Missing the Mark - Joomla!'s SEO and Mobile Optimization Capabilities Need An Upgrade
August 28, 2018
Missing the Mark - Joomla!'s SEO and Mobile Optimization Capabilities Need An Upgrade
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Joomla!
Joomla is used by half of our small team, so roughly 4 people, all with varying levels of CMS experience and Joomla-specific knowledge. This was a legacy platform used by the firm and we have continued to use it as our primary website CMS.
- Speedy publishing (ability to push content live)
- Joomla extensions providing flexibility
- Various permission levels for content access
- Not necessarily SEO-friendly
- Various extensions are not always compatible with one another
- Overall UI and UX of the CMS itself is confusing and often takes way too much time to ramp; it's not very "user-friendly" to borrow a buzzword, and it often takes new team members longer than anticipated to ramp up and feel comfortable using the platform
- Lack of safety and security features to protect site content and user/member information collected through the platform
- No ROI
- Low web traffic via poor SEO optimization
- Difficult to navigation and workflow, hard to get up to speed quickly on usability, especially extensions and plug-in capabilities
- No dynamic pages
Overall, I think Joomla! stacks up low compared to the above platforms, particularly through a lens of SEO and mobile responsiveness.