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Can tell me if Ektron can do these things in SEO?

  • XHTML Compliant - Renders in XHTML compliant mark-up out of the box
  • Canonical URLs - Able to specific a canonical URL for a single page SEO
  • Friendly URLs - Able to create and configure SEO friendly URLs and formats
  • XML Site Map - Able to dynamically and automatically generate an XML Site Map Granular
  • Site Map Priorities - Able to set XML sitemap priorities in the page admin
  • Semantic Menu - A menu system that uses semantic mark-up
  • Google Analytics Integration - Full integration of the Google Analytics script
  • Search Engine Submission - Allows you to submit the website to a variety of search engines from an admin interface
  • XHTML Compatible Controls - All controls used (menus, grids, etc.) render XHTML compliant mark-up
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  • XHTML Compliant - Renders in XHTML compliant mark-up out of the box

Not sure. You'll want to download the Developer starter site to check the control you are interested in. If you're concerned about accessibilty, I several controls have a 508 Compliance switch.

  • Canonical URLs - Able to specific a canonical URL for a single page SEO

In theory yes, in practise no.

  • Friendly URLs - Able to create and configure SEO friendly URLs and formats

Yes. Option for manual, regex and automatic aliasing.

  • XML Site Map - Able to dynamically and automatically generate an XML Site Map Granular
  • Site Map Priorities - Able to set XML sitemap priorities in the page admin

Don't think this is out of the box. You would need to look at a custom solution.

  • Semantic Menu - A menu system that uses semantic mark-up

Not out of the box. You would need to customise the mark-up via XSLT.

  • Google Analytics Integration - Full integration of the Google Analytics script

Yes, out of the box. See here for some help implimenting this.

  • Search Engine Submission - Allows you to submit the website to a variety of search engines from an admin interface

Not that I am aware of.

  • XHTML Compatible Controls - All controls used (menus, grids, etc.) render XHTML compliant mark-up

See my answer to question 1. Out of the box - no, but depends on which controls you are using.

As Justin Niessner mentions, there is the option to overcome any of this via custom work. To help with your evaluatation, I recommend downloading the Developer starter site and having a look at the default markup of the control.

Also, there is an Ektron forum which is quite vibrant.

Edit - To clarify, I am not employed nor speak for Ektron. Just a developer who is working on the platform.

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  • Thank you so much for your honest and thorough answer. The answer for any CMS is usually, "yes, but some work... yada, yada." One last question that I missed. Does it support HTTP 301 Redirects for pages that either moved, the URL changed, or no longer exist? – Will Strohl Aug 24 '10 at 15:04
  • HTTP 301 Redirects - no. You would need to do this with custom code. See http://dev.ektron.com/forum.aspx?g=posts&t=26372 – Spongeboy Aug 25 '10 at 02:10
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Yes. Ektron's CMS400 can do everything that you have listed there. It's all up to the developer to implement everything though (and it's a hell of a lot of work to get it all working correctly).

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