Build regular websites with WordPress

For years I considered WordPress to be a great program for building blogs. I never considered using it for building static websites. For static websites, you use HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and/or CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Correct? Not necessarily. After doing some research, I realized that WordPress is a wonderful platform to build great looking websites fast, easy and cheap!

Why would you use WordPress to build a website? Well, I can think of three good reasons:

• Ease of Use - WordPress is one of the easiest and most user friendly programs available today. You don’t need expert knowledge, such as HTML or CSS, to build a website with WordPress.
• Built-in Tools - All the tools you require to build your website come as part of the package. Tools such as page editor, SEO, embedded video and audio, e-commerce, and an incredible array of tools available via plug-ins (most of them FREE!) make this program a very powerful one.
• Search Engine Friendliness – Search engines love blogs because they provide a stream of fresh information. With all the available plugins for SEO, you can optimize your website without any knowledge of SEO.

If your knowledge of HTML/CSS is limited, or if you are irritated with having to spend endless hours lining up text and pictures, you may want to consider using WordPress as a platform for your next website.

You can have a WordPress website installed, optimized and running in about a day. Yes, a day. And I am not talking about a one page site, I am talking about a 10 page website.

In addition to the ease of installation and setup, you can add a lot of extra functionality to your website through the use of plugins. Plugins are small pieces of software (most of them free) that add specific functionality to your website. Functionality such as SEO optimization, form creation, automatic backup of the website, automatic updates, e-commerce (shopping carts for products and services), etc. The list is endless.

A blog can be of great help to increase a website’s ranking. When you build a website using WordPress, you have your blog “built-in.” All you have to do is add a tab on your website and you go. Start adding good and relevant articles to your blog, and with the help of pinging and SEO plugins, you will have your site indexed and ranking in record time.

Next time you are in a hurry to put up a website, you may want to consider using WordPress. You will love it. If you want to get more information, check out my WordPress website building tips. Good Luck.

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