I've been using All in One SEO plugin rather than the built-in Atahualpa SEO. I'd rather not use a plugin for this if it's not better than the theme's method. What do you all think? Have you tried it both ways? Which works better for you?

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I've been pondering this as well. I read something Flynn had written and an article about SEO plugins that made me want to rethink my use of All In One SEO. My gut tells me that the built in SEO and good titles and text in the articles will probably work fine but I'm not sure how to test.

You should check out this article: http://yoast.com/bad-wordpress-seo-plugins/ which has generated quite a bit of discussion. The author points out that one of the big features of All in One SEO pack is that it generates keyword Meta tags, which Matt Cutts has made quite clear "Google doesn't use the keywords meta tag in web search" http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/keywor...in-web-search/

I personally think that good, lasting SEO is nothing more than writing engaging, intelligent, relevant content.

That's the article I saw as well. I think you stated thoughts about SEO quite nicely dholowiski.