Wordpress sites Vs. HTML sites ; SEO point of view!!

[alinpion]

In SEO point of view for better google ranking what is better to use wordpress sites or html ??

I want to create a simple informational site and I want to get it nr one on google for his domain name keyword.

[John Williamson]

I say Wordpress FTW!

[refinancepro]

WordPress is the best for easy SEO. The only issue that makes WordPress hard for anyone is the hosting, do yourself a favor and get a good host for your WP site... it makes things much easier.

[alinpion]

What about wordpress Vs. joomla ?

[puneet]

Originally Posted by refinancepro

WordPress is the best for easy SEO. The only issue that makes WordPress hard for anyone is the hosting, do yourself a favor and get a good host for your WP site... it makes things much easier.

Which hosting do you recommend from your exp. for wp. I hope hostgator is decent enough for that..

[nesvarbu]

avoid joomla

[alinpion]

Originally Posted by refinancepro

WordPress is the best for easy SEO. The only issue that makes WordPress hard for anyone is the hosting, do yourself a favor and get a good host for your WP site... it makes things much easier.

I use bluehost for two years and they have a lot of free stuff, easy to install, wordpress is one of them .

[JamesGw]

I don't know about the latest release, the SEF urls were broken in the previous Joomla release which was really annoying.

I used to like it more than WP, but I've recently flipped and decided that WP is better and easier to manage.

[LloydC]

Wordpress all the way, unless you need a seriously unique web page for a business etc.

[John Williamson]

Originally Posted by puneet

Which hosting do you recommend from your exp. for wp. I hope hostgator is decent enough for that..

Hostgator or Bluehost.

[jeromie]

I use joomla for all of my sites. Once you know which components you need its a piece of cake. I use a sick component that handles all the seo urls meta data and such, I think joomla is much stronger than what people say on here.

[alinpion]

Originally Posted by John Williamson

I say Wordpress FTW!

Do you know any good wordpress tutorial (for wp newbies) ? And some good free wordpress SEO WSO's !!

[esdavis]

Hostgator is excellent hosting, and reasonably priced. Works well with Wordpress.

Regarding HTML versus Wordpress, HTML will have faster load times, but takes some extra time to build and add to sites. Also, HTML sites need a little more manual effort for bringing them to the attention of the search engines.

Wordpress sites announce themselves and new content on autopilot, so you don't have to worry so much about indexing. And Google seems to give them some indexing love. However, you do need to learn to set them up securely (lots of help on this online for free), and learn how to configure them. If you go crazy with plugins and neat little this-and-that stuff, you can slow your site down a bit, especially compared to barebones HTML sites.

So, pros and cons either way. I like WP because I set up a "base site" with a lot of configuration and then clone the "starter setup" for re-use. That cuts down on development and configuration time for WP.

[RevSEO]

Wordpress

It's easy to manage, update content, and has a ton of plugins and tools available to help automate a ton of different aspects (contact forms, SEO, etc.)

Not to mention that Wordpress will ping Google, which Google can't seem to get enough of. Wordpress all the way!

[belgirl]

I personally love Wordpress, but in my experience using Wordpress over HTML isn't necessarily going to give you better SEO rankings. I just love Wordpress because there is every plugin imaginable which makes the SEO work so much easier, and my clients like it, because they can login and makes changes themselves.

[dburk]

It is a trick question!

Wordpress renders as HTML. Search engines do not care if it is Wordpress, any other CMS or editor, nor hand coded or scripted markup, search engines see it all as HTML.

It's not the tool, that makes the difference, it is the techniques you choose to employ.

[refinancepro]

I believe Bluehost and Hostgator both offer the same 1 button setup and set all your permissions as well for you.

[dadamson]

Originally Posted by alinpion

In SEO point of view for better google ranking what is better to use wordpress sites or html ??

I want to create a simple informational site and I want to get it nr one on google for his domain name keyword.

It all depends on the output of your site and how well it is structured.

A html site can be easily bloated with WYSIWYG software, and Wordpress themes can be bloated the same way, causing bad onpage SEO for both scenarios.

However a correctly coded html site can be great for SEO, just like an SEO-built WP theme which is similarly coded for the search engines to read easily.

It's like saying which is better? apples or oranges... well oranges may be nicer but you can't make an apple pie with oranges... maybe not

[epathj]

WP is nice for google seo

[eugeneoconnell]

I prefer using WP for all my sites. And when it comes to hosting, hostgator is the one that works well for me.

[Romi]

Looks like WP is the way to go...

How about Wordpress vs. Static HTML Sites regarding ease of transferring when you flip them?

Some people say static html sites are more appealing to buyers & are much easier to handle during transferring of ownership, etc. Maybe this is one reason they command a higher price/value...is this true?

[atomiccloud]

I currently have both a WP site and an HTML site I built myself in Dreamweaver.

The WP site is definitely easier with SEO thanks to all the plugins you can get. They also get indexed faster for Google.

That being said, my HTML site actually ranks better for its keywords. I like being able to go in and edit the code directly and work in Dreamweaver. I love seeing the code, editing design and making my tweaks there.

I would say both are 100% acceptable and can rank just the same in Google BUT a WP site will probably be a little easier. (Unless your good with HTML and CSS)

[stefalex]

I use Wordpress for all of my sites because it's easy to manage and update content. Regarding the Google rankings, it's mostly a number of links that make the difference.

