Reply To: How might a widgetized homepage affect SEO?

I’m guessing you missed the Genesis SEO Settings. To adjust the SEO settings you can simply follow this tutorial which explains how to set everything up (including the homepage) – http://my.studiopress.com/docs/genesis-seo-settings/

As Wes already mentioned, this Child Theme WILL NOT affect your SEO in a negative way. Wes builds his themes in the same way as StudioPress does, so there is nothing you need to worry about 😉

Here are more StudioPress links/tutorials that should answer common Genesis questions –

Genesis Tutorials – http://my.studiopress.com/tutorials/

Community Tutorials

Video Tutorials