Drupal is SEO Friendly

One of the main perks to using the Drupal Content Management System is that it is very SEO friendly to begin with.  Not only are there many Drupal Modules that allow you to Search Engine Optimize your website, but a basic install of Drupal will get you a good head start.  Here is a list of things that make a basic Drupal site Search Engine friendly :

• Code is W3C compliant
• Layouts are CSS based
• Ability to create content on the fly
• Ability to categorize content
• <title> tags are automatically created from the Node Title

Beyond all of this, there are many Drupal Modules that have been written to provide you with extra control over the SEO of a Drupal built CMS.  Below is a list of SEO tasks that can be done using Drupal contributed modules :

• Have complete control of <title> tag
• Control of description, keywords and other meta tags
• Set custom URL paths for pages, views, etc.
• Provide a Google XML Sitemap
• Add Google Analytics to your site

For more information on the Drupal Modules that will help Search Engine a site, please visit our Modules section.

Many of the leading websites in the industry are using the Drupal Content Management System.  The out-of-the-box Search Engine friendliness and the Drupal contributed SEO modules are two of the many reasons that Drupal can be used to develop any website.

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This post was written by Simon Vreeswijk of Stikky Media - A Search Engine Optimization Firm in Victoria, BC.