Joomla + SEO

I am going to publish new website and I want to use Joomla on it but I am not sure if Joomla is good enough for SEO.
The thing I need is to have my subpages named this way: "name-of-the-software.php" + all regular SEO which can be used... Is Joomla good enough for SEO?
Are there any better FREE CMS'es other than Joomla which are better for SEO?

Thank you!

 

If you want to use Joomla, you may have to install plugins like OpenSEF to make it SEO.
But personally when it comes to SEO, I am not in favour of Joomla.
I think Drupal is much better, especially for SEO.

 

sh404SEF. Highly recommended. Best SEO component IMO.

 

I'm using sh404SEF and very pleased with it

 

totally agree to ya'

 

joomla and other CMs are my fav, Feel free to ask me via PM about any problem you face using them

 

Thank you ultratut (and others of course!). It will take me some time to set the site up and I will revert here later on...
Happy new year!
Cheers!

 

One more question... Is it better to go with Joomla 1.3 or Joomla 1.5 RC? Will it be easy to upgrade from 1.3 to 1.5?

 

on live site go with 1.3 ..... yes when 1.5 is in stable a step by step guide to upgrade will also be available!

 

if you need help on joomla SEO see here

It is called the little joomla SEO book and its free
( nothing to do with me just found it searching google )

the link to download is half way down the page

i am on pages 1 and 2 for my keywords so joomla can have good SEO

 

i suggest you go for joomla 1.0.13 as well. joomla 1.5 handles its templates differently so there are not much available templates for the 1.5 yet. this also goes the same for compatibility issues of released components and plugins. goodluck with your site.

 

i would like to recommend "ARTIO JoomSEF" for Joomla SEO.
Google it, as i am not allowed yet to paste link.
it has 30 extension for popular joomla components

 

hmm never heard of it - btw is it free? Joomla is alright and there are thousand of free themes, plugins you can use.

 

Yes it's free, for more more infomation here

 

do they also support the joomfish extension, so that they write the link in another language?

 

I only have try sh404SEF and Artio JoomSEF, both support joomfish

 

I talked to one of the core developers on the phone and Joomla 1.5 stable is most likely just a couple months away. I've got a few sites running on 1.5. There are some bugs but nothing terrible and you can run it in compatibility mode for 1.0.1x components and templates.

My feeling is that most future development is going to be focused on 1.5 so it is better to start there if building a new site. Migrating from 1.0.13 to 1.5 later will most likely be a major pain, especially after adding third party components. Also, the new templating system is much more flexible and allows you to easily remove tables from the core output.

 

Themebot, I am close to take your advise. It seems more reasonable to me that will be easier to upgrade from 1.5RC...

 

Thanks, I will be looking into sh404SEF myself.

 

well i am also having a joomla website but i use artio for sef purposes