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How does page vs post affect SEO?

by MissTR
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How does having a "Post" as the homepage on your site rather than a "Page" as your homepage on your site affect your sites SEO search rankings, if at all?
#affect #on-page seo #page #post #seo
  • Profile picture of the author Maraun
    It doesn't. Post and page are just two different methods of managing your content.

    Some plugins for Wordpress only work on pages or posts. Pages have no tags and categories but that isn't important if it's used as your homepage post.

    More info in this thread for example:
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...imization.html
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTR
      Maraun,

      Thanks, I'm ready to look into this more.
      I appreciate the link.

      MissTR
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  • Profile picture of the author arnold55
    Originally Posted by MissTR View Post

    How does having a "Post" as the homepage on your site rather than a "Page" as your homepage on your site affect your sites SEO search rankings, if at all?
    If the post is "sticky" it does not really make much of a difference. For SEO purposes, it is usually a page with your main key words, and the "post" with supporting that page by anchor text links and of course content.

    this is also performed by categories some times. A lot of "experts" say not to use the category method because of fear of being penalized for having duplicate content. I have not found this so.

    Examples:
    site title: "Whats for Diner"
    Home page: "Whats for diner" (whatsfordiner.c0m)
    Whats for diner? That is the question that all moms hear over and over...bla,bla,bla.

    supporting post
    title: "Whats for Diner- Lamb Chops" (whatsfordiner.c0m/whats-for-diner-lamb-chops)
    Whats for Diner? "Lamb Chops". Lamp chops have been a favorite for our family ever since the kids had teeth. So when I hear whats for diner (link the whats to diner to your home page)they are pleased to hear "lamb chops.....bla,bla,bla

    you would have 3 to 5 post this way all linking to that main keyword "page"

    Then you start on the next main keyword. So you make another "page"
    page title "whats for supper" (whatsfordiner.c0m/whats-for-supper/
    Whats for Supper, bla,bla,bla

    post title: "whats for Supper-Chicken Nuggets (whatsfordiner.c0m/whats-for-supper-chicken-nuggets/
    then write the post with an anchor text "whats for supper" linking back to the " (whatsfordiner.c0m/whats-for-supper-chicken-nuggets/" page and on and on

    I hope this helps
    mike reynolds
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTR
      Originally Posted by arnold55 View Post

      If the post is "sticky" it does not really make much of a difference. For SEO purposes, it is usually a page with your main key words, and the "post" with supporting that page by anchor text links and of course content.

      this is also performed by categories some times. A lot of "experts" say not to use the category method because of fear of being penalized for having duplicate content. I have not found this so.

      Examples:
      site title: "Whats for Diner"
      Home page: "Whats for diner" (whatsfordiner.c0m)
      Whats for diner? That is the question that all moms hear over and over...bla,bla,bla.

      supporting post
      title: "Whats for Diner- Lamb Chops" (whatsfordiner.c0m/whats-for-diner-lamb-chops)
      Whats for Diner? "Lamb Chops". Lamp chops have been a favorite for our family ever since the kids had teeth. So when I hear whats for diner (link the whats to diner to your home page)they are pleased to hear "lamb chops.....bla,bla,bla

      you would have 3 to 5 post this way all linking to that main keyword "page"

      Then you start on the next main keyword. So you make another "page"
      page title "whats for supper" (whatsfordiner.c0m/whats-for-supper/
      Whats for Supper, bla,bla,bla

      post title: "whats for Supper-Chicken Nuggets (whatsfordiner.c0m/whats-for-supper-chicken-nuggets/
      then write the post with an anchor text "whats for supper" linking back to the " (whatsfordiner.c0m/whats-for-supper-chicken-nuggets/" page and on and on

      I hope this helps
      mike reynolds
      arnold55
      Yeah, this makes a lot of sense Mike.
      I think I can keep it a lot simpler in my mind by focusing on a page with posts.

      Thanks,
      Miss TR
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  • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
    There's no SEO difference. As Maraun says, they're just two different ways to "display" your content. SEO rules are the same regardless.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTR
      Originally Posted by JSProjects View Post

      There's no SEO difference. As Maraun says, they're just two different ways to "display" your content. SEO rules are the same regardless.
      JS,

      Two different ways to display the content seems to make sense, however "sticky" seems to be an operative word for this subject. What is your opinion on that? (see arnold55 post)

      Thanks,
      MissTR
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  • Profile picture of the author cresad
    Originally Posted by MissTR View Post

    How does having a "Post" as the homepage on your site rather than a "Page" as your homepage on your site affect your sites SEO search rankings, if at all?
    Agree with arnold55.

    if the post or page is "sticky" it does not matter a lot. the most important is that for which keywords you want to rank for in search engines.

    if those keywords are on "Page", have it as your homepage and , if those keywords are in "Post" make it as homepage.

    But "Post" as homepage is recommended by many SEO experts
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTR
      Originally Posted by cresad View Post

      Agree with arnold55.

      if the post or page is "sticky" it does not matter a lot. the most important is that for which keywords you want to rank for in search engines.

      if those keywords are on "Page", have it as your homepage and , if those keywords are in "Post" make it as homepage.

      But "Post" as homepage is recommended by many SEO experts
      Why is "post" as a homepage recommended for SEO purposes? I think this is what got me confused in the beginning. Hence, this thread.

      Thanks,
      Miss TR
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTR
      Originally Posted by cresad View Post

      Agree with arnold55.

      if the post or page is "sticky" it does not matter a lot. the most important is that for which keywords you want to rank for in search engines.

      if those keywords are on "Page", have it as your homepage and , if those keywords are in "Post" make it as homepage.

      But "Post" as homepage is recommended by many SEO experts
      Cresad,

      Between you and arnold55, "sticky" seems to be a variable. Can you tell me what the difference would be if a page or post is not sticky? What would be the affect then?

      MissTR
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  • Profile picture of the author aardanyul
    The only real difference is that having recent posts on your front page may slightly increase indexing, as the homepage is often the most crawled page on a site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Hoffman
    I don't believe there is a different but I think there is a plugin that will convert posts to pages and vice versa if you are concerned about it
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTR
      Originally Posted by Mark Hoffman View Post

      I don't believe there is a different but I think there is a plugin that will convert posts to pages and vice versa if you are concerned about it
      Hmmm, that's interesting... I think I will have to check that out. As long as my site isn't too big, this would probably do the trick if needed.

      If you know the name of the plugin, please send it to me.

      Thanks,
      MissTR
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  • Profile picture of the author Kreative4
    It actually doesn't differs a lot. The highest difference i have seen is- posts have higher indexing and crawling permission(80%) than pages(20%) in wordpress xml sitemap generator plugin.
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  • Profile picture of the author C Rebecca
    I think SEO wise adding content in either ways give you same benefit.
    If I were you I would have gone for page... Home pages are usually static and rarely gets changed so its better to make it a standalone page.
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