When is a blog NOT a blog?

A blog is not a blog when it is a WordPress static site or Content Management System (CMS).

Helloooo!! WordPress is NOT just for blogs, you silly! It is a powerful Content Management System (CMS) , and thousands of companies are switching to WordPress to manage their own sites right now as we speak!

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Take wine and restaurant websites, for example. These sites often have designs using Flash, music and layout elements that make for a visually beautiful page, but that actually prevent search enginesA general class of programs, used to specifically describe systems like Google, Yahoo! and Bing that enable users to search for websites, articles, products or people on the World Wide Web. from finding the site. But convert your site to a WordPress blog siteWordPress is an open sourceIn general, it is any program whose source code is made available for use or modification by users, developers, or hackers. Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code, however. The distribution terms of open source software must comply with the following criteria: free redistribution, distribution in source code as well as compiled form, distribution of modifications and derived works under the same licensing terms as those of the original software, preservation of the original author's source code, no discrimination against persons or groups, no discrimination against fields of endeavor, licensing so that the rights attached to the program apply to all users, licensing that is not specific to use in a particular product, licensing that does not contaminate other software. software originally designed for blogging but is so powerful and popular that it is being used by many business websites as a Content Management System, e-commerceThe conducting of business communication and transactions over networks and through computers. As most restrictively defined, electronic commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, and the transfer of funds, through digital communications., or business website. It uses mySQL database as the back end. Users can log-in to their WordPress site "dashboard" and post content, product info, photos, videos, music, etc. and manage their own site., and suddenly you have a platform that is beautiful AND search engine friendly (WP has built-in search engine-friendly stuff).

Want the bells and the whistles, too? OK; with WordPress you can have a shopping cart, video, revolving images, Facebook, Twitter, etc. (and without a blog if you don’t want one)!

So: you can have a beautifully designed site with revolving photos, video and other elements that would typically degrade your site’s visibility, AND you can have great Search Engine Optimization.

Here are some samples of companies with beautiful websites built with WordPress that are NOT used primarily as blogs: http://www.herout-caves.com/ (I know, the site is in French. But just look at the design…it’s a great example of a beautiful, simple, and very SEO and social media friendly site.) http://fernwoodcoffee.com/ This site is very content heavy, which makes for great Search Engine friendliness. Their main focus is their STORY, which WordPress does beautifully!\ http://theprobar.com/ This uses a very colorful background and images to great effect.

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