subject: Using Wordpress For Your Business Website [print this page] Using Wordpress For Your Business Website
Wordpress Is a Simple and Cost Effective Option
If you ask me, the simplest way to have a website for a small business is to utilize WordPress. WordPress can be easily modified and is loved by the search engines. It even comes at no cost. Although knowing how to use WordPress can take so much time, people usually study editing and adding contents on their websites after hiring an expert to create a simple affordable website. This strategy saves time and helps people focus more on knowing how to manage their business on WordPress.
Knowing how to utilize WordPress is very simple once an expert has given you the basics. YouTube uploads and sites like WordPress.tv are some of the ways in which you can learn how to use WordPress. There are even books which you can borrow or buy that can help you a lot. The costs of setting-up a simple WordPress website could range from $500 to $1,500. The costs depend on your personal preferences for your website. After your website has been set-up, you may then proceed on knowing how to edit and run it yourself.
Increase WordPress Functionality with Plug-ins
The number of plug-ins offered for your website makes WordPress very manageable. Plug-ins are optional tools that give your website more abilities. If you like your WordPress website to have a check-out function, then you can add the plug-in that is specific for that function. The estimated duration for installing, activating and modifying a desired plug-in is about 5 minutes. The following are WordPress plug-ins that you, or your hired developer, could add to your website.
Google XML Sitemap - This plug-in helps you set-up a sitemap. It shows all your webpages and blogs in that specific website. This makes your website very search engine friendly because Google crawlers utilize sitemaps to find all your webpages. This lessens the time that it takes for your website to be added in iEngine search results. You may even include your sitemap to the Google Webmaster Tools section and telling Google about your sitemap. This will make your website be seen even quicker.
Twitter Tools This plug-in gives your WordPress website the ability to connect to your account in Twitter, resulting to an effortless sharing of your website's content to your Twitter followers. This plug-in instantly shares to Twitter your newly-formed webpage or newly-written blog post.
All-In-One-SEO pack This plug-in helps WordPress become optimized for search engines because its task is to keep on telling you to add the right Keyword, Title and Meta data to each webpage you make. If you frequently utilize this plug-in, your website's level will be improved.
Sexy Bookmarks Plug-In This plug-in gives you the ability to put social network icons like Facebook, Digg and Twitter to your webpages. These icons allow people to instantly share your webpage to their social network accounts. You can include more than 40 social network buttons. This plug-in also supports many languages.
Easy Privacy Policy This plug-in gives your website the function to add a privacy policy which you can personally edit or leave it as it is to clarify essential privacy policy rules that oversee the internet. This could increase your website's standing with search engines and people.
Contact Form 7- This plug-in gives your website the function that permits visitors to send you feedbacks or questions through email.
WordPress has so many plug-ins that gives your website more abilities. Plug-ins are to WordPress as apps are to iPads and Android phones. There is a plug-in for almost everything that you wish for your website to have. For more information regarding WordPress, I have provided a link to our website. In it, you can find helpful links, downloadable resources and directions to knowing and managing WordPress.
