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Now that I've bought my domain, I'm not sure whether I should use wordpress or just a good looking css static site. The site will basically have information on my particular niche along with links to the affiliate products I'm TRYING to sell. Any ideas?
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  • Profile picture of the author DominicTFY
    Dragone,

    If you are looking forward to constantly adding content to your site, wordpress might be the choice for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author NashRyker
    I usually make my root domain static, and then add a subdirectory with Wordpress when I need it for certain products. Your site will have more versatility that way IMO.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
    Wordpress can be made static, or appear to be, just like a website with the proper permalinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    There just too many luxuries and ease of use in modern web applications, and building a static site is very inefficient comparatively. I would go with Wordpress or similar.
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  • Profile picture of the author Makeitso
    The only problem with wordpress is if you change hosts you have to know how to import the database to the new host and make all the same settings in the wordpress blog.

    Michael
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    • Profile picture of the author xohaibx
      I would always recommend Wordpress cuz it's amazing to work with the SEO aspect of marketing. It's always got an upper hand than a static site because of the plugins that make things easier for you.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sandor Verebi
        The versatility of Wordpress is great because of the many useful plugins. I can say that I use it with satisfaction. Go for it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Steadyon
        Originally Posted by Mustafa Khundmiri View Post

        I would always recommend Wordpress cuz it's amazing to work with the SEO aspect of marketing. It's always got an upper hand than a static site because of the plugins that make things easier for you.

        Actually, no it doesn't.

        A well coded static site, with no code bloat, can be better search engine optimised than wordpress.

        One of the downsides of a static site is that it is often harder to maintain and also a bit more hassle having to add content, as you usually have to ftp each time.

        For SEO purposes, I recommend a well coded static home page that is properly optimised and also to have a wordpress section either as a sub domain or more usually within a sub directory.

        Then set up your internal link structures so that you can easily get back to your home page from the wordpress pages, and on the home page make it clear to your visitors, how they can get to the content on your wordpress part of your site.

        Voila!

        You would of course still use the various plug-ins that you wanted for wordpress.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dragone
    Thanks for the advice guys. I have installed wordpress, a great looking theme, an advertising bar and a few well known plugins. Now time to find content and traffic...
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  • Profile picture of the author Renee Blue
    I do like wordpress too for any bigger than 5 pages, the plugins are great.

    It does take time to install the theme, plugins and configuring the settings compared to a using a template for a 5 page static site
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  • Profile picture of the author L.G. Carter
    I'm glad you choose WordPress. I just love this platform and i get addicted from playing with it. This is how i decided to make my own business out of it.

    Good luck to you,

    Carter
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  • Profile picture of the author misterlmno
    for finding traffic, check out some the FREE wso's, a few have helped me alot.
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    • Profile picture of the author TeddyP
      Wordpress convert here.

      It was a struggle, but my partner (business not life LOL) and a colleague of his kept harping on me enough that I decided to check out a CMS on wordpress.

      Yes there is a learning curve, but once you start getting a hang of it - it is laughable how much easier it is to build a site with Wordpress..at leat IMO. Im no html/css expert either, maybe experts in html markup would disagree. But for the "average joe" WP is the way to go.

      First time you use it - write down everytime you learn something new - that way you can set up a system that makes creating new sites ridiculously easy.

      Best part it is you can make a sie for soemone - teach them the basics so they can update and you can even make them a basic user so they can't mess with the editor or layout.
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  • Profile picture of the author cheeze69
    One reason I choose to build some site with static html/php is that I want to "set and forget". With Wordpress, you must constantly login and update the core WP and/or plugins. With a static site, that is not necessary.

    For example, I have a couple phpBay sites that are static and I haven't touched them in ages. I'm trying my first WP phpBay site right now, but I'm wary of having to keep it updated along with the growing list of other WP-based sites I already have to keep updated.

    Mike
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  • Profile picture of the author metaphors
    Go with wordpress it's easy to use, there are plug-ins for pretty much everything if you decide to make changes later and there are pleny of help and tutorials out there if you need help.
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