home page or static page
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As long as you provide a way for them to find the pages, such as Recent Posts along with Archives or Calendar. My blog is set to have the Recent Entries on the front page, but the search engines always drive traffic to the individual entry pages (as it should).
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ok so if i have the pages widget on my site people will be able to see the stuff on my pages through search engines?
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Yes. Anytime you want something to appear in a search engine, just make sure links are visible. :-)
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@matthewthief
Although it’s very “trendy” right now to have a static front page that some people are calling a “landing page” doing this has a downside.(1) Your readers come to read your blog posts and repeat readers do not appreciate clicking through an introduction or a biography over and over again and again.
(2) I have noted that serious bloggers who have high page rankings do not have “static” front pages. They choose to have the blog posts that people want to read right up front when readers click into their site. And they ensure their navigation is set up so it’s reader friendly. They are serious about their stats so everything that counts towards page rank is found on their front page.
(3) Your page rank assigned by Google is primarily calculated by what’s on your front page. If you have zero posts, zero comments and zero links on your front page then there’s nothing there that adds up to a page rank.
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To reinforce what Timethief said, having a static front page will slaughter your googlejuice. Google will still find you, but you won’t count for much.
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To reinforce what Timethief said, having a static front page will slaughter your googlejuice. Google will still find you, but you won’t count for much.
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