What is the disadvantage to static website SEO

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clickbost99

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• Sunday at 11:36 AM

• #21

Static sites struggle with frequent content updates, making it harder to rank for trending topics. They also lack dynamic features like personalized content, which can hurt user engagement and dwell time.

 

ProNo

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Nov 6, 2021

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• Sunday at 11:44 AM

• #22

I use the static version, never use any CMS’s there really is no point and it is free for all.

There are 2 methods around today but "YOU ALL" are using the 1st one that Googlebot sees as a complete failure. I strongly believe the opposite is normal to SEO is a Marathon not a Sprint and SEO does NOT take time.

• A partial page submitted for indexing just indexes, your "SEO takes time" coz the SEO is just partially optimised.
• However, a "Fully Optimised" page submitted for indexing, indexes and ranks as soon as the page is indexed.

My SEO does take time, I have to wait for indexing at around 3 to 6 "Hours" never witnessed it in many months.

A fully optimised page does .
A partially optimised pages does , GoogleBOT will need time to fully understand what the whole page is about.

 

dotai

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• Sunday at 12:49 PM

• #23

Static pages can rank just as well as WordPress ones, Google doesn’t prefer one over the other. The challenge is more in managing SEO manually, since you don’t have plugins doing the work. With good structure and content, they can rank just fine.

 

InfinityPeace

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Sounds to me that a third option exists. Either use an austere, non-WP CMS, or else a super simple, fast loading/mobile WP theme and never add plugins. Keep your CMS simple and treat it like a static page for SEO purposes, if you don't want to work on it beyond posting to it.

 

JessiPinkme

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• Sunday at 6:37 PM

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Static sites can rank as well as CMS sites if optimized properly. The main challenge is manual SEO - no plugins, so things like meta tags, schema, and internal linking need to be done by hand. Speed is a plus, though.

 

AngelGoddess0809

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• Sunday at 11:25 PM

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wwsosop said:

Do they rank different?
Because you cant use CMS or wordpress tools is it more challenging?

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there are multiple disadvantages for a static website and among them is lack of good content that entices readers or visitors to your website. you also have to manually edit your content which makes it more prone to errors in the long run

 

Correctively Objective

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• Monday at 8:32 AM

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Thechnically speaking allmost every site is a static site in google bot's eyes. The page is dynamically generated on the server and served as static to the client. No difference from SEO POV. The only difference is for you as a websmaster.

 

iAuthority

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• Monday at 10:32 AM

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Static websites have limited functionalities and less space for customization. But on the other hand, you get a cheaper price and faster load time.

 

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Andreas1

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• Tuesday at 11:52 AM

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I have seen your questions about static websites and SEO. While static sites can rank well if optimized properly, they may require more manual work since CMS tools and plugins aren’t available. This can make ongoing updates and SEO tweaks a bit more challenging compared to dynamic sites.