Blog or website, which is best for starters?

[patrick24601]

Just caught this thread!

Make sure if you use wordpress you look at all of the great SEO plugins there are. I have a standard set of plugins I put up with every blog. I just keep a plugins folder on my machine and the plugs go up in my blog folder every time. My folder includes:

adsense-deluxe_wp_plugin, alinks, allinoneseopack, autohyperlink, google sitemap generator, google analyticator, headspace2, kb-rssfeed, post-star-rating, sem-subscribe-me, seo-slugs, share-this, stats, wassup, sp-cache, wordpress-automatic-upgrade.

I left off a few. But if you build a standard set and keep them handy it will make new blog deployment a breeze.

[genuwine4532]

Hey Patrick,

I always wanted to know is WordPress a WYSIWYG type of builder? or Do you have to know code?

Thanks

[Linda Buquet]

Once you get it set up with a template I think it's more like
a word processor than it is a wywiwyg design editor.

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[genuwine4532]

Thanks Linda,

That's really helpful!

[mwong]

I would like to use wordpress for my new blog but what i found was it is quite difficult to maneuver than blogger especially the tags and categories. Still there are a lot of feedbacks that wordpress actually is better than blogger. Any comment?

Some of my blogs are having problems getting traffic. Any other recommendation beside blog submmission, article marketing, forum, link exchange, and other traditional method?

Does blog submmission really work?

Thank you.

[patrick24601]

mwong,

I think it helps a little like everything else. One of the things I learned early on: There is no magic one thing that will help. It is all of the little things: SEO, iboundlinks, link exchanges, directories, blog submissions, etc.

Yes - it helps.

Patrick

[mwong]

Thanx patrick,

will follow your advice and continue to put more effort into them.

[Scorpiocutie]

I think you should definetely go with creating a blog, it seems that search engines find you easier with a blog rather than with a (site)

[MrCat]

Take into consideration what kind of site you would want to have. If your main purpose is for monetization - go with a website.

If you don't plan on earning a revenue with it, go with a blog as this is less costly or can even be free to maintain