: Is there still a need for 3rd party SEO extensions with the new Joomla 2.5? In Joomla 2.5 they upgraded the core SEO. That got me to thinking, do I still need to use third party extensions

@Michele947

I second SH404SEF.

More than 100 sites with that, some huge (+20k items), with K2 and other extensions (evem custom ones), and all the issues that we had were easily dealt with.

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@Nimeshi995

The biggest reason why using an SEO component in all versions of Joomla even 3+ is that Joomla has a habit of creating multiple urls for one page/post meaning that Google finds these as duplicates.

There are just so many reasons why using a SEO extensions for Joomla is better than using the core but here's a few:


Better REL="Canonical" Support
Better at handling friendly urls with scanning for duplicate pages
Scans Meta/Title for Duplicates
Handles redirects a 100x better than core
Easier to manage the meta data within one page (see all when viewing all)
Easier add Google plus and other social networking attributes to the head.
The list goes on and on.


I suggest you check out two of the most popular extensions for Joomla: AceSEF and SH404SEF

I've personally used both and SH404SEF offers the most to be honest but AceSEF has a free version and does the job just fine.

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