Hi Teresa...I'm reorganizing my site and am probably going to switch to a static homepage. I think it depends on what we want to accomplish when visitors arrive. I know that our official WA trainer Jay (magistudios) has mentioned in his trainings that he prefers a static homepage for one (or more) of his sites so he can better inform his visitors about who he is and what he does. Once they arrive, we can use links or pop-ups to guide visitors where we want them to go next.

So the question is what will work best for your target audience and what you want to accomplish when they arrive on your site? :)
Colleen

When it comes to deciding on whether to use a static homepage or not, it does not entail following other people's decision but figuring out what's good for your business. Read the resource below. Is a Static Homepage Good for your Blog?

Think about why and where someone land on your static page. Did someone just type your domain url or did they search for your website on the browser. What is their intention?

If you can figure that out, then you adjust your static page to get people to take action on something. Make it look "sexy" for those people who've landed on that page.

I would say that the home page "static page" is meant for you to showcase what your website is all about and how you can benefit the people who've landed on your page. It should also build trust and credibility with your visitors, and most importantly, get people to take action (like subscribe to your email list), so that you can take someone through a "customer journey".

Hope this answer your question. :)

I don't use a static home page. I don't really have a reason but I like that the posts and the look change just a little bit with the visual nature of showing latest posts for returning users. I guess I get the feeling like the website itself is not stale.

I too use a static page on one of my websites. Instead of worrying about people then going to your posts, why not just put a link from your static page to your blog roll page. I haven't done this but it's an idea I am going to consider once I experiment with it!

I use static on both my sites and I love it. That said, did you setup the static pages? Many themes will have a template to use. You create a blank page, apply the template and then customize the he** out of it. That's what I did on my 2 sites. Some people will also create a regular page and use that as their static page.

You can try the jaxxy platform for the platform and see how it works.

I use Analytify the plugin and this shows up Google Anlaytics very nicely, if that helps

I cannot answer your question, but if you have Jaaxy you can check your ranking and other analytics.