There is not a clear choice
or a single answer for this question. There are many variables to take
into consideration before you make the decision about what’s best for you.
First of all, if you are still wondering what Wordpress or HTML is, the basic
to know is: HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, and is the behind the
scenes coding language that makes us able to see objects such as images and
structured text online. HTML5 is the latest HTML update, which adds
capabilities to deal with elements like video, audio, and graphic animation.
On the other hand, Wordpress
is one of the most popular content management in blog publishing applications.
It was released as blog engine; however it has turn into a full feature customizable
website creation tool. Then, Both HTML5 and Wordpress can be an appropriate
Content Management Solution (CMS) but to make your decision on which option is
the most suitable for your company or personal website, it is important that
make yourself the following questions:
Do
you want to make changes?
Website changes include a
variety of activities like adding, modifying and removing content –for example,
when you include a blog–; modifying core elements and layouts; your in need of
following the latest’s web design trends, and more. If you are planning to
implement this for your business website, it’s recommendable to use Wordpress
due to the easiness of content managing, page layout options, timely core
updates and code-free HTML scripts.
On the other site, if you
think that your content won’t need to be updated at short term, in other words,
there is a very low probability of new content being added, HTML5 is perfect.
Then, if you want to build a website with just the basic business information:
operation hours, telephone, address, e-mail, and a few other pages like contact
form, HTML5 is still the right choice.
How often do you expect to
make changes?
If you are constantly making
changes and your website requires daily updates, it makes sense to have a
website that allows you to make those changes. Wordpress allows you
to make those changes rather easily, but you will need to have basic knowledge
about it. HTML5 will also allow you to make changes if your web developer
creates a content management application for you. This can be a good
option if you want a simple content management application that you can use
very easily and it will be web-base (no need to download software).
Are you going to do SEO and
SEM?
Search engines update
continually. According to Google’s webmasters support page, the Googlebot –the
program that does the fetching– discovers new and updated pages to be added to
the index through the process of “crawling”: it continuously visits sitemap
data provided by webmasters to detect links on each page and adds them to its
list of pages to crawl. Also, the program determines if the content is relevant
to the user’s query so the site will rank well for a keyword.
On one side, Wordpress provides
a lot of plug-ins and SEO is pretty much built-in because as we said before, it
was build as a blogging platform. Nonetheless, you will still have to work in
SEO. On the other hand, HML5 allows you to use advance SEO techniques like
incorporation of social media and implementing elements of the social graphs,
so it adapts quickly to the changes on the search engines. But, you will surely
need to have good knowledge about it.
Taking your budget into
consideration
At this point you should
start thinking what kind of website fulfils your expectations and your company
real needs. There are several differences in the cost of using Wordpress vs.
HTML5. For example, you might find a cheaper hosting plan for basic HTML5 than
for hosting a Wordpress site, because Wordpress requires a MySQL database and
PHP support in your web-host. Besides, the cost of a Wordpress well designed
theme is higher than the HTML5 one.
As a conclusion, if your
company’s budget is limited, and you want to consider cost efficiency in the
long run, look over the question number two. If you are using HTML5 and you
need new content and old content updates, you’d have to ask a developer to
modify a new page, this translates into spends. However, with Wordpress you
have capability of adding or modifying content without the help of the original
developer. In this situation, Wordpress is more cost effective than HTML5. Conversely,
if you are not planning to make changes very often and your website is going to
be ecstatic you should definitely take HTML5 as lower cost investment.
For additional information
about Wordpress or HTML5 for your new website, go to www.XperienceMarketingSolutions.com
to get a FREE consultation.
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