CMS

Meaning

CMS stands for Content Management System: software that lets people create, edit and publish website pages without writing all the code by hand. WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are well-known examples. A CMS matters for SEO because it controls titles, descriptions, URLs, sitemaps and page speed, and a poor setup can add problems such as duplicate URLs or heavy pages. Check what your CMS lets you edit, and keep it and its plugins updated. See also: Title tag, XML sitemap, Canonical URL, and the guide On-Page SEO Basics: Titles, Headings, Content and Links.