Comments on: Static Sites VS Wordpress Blogs For Xfactor Sites

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:16:34 +0000

I mix it up. I have many older blogs and sites. All are decent sites, but were created way before I knew anything about keyword research. They work to get the new static sites found and that’s all I ask of them.

By: NoteworthyTips

NoteworthyTips — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:31:14 +0000

That’s a pretty cool tip. I guess I’ve just always been afraid to do that for the fear of google thinking I was trying to form some sort of blog farm or some crap like that.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:59:45 +0000

I’ve found the same. However, I’ve been posting a quick entry on some older blogs I have that aren’t doing well financially (gotta get something out of them, right?) that links to my new static site whenever I put a new on up and I’ve found that my static sites are being found very quickly. Just as quickly as my WordPress sites were ever found, in fact. I’m getting about 1 to 2 sites done per week and I’m loving every minute of it!

By: NoteworthyTips

NoteworthyTips — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:01:58 +0000

Well I have found that without a doubt, wordpress sites get indexed much faster but I seem to rank faster with HTML sites. Now again, I do not know for certain if that happens to be because I got a “lucky” keyword or whatever but it seems my wordpress blogs (at least the sites built in the past 3 weeks) require move back links to push them to the first page so I do think the on page SEO for static sites might come into play regarding ranking.

By: Flippa Chick

Flippa Chick — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:33:57 +0000

Great post indeed! I recently wrote a post comparing Wordpress vs. HTML and in my experience, Wordpress has come out on top. However, I’m considering laying this debate to rest (at least in my mind) by performing a case study by building niche websites on both platforms.

I’m glad to read that you are having success with both.

By: NoteworthyTips

NoteworthyTips — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:23:28 +0000

Hi Clare,

Yea, getting that first template up can be kind of annoying but once you get it down, things just seem to go faster.

That’s great you built your own WP template. I agree that WP is a lot easier to use and sure makes things really convenient. I’ve never really given the few xfactor sites I have made with WP a real chance. I currently have 1 site that has moved up from page 3 to page 2 that is an xfactor wordpress site but it never ranked right out of the gate and I think it is only ranking because of the traffic kahuna campaign I have been working on with it. I suppose time could also have something to do with it but I think TK deserves the real credit.

I’d love to hear how your WP sites do.

By: Clare

Clare — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:57:09 +0000

Hi Sara – I stumbled across your site when looking for other Xfactor students and have to say thanks for the useful info you’ve been posting here.

I built my first site on Friday using the static method and hated every second of it – I love WP too much, Yesterday I spent most of the day coding my own WP template to have the Xfactor features and was able to build the second site in about half an hour. I’ll leave the first site static and then see how they fare.
Clare´s last blog ..Advertise Your Online Business with Flyers

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:22:08 +0000

I’m actually struggling with the wordpress vs static decision myself. I have many static and many wordpress sites, but as I’ve never focused on keyword research, it’s generally hit or miss. However, I do love playing with numbers and I’m come up with a few interesting results.

Of all the niche sites I have, 62% are built on wordpress and 38% are static sites. However, the wordpress built sites make 72% of my income and the static sites make 28% of my income. This tends to make me believe wordpress sites are better at generating income.

Of course, my sample size might not be large enough and that might mean the numbers are a fluke and would be proved different if I had more sites. I currently have 28 mini-niche sites.

Another thing is that I made more wordpress sites after learning more about how to best market affiliate products and I use adsense very sparingly on only a few of the sites. This could mean that I would make more money with static sites I built now just because I know more about what I’m trying to do.

By: NoteworthyTips

NoteworthyTips — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:36:04 +0000

Bruce,

I have read on several occasions that HTML sites hold their rankings better than blogs and that blogs need to be tended to more in order to keep their rankings. I don’t have any hard evidence if any of that is true because I do have blogs in which I used google sniper on back in May that are still holding their rankings which were built with wordpress and I have not added any additional content since it was built.

I may go back to HTML sites since my blogs seem to be only doing ok. 1 out of 3 are ranking for the main keyword. of course this could just be picking rough competition and nothing to do with static versus blog.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:36:22 +0000

Sara, I am probably in the minority, but I actually prefer static sites over Wordpress blogs.

I’ve built a lot in sites with Xsite Pro and have it down to a science. Its fast and I think there may be other benefits. Looking back over a long time, I notice once the xsite pro sites get ranked they tend to hold the ranking better even if I do nothing else to the site. The blogs do tend to get indexed quicker, but not always. But they do seem to need more ‘help’ to hold their ground over time.

Frankly I’ve never understood the big deal of a site getting indexed in 24 hours or something – I’m more focused on the long run.

These are not absolutes and can vary with the niche, but in the long run I’ve not found blogs to do any better than static sites where it counts: Making money.