WordPress as a static site
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I see this question all the time in the forums I visit.
“Can I use WordPress as a Static website?”
Of course the answer is yes, you can use WordPress for whatever you want.
The problem that I see is the mis-conception that just by using WordPress the search engines will automatically give you high ranking’s and that simply isn’t true. The same is true using WordPress as it is using a static site. You need content and you need to target your keyword(s). Now it is true that search engines will spider a site using WordPress more frenquently then a static site, but even that will stop if you’re not adding content. I know it’s an old cliche but “content is king” and it always will be.
If you are planning on building a website with WordPress that isn’t a blog, I would reccomend building it as a CMS type site. Use a combination of posts and pages similiar to what I’ve done here.
This way you can build a robust site with fresh content that both your visitors and the search engines will love.
