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June 13, 2009
Can you recommend a good HTML editor?
Hi John,
I enjoy the free SEO Tip of the Day and my question was if you could name a good SEO friendly HTML editor.
Randy W.
Dear Randy, thank you for reading the Free SEO Tips and I'm glad you're enjoying them. I don't really think of HTML editors as being "SEO friendly" regardless of what they may claim. Real SEO skills is really more about your knowledge and how things really work with search engines. Then you apply that knowledge using whatever tool or editor you wish. That said, I should mention that we've seen "Content Management Systems" that can be unfriendly to SEO sometimes.
I probably bought Dreamweaver ton early (just never really enjoyed using it when it first come on the market.) I understand it's a lot easier to use now. For a lot of my early SEO work I actully enjoyed using Microsoft Front Page (because it was simple to use.)
These days, there are a couple HTML editors you should have a look at.
If you have a limited budget, there is a nice little editor called NAMO (which costs around $100.)
If you want something that has quite a few more bells and whistles, you should check out version 2.0 of XsitePro.
This program is my new favorite because of all they have built into it (something like over 80 different point and click features) plus it comes with a couple hundred professionally designed templates.
You can create sitemaps, robot text files, build a search feature into your Web site, handle audio or video all just by pointing and clicking. The one suggestion I have, is make sure and do the tutorial that comes with it and it will quickly show you how to access everything. I had 2 new sites built in just over a week, once I followed the tutorial. Here's a video demonstrating everything it does.
John
Posted by John at June 13, 2009 12:08 PM