WordPress.com Forums » Topic: featured pages on homepage? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage WordPress.com Forums » Topic: featured pages on homepage? en Sun, 19 May 2013 07:05:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raincoaster on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1021121 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:17:01 +0000 raincoaster 1021121@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 1) both of those sites have been around for some time using those urls

2) there is very, very little competition for that search term.

in my estimation: A blog updated weekly with relevant, high quality content would outrank both of those sites within four months. Updated daily, within a month.

]]> akmining on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1021117 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:14:15 +0000 akmining 1021117@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ so how do regular websites make themselves attractive to search engines? For example, if I google "organic alaska," the top two hits are not blogs.

]]> timethief on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1021111 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:07:35 +0000 timethief 1021111@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See > Using WordPress.com to Create a Website http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

A WordPress blog can either be structured as a page based website or its conventional post based structure can be retained. That’s why understanding the differences between posts and pages, http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ comprehending the SEO implications of creating a page based structure, and knowing how to use custom menus http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
are key to decision making when selecting a theme, and setting up your WordPress.com blog. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/05/12/better-blogging-at-wordpress-com-pages-and-posts/

In fact, a blog is a website. Or if you want the bald faced truth then I won't hesitate to say that the average website found online today is rarely updated, does not provide for interactive communication, and is IMNHO a lame blog with static front page that sucks when it comes to SEO.

A blog does something a website doesn’t do. A blog allows you to personally reach and interact with far more people than you can reach by any other means. Advice: Don't kill your traffic by creating a static front page.
Scroll down and read 5 Blog and Website Differences > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/05/02/business-blog-website-or-both/

]]> timethief on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1021106 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:04:10 +0000 timethief 1021106@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

what makes a website be more or less attractive to a search engine?

Multiple factors but the primary one is frequent publication of fresh and unique material that's not found anywhere else on the internet. Note that is the opposite of a Page which is for static content that rarely ever changes.

]]> akmining on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1021100 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:00:02 +0000 akmining 1021100@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ what makes a website be more or less attractive to a search engine? why are pages less attractive than posts?

]]> raincoaster on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1021047 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:11:39 +0000 raincoaster 1021047@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I already answered you above.

Googlejuice=SEO, attractiveness to search engines.

]]> akmining on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1021037 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:02:48 +0000 akmining 1021037@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ great. thanks!

What is google juice?

]]> timethief on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1021008 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:41:54 +0000 timethief 1021008@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Pages http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ are for content that rarely changes. Pages and sit outside the blog structure.
Static pages cannot have Categories and Tags assigned to them.
Pages do not appear in our RSS feeds.
Most Pages do not have date stamps in their URLs.
Pages have very little “google juice”
Other bloggers rarely if ever backlink to static Pages in their published posts. Consequently, Page structured blogs have a very difficult time:
1. securing traffic;
2. securing comments;
3. securing backlinks;
4. achieving authority in their niche;
5. achieving Google PageRank.

]]> timethief on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1021002 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:39:11 +0000 timethief 1021002@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No.

]]> 1testblog1 on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1020997 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:36:17 +0000 1testblog1 1020997@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is there a way to feature PAGES (with static content) rather than POSTS? I'm just using wordpress to make a website, it won't have any posts

]]> timethief on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1020938 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:06:10 +0000 timethief 1020938@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There are several ways to feature older posts. See:
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/02/16/6-easy-ways-to-feature-older-content/
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/18/custom-menus-featuring-older-content/

]]> timethief on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1020935 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:04:44 +0000 timethief 1020935@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There are many themes that have front page slider for featured images > http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/post-slider/
But you cannot create a post slider on the theme that is not deigned to have one.

]]> raincoaster on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1020929 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:02:45 +0000 raincoaster 1020929@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no way to do it automatically. You could create a sticky Post and link to your Pages that you want to feature, but that's about it.

]]> 1testblog1 on "featured pages on homepage?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-pages-on-homepage#post-1020645 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:26:10 +0000 1testblog1 1020645@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Some themes (such as oxygen) allow you to display featured posts on your homepage. Is there a way to do that with pages? Is there a template that supports that? Is there a way to jury-rig it?

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