determine the cause, the blogging ext or the theme? Wouldn’t matter, cos not being a programmer, I couldn’t fix it!

I am laughing now, but it’s not funny. It’s times like these I wish I were a top notch PHP programmer. As if I don’t wear enough hats!

I recall this was a MAJOR problem for a LONG time on Huffingtonpost.com. They finally fixed it. I’ve heard top SEO presentations saying huffpost use WordPress. NO, Movable Type.

Thanks for realizing I DO put in a lot of time and thought in my posts. I don’t think most people realize that.

and I don’t expect fast answers. Hey, if it were that simple, I’d figure it out myself. LOL!

I have my work cut out figuring out best SEO ext for Joomla. Text from official sites are fairly worthless.

I want real user comments. And that’s hard to find. So it’s up to us to implement and figure it out. Which is why I am in no hurry to redo my broken site. Gotta just bite the bullet . . .

You take care and thanks again.

About the carriage returns, I can’t stand that they don’t work either. Our template pulls them out for some reason, and I am working on that now. I can’t stand huge blocks of text either.

I never found you via Google, and I do Google for vairous SEO inquiries.

Maybe WP for SEO (and Barrie and others refute that). SEO is not the ONLY metric to measure for online success.

YOUR best is not always MY best. No matter the topic.

There’s quite a bit of compromise — IF you are not a programmer and using off the shelf s/w and themes.

You cannot have the best of both worlds: design flexibility, CMS vs SEO. Pick one, and make the best of it.

I DID CREATE A WP SITE. It was so hard to use/limiting I had to switch to Joomla. Plus with so many WP extensions, I found conflicts, constantly updating extensions, and it was NO easier to learn nor use than Joomla. For me.

Three years vs three weeks.

Maybe there are other factors involved? Or does one live by metrics? I don’t even want to go there.

When people put more time into social media, better web design, alt tags, valuable links, improve the USER experience, they’d get as good results as focusing on Page Rank.

Why? Cos in ALL my years online (since 1992 at least), I never ever ran into some peeps who are HUGE in Social Media, which is proving as important as SEO.

Mari Smith is THE best online resource I’ve met. I found her via Facebook via another new friend who is a long-time fan of my photos. I follow her (and other trusted, cutting edge writers) for latest, greatest info, not Google. Or say Guy K, whom I met when he was an early Mac evangelist, and alltop.com. Or copyblogger.com.

Hmm, isn’t that why Facebook is taking on Google as a viable search engine??

http://bit.ly/cgbGc3

It’s not just what you know, but who you know and how you use all that.

FUN STUFF cos there are NO universally BETTER anything.

Only what works for each of us. I feel like you guys are so set that WordPress is SEO King of the World.

I understand and applaud you are a SEO MASTERS, not Joomla (which is a good thing, important to cover a range of options). BUT SEO is not the ONLY element in online success these days.

I’d love to use WP for MY own sites, but I’m a Joomla gal. Just works better for my brain. I pump up the social media (cos I am far more into that than following metrics), and the SEO is working out fine.

It’s kinda like a recipe. You change the seasonings a bit and it’s a whole new dish. But just as edible as others, according to our tastes and needs.

PS I was briefly involved in a new MLM. I was forced to use the company site. My site was top of Google for a few days. People wrote and asked me how/why. Totally luck of the draw. Didn’t translate into any sales. It’s not always positioning which counts.

Glad I found you. GREAT site! Namaste and thanks!

WordPress kicks butts and takes names when it comes to SEO all day.

I first built my site in Dreamweaver (the ONLY game in town years ago), then WordPress, but Joomla RULES for my needs. I need a ROBUST CMS, with a grid for lots of layout options, and minimal PHP knowledge. I think we need to look at the BIG picture!

You can have the BEST SEO tools, but if you don’t have a thoughtful organized design, good user navigation, meaningful content, then what good is SEO backend? I’ve seen more CRAP WP sites than I care to think about!

food for thought . . . good threads here!