Noticed something about Authority WebSites!

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Hello,

I'm planning on starting an authority web-hosts review site.

I noticed that most authority web hosting review sites, use a static site as the main site and have a wordpress blog added to it (feeding it with more content).... it is like http://www.site.com/blog/

I was initially thinking of using only a wordpress blog installed in the main domain address, and using a plugin like wpreviewengine which turns the blog into something similar to a review site. (of course, there will be more individual pages on the sidebar for extra hosting related stuff).

My question: is there an advantage to going the route most authority sites go (ie. static site with a blog added to it)? Or should I just use a wordpress blog all the way?

Thought a wordpess blog is enough, but maybe I'm missing something.

Thanks!
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  • I think you idea of using Review Plugin is better than the regular. You will get different look to your website and it will more handy for user.

    - Pradeep
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    • I think so too. I'm more used to working with wordpress anyway.

      I just wanna know if I'm missing something, or if there is any sort of advantage to what other authority sites are doing [static site + fed by an added blog].
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  • The best advantage of adding a blog to a domain with a static front page is that you are leaving room for your site to grow beyond the blog...

    For some sites, I would not want to get three years down the road and find an opportunity worth pursuing and not be able to easily put up extra pages not connected to the WP structure...
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    • Other than the reasons Giles stated above in favor of static sites, may you elaborate a bit with regards to "extra pages" point you are referring to?

      I mean, can't this be easily done through WP as well? Pages...etc.

      Also, how about a website built in wordpress? Meaning not a blog, but a regular website made in wordpress platform. Is it better in terms of SEO than a regular static site?
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  • The beauty of using Wordpress is its flexibility. What I mean by that is that you can use Wordpress to create traditional type blogs and also to behave just like a static HTML site using pages. In this sense it is the perfect solution for you for both your blog and static pages.

    The Wordpress architecture is PHP driven so the actual site doesn't exist like a static HTML site does. This potentially can mean it is more of a hog on resources once the site has grown in size. There are some excellent plugins available like the wp super cache which negates this problem though.

    All in all, I love Wordpress because of the flexibility, the "out of the box" SEO, the power that plugins can provide, the ease of being able to change the look and feel. Unless you are a web designer who has the time and skills to create stuff using an HTML editor, Wordpress is the best solution in my humble opinion.

    Another great solution is to use the excellent XSitePro if you want to go the static route but for the flexibility you are looking for, the perfect fit is Wordpress.

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    • I believe you can find a brief tutorial on how to make Wordpress behave like a CMS ala Drupal or Joomla over at ehow. DO a quick search and bear in mind it will mean editing CSS code. MIght be what you are looking for though.
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  • One explanation for authority sites having a blog attached is because blogs are used for different reasons then websites.

    Blogs are updated with fresh content regularly. Static sites are not.
    Blogs are used to keep customers/clients updated. Static sites are not.
    etc.

    Owners of authority sites use blogs as a tool to aid their business.
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    • Does adding an automatically updated blog feed to the static site, help with giving search engines the impression that the static site is updated regularly, even though it may not be?
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