Is a `conventional' web site built with HTML and CSS better from an SEO and monetizing point of view than a site built with Wordpress? I've nearly finished building a wedding guide site using HTML\CSS but am now wondering if I should have built it with a Wordpress template instead. Both versions would have their own domain names and would be hosted on my server. My own thoughts are that the Wordpress version would be more dynamic, ie. can more easily be updated. Another advantage is, the Wordpress template that I would use has the ads. section in the center of the page, where in my view they are more likely to attract attention. But the HTML\CSS template has the ads. section on the left hand side, where (again in my view) they will likely be ignored. Any thoughts, anyone?
I dont think there is any difference at all If I understand what you mean you want ads in a specific place. you can place ads wherever you want in a wp theme. its like same coding with pure html pages if you know html then you can place the ad in the same place in a wp theme. by the way, why are you talking like wordpress is using its own language for same output result?
I realize that I can place my ads. where I want, in a web site and in a Wordpress theme, but I have a Wordpress template which is set up for ads. in the center, so it would be easier to use this template. I was just wondering if there was any advantage in using either a HTML\CSS template or a Wordpress template, I realize that the coding is the same or very similar in both. Thanks for your comments anyway.
From and extendibility standpoint, it is better to use HTML/CSS. The more control you give up, you decrease what you can change. If this is just a blog though, I would go with the template. As long as it passes the W3C HTML and CSS validation, it will save you a ton of time hand coding repetitive code.
There's no difference whatsoever, especially given that WordPress USES HTML and CSS to control the presentation. From an SEO purpose there's absolutely no difference whatsoever, as long as you create the template that WordPress uses (which will give you total control). However, most of the people who think they know SEO really don't know it from a hole in the ground. You have your template nearly done, and you're wondering if you should have used WordPress instead? Don't worry about it. With a little bit of knowledge as to how WordPress works, you can PORT your HTML/CSS template over to WordPress. (For the record, this is what I do myself - I'll create a template in HTML/CSS, then convert it over to WordPress.) The only thing that would make the WordPress "version" dynamic would be the fact that it's powered by a database and a server-side programming language. Static HTML/CSS is just that - static. Even adding JavaScript to provide the page with some behavior will really not make it dynamic (in the sense that pages can be created/moved on the fly).