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WP Posts or pages?

by smith33122
8 replies
I am putting together a web site in WP should go to about 200 pages I have my main page, about us, terms and contact page - should I put up the other pages as blog posts or pages _ I am a bit stuck here and could do with some help please
#pages #posts
  • Profile picture of the author Mohsin Rasool
    Can you divide those 200 pages into some categories?
    I think you need to put them in posts under categories and have those categories(less than 10).. then link those categories from the MENU to access all the content.

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  • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
    Normally, the main content of a WP blog is added in the form of posts. A major advantage is that you can set up categories which aid your visitors' navigation, and with SEO. A WP blog with the entire content added as pages could become pretty cumbersome to navigate.
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  • Profile picture of the author smith33122
    In reality each page is targeting a search keyword and has unique content (costs a fortune but Dan is reall good ROI) then then can go to our free download - there isn't any real rason why they would want to go to a page with different keyword
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  • Profile picture of the author TheZafraGroup
    You shouldn't have too many pages or it would be confusing for your readers and visitors. Make sure you make you site user friendly. If it's not, your bounce rate will sky rocket. Have at least 5-6 pages then categorize your posts. Whenever you have something new to write about or share, make a post about it. Posts are better.
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    • Profile picture of the author fin
      I read a good article on the thesis blog.

      It says not to use catogeries in the nav menu because it's still just a dated list from the past. No real navigation.

      It says to make resourse pages for the nav menu. So Just say 15% of your posts are about jam.

      You'd make a jam resourse page for the nav menu and put in all the best articles about jam.

      Then if you want, you can always put catogeries in the sidebar.

      So i'd say posts, with resources pages for the most important ones = great nav
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  • Profile picture of the author NeilC
    Go for posts and just a few top level categories, perhaps about 10. Then you can use sub-categories as well if you need to.

    I've got some fairly large sites like that and they've been fine during the last few months of so called Panda update issues.
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  • Profile picture of the author zamzung
    Add them as posts... there is no sense in having 200+ pages on WP blog...
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Posts would be the usual, especially if it's going to be 200.
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