Which is better, a Blog or a Website?

by Kim N.

I love your website and have read your page on how you got started. I actually have had a blog for just about a year now and it is starting to generate income but really just enough to pay for hosting so still a baby. I hope to grow my blog into a bigger business just as you have.

I will check out SBI a little closer. Do you feel a website versus a blog will get me closer to my goals?

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Mar 27, 2011
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by: Sassy

Hi Kim -

As someone who didn't now anything about the online world before I started my site, I would never have known the difference between a website and a blog. I have been hearing mutterings here and there since I started my site (2007) about why a website is a better idea than a blog. But I honestly never took the time to listen since it didn't apply to me.

So I just went "in search of" and I am pretty amazed at the difference.

I think you might find this article helpful. The argument is pretty solid and I think you might be surprised at what you learn. I know I certainly was.

One little bite from the article:

Many drift into the costly error of using blogging software to build their primary "Web presence." It is the wrong tool for the needs of a business Web site. Blogging software lacks what businesses do need to actually make money (which is the ultimate goal!).

Most only realize the error of the blog approach, too late, dazzled by the loud "pro-blogging noise" of those who blog about blogging. Bloggers interlink to each other with gusto, creating what they call "the blogosphere." They rave as if there were magic in blogging and the "blogosphere," when in fact it all adds up to content that will soon be degraded by the Search Engines as the "best before" date on blogging content expires.

Professional bloggers, and professional promoters of blogging, usually fail to mention the "dated-content treadmill" that they so desperately run upon every day. What happens when you stop blogging? You watch your traffic melt away. Why? Because Search Engines know that blog posts are like newspapers... good only for wrapping fish after a few days.

Human visitors instinctively know that, too. Most visitors do not want to read 6 month-old news (i.e., a blog post).

Anyway, if you are looking to build an online BUSINESS as I have done (and you mention you would like to do), I am not sure blogging is the right choice for you? It seems that a website might offer more for what you are trying to accomplish for your long-term goals.

Hope this helps. Have a fabulous day, Kim!xo









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