[thedreamer]

WP..

its easy to optimize for seo purpose..

[alinpion]

The wp theme can have any influence in SEO or could you recomand a wp theme that is very good to work with from seo point of view !?

[Mike Anthony]

Originally Posted by dburk

It is a trick question!

Wordpress renders as HTML. Search engines do not care if it is Wordpress, any other CMS or editor, nor hand coded or scripted markup, search engines see it all as HTML.

Don is on the money. It all gets seen by google as HTML. Wordpress just holds your hand but if you know what you are doing with Html then there is no benefit to using wordpress. If you don't then wordpress give you boxes to fill out to make it easier. Besides that there are features like RSS feed etc .

When i Need user interactions I go with a CMS when I don't I go with HTML. With HTML i don't have to fight things to be put where I want them to be and I can use any kind of layout I want plus it loads fast with no server strain. I find google loves my HTMl pages just as much as Wordpress but like don said its all HTML to Google.

[NRC1983]

I am a big fan of Wordpress and use it for my blog, but as for my website I used Weebly, it gives me the same onsite blogging software and allows me to edit the code as well.

[amitacs]

Hi, in my opinion, website either built in HTML or in wordpress, it makes no difference, because for both type of websites same amount of SEO is required.

[brettb]

My custom built sites are faster and make more money than my Wordpress sites. Wordpress is nice (especially with a Woo Theme) but I find it agonisingly slow on shared hosting plans.

[alinpion]

Originally Posted by brettb

My custom built sites are faster and make more money than my Wordpress sites. Wordpress is nice (especially with a Woo Theme) but I find it agonisingly slow on shared hosting plans.

What hosting do you use??

Until now I've used only html but I'm curious to see what results I can get with a word press site !

[jacobhowardmakesmoney]

Wordpress already has thousands of SEO plugins which help a ton! The one I use is SEOPressor. It's not free but it works great.

[garycashin]

Originally Posted by jeromie

I use joomla for all of my sites. Once you know which components you need its a piece of cake. I use a sick component that handles all the seo urls meta data and such, I think joomla is much stronger than what people say on here.

Jeromie what plugin/component do you use for seo?

[kaedus]

WordPress will be very simple for you to set up if you are just starting, and there are many easy wins on it for SEO, including well-made plugins that you can use to get your site optimized in no time at all!

[StoneWilson]

I'm using bluehost and it works fine so far.

[dagaul101]

Wordpress sites have the advantage of having more SEO plugins than standard HTML sites, but the basic principle of having your keywords in the title, meta keywords, and description still apply

[Scottie]

Wordpress PROS vs HTML:

1. Easy to get a basic functional configuration up-and-running

2. TONS of plug-ins for every add-on function you could ever want

3. SEO issues handled virtually automatically by plug-ins

4. It's designed for regular content management, so it's overall faster and easier to
manage day-to-day

5. Wordpress gets updated constantly (new features, fixes for vulnerabilities, etc.)

6. HUGE community so it's not going away any time soon

Wordpress CONS vs HTML:

1. Wordpress takes a little longer to set up initially (database config, themes, etc.)

2. HTML-only sites are MUCH faster than Wordpress on shared hosting. Wordpress cache plug-ins help with this problem

[VladWorks]

Without a doubt use Wordpress!

1. Google loves WP sites
2. Tons of great SEO plugins
3. Tons of great social media plugins
4. Really easy to add pages and add content

No question you need Wordpress!

[XIIIzen]

I would say, go for wordpress. It's easy to manage and update. Most of the plugins will do the work for you and if you take the time to learn the roots of it, then you can get a super fast site that may rival HTML load times.

Also I would like to recommend you guys that you try to avoid those one button installs, they have heavy security risks by using the default wordpress install options. beside installing it the "manual" way takes 5 minutes anyway so it's not a bad step to take when setting up your own wordpress sites.

Just my 2 cents of course.

[luvtrees]

Originally Posted by brettb

My custom built sites are faster and make more money than my Wordpress sites. Wordpress is nice (especially with a Woo Theme) but I find it agonisingly slow on shared hosting plans.

I agree with this. Adding more than a few plugins slows WP down on shared hosting. Some plugins will even cause your site to use a lot of resources on a server, which can get your account suspended. Speed is a ranking factor now. If you go with Wordpress, don't load up on plugins, or if you do, make sure your hosting can handle it, cheap hosting is not going to cut it.

When I look at all my sites, the ones that make the most money, get the most traffic, and have the best rankings (and have gone on to be authority sites) are the ones I built by hand in HTML.

[Bindu Dwivedi]

I am agree with WordPress Because of Wordpress has several seo friendly plug-in like seo in one pack or yoast plugin which are easy to install that is why people choose Wordpress websites

[lovboa]

Wordpress does the coding for u so that all u have to worry abt is the content...And if the theme doesnt, then you'll find plugins that do.

[tristatemedia]

I LOVE WORDPRESS, BUT GODADDY SEEMS TO BE HARD TO HANDLE WORDPRESS....

[owenlee]

wordpress would be a better choice if your html knowledge is limited...plus there are many plugins for wordpress that help you in SEO, which help you save lots of time...