Static or Dynamic Home Page? Please Help!
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Hi again
I ask for ur input again my friendsI finally decided to go for the shorter .COM domain, and I put my domain online.
Since it will be an online games site, every post will be in fact a new game. And of course, every game, will be in fact a post.
I put my home page as "latest posts" this way, all my posts are shown in home page, and posts being for me games, all my games appear on my home page. So my home page always has the latest games and is always fresh.
The theme I use has the option to ad some "static content" at the end of the posts, on home page, for SEO. I my home page I have also about 300 words of "article" content, that never changes, and is for seo, since my post content, is in fact java script, and other html codes ( flash games). So my home pages is that article plus excerpts of latest post.
But the problem is, that I cannot control the seo, on page this way, and I cannot control my keywords very well, or the density of them, since the home page isnt a page.
Now the question is, to let my Home page as it is, or change it and set it up as a page. I can put games on pages to, that is not a big problem.
What is best, for the future of the site, google ranking, and seo, in ur opinion.
I ad that I recived "A" Grade on moz for Page Seo Grade!
Thank You!
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Hi again Catinas,
I would say that, ultimately, worry less about SEO and more about what's best for visitors/customers. Especially because Google tends to think like a potential customer, so if you stick with that in mind, you should be OK.
That being said, as a gamer myself, I think the best method would be to keep your content dynamic. Also, is the article you mention actually useful for customers, or is it really only for SEO purposes? Because Google's becoming more and more savvy with its algorithms, and you may want to rethink that particular strategy. Good luck!
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