Home Page SEO Settings For Wordpress Blog

Hey Guys!

Lets say I have a website[Sniper Site] called " www greenlizards com " . I also have few categories on it like " green lizards food " , " green lizards habitats " etc..Now my main homepage is intended to rank for my root keyword " green lizards ", so which is better:

a) have a static homepage with one article based on the root keyword - creating a wordpress page and making it the home page from settings.
b) have a dynamic homepage page, featuring a number of my latest posts - normal wordpress blog settings...
c) have a " sticky " post based on the root keyword and latest posts after that from other categories

Alright guys, this is the issue. I use wordpress if that helps to get a better idea. Looking forward to hearing from you.

I have always had good success with the static homepage approach. It makes it more of a site than a blog. The other categories then appear on your menu (you can also add the usual things like About Us, etc.).

Me too.. I think that eliminates content duplication also.

klaotupi said:

Hey Guys!

which is better:

a) have a static homepage with one article based on the root keyword - creating a wordpress page and making it the home page from settings.

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This imho is the better option.

Shawn

Something I was wondering also. I just started a new website and at the moment the 'home' page is just a collection of new posts. The thing is if it's a static page and I'm not adding new posts then the website essentially never gets updated except when I add a new page (which won't be often) so that surely cannot be good in googles eyes? I always thought it was better to have a site that's updated frequently.

Is there a risk that continually posting articles to the home page can cause duplicate content issues? Most of my articles target the same keyword.

Static home page with litle box for latest post.
As for categories I doubt having keyword in each categorie to be a good idea. You would be better with having one main category "with main keyword" and than subcategories without.

If you have a static home page, how can you have latest posts? Isn't it one or the other?

KingMonkey said:

If you have a static home page, how can you have latest posts? Isn't it one or the other?

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Go to Appearance - Widgets
Activate recent posts this will display titles of the post. For small sumarry you need to play with code.

KingMonkey said:

If you have a static home page, how can you have latest posts? Isn't it one or the other?

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You see there is an option in WordPress to select a "Page" as a homepage and another "Page" as the blog page. The blog/site will be updated when you post a content. Only the homepage will remain unchanged.