Hello Fellow Members,

I’m always researching and learning new things as I continue to improve my website. Sometimes I may get different answers or opinions to my questions. One of those questions is whether to have a static page or a rolling blog as your landing page?

Some have explained to me that it's not good to have your landing page be a rolling blog because Google can't index the posts page. Yet others have explained that rolling blogs (posts) rank quicker than it takes pages to rank.

Regardless of whether or not the rolling blogs rank quicker, search engines will be able to find your rolling blog no matter where it is on your website; rolling blog or a navigation page.

My take away from the different opinions and research I have come across is that there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer to the question. My opinion is that what type of landing page you decide to use will depend on the type of business you have.

Maybe if your business is a brand, selling products or a non-profit organization it may be better to use a static page landing page. But, if your business is a Blog, you would want your landing page to be a rolling blog.

My recommendation would be to make a decision that you feel is best for your website.

So, let's get on with the show to learn how to change the type of landing page you use.


Step 1: First this is to make that decision about which type of landing page works best for your website business.




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tastylife Premium
Thanks Verna, you helped me to make my website look EXACTLY the way I wanted :))
Alma
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verna8767 Premium
I'm glad I was able to help you Alma. Thanks for checking it out.
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verna8767 Premium
Hello Fello WA'ers. Just wanted to know that I have made edits and deleted the use of a plugin after further testing. I apologize the the inconvenience.
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camille88 Premium
Hi verna what is a rolling blog. Is it like a slider?
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verna8767 Premium
On most of the themes, the first page a person sees when they come to your site is where all your posts are. This is what is referred to as your rolling blog. Some also call it your blog roll. You can just keep scrolling from one post to the next. This is a way that you can have your blog on your website and not have to maintain a separate website just to house your blog. You can check out this blog post of mine.

http://momstrustedaffiliate.com/blog-placement

Just so you know -- I changed my landing page to a static page and put my rolling blog in another location. You can see that I have a tab in the navigation menu.
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stephhill Premium Plus
I liked this training a lot. I also like the idea of putting our affiliate marketing page as the static page on the front page because that is what we are all promoting - how to get into the world of affiliate marketing. Make your landing page relevant so your website is more definitive.

Jay's webinar explains why we should have a static page:
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paulgoodwin Premium
This is something that I have always felt to go with a static page
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verna8767 Premium
Thanks Paul. Since the beginning I always wanted to make my home page to be static, but couldn't get it to work. Glad you found it helpful.
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paulgoodwin Premium
Strange I have done it from day one as I felt it was the way to go and I always say go with that gut feeling !!
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verna8767 Premium
I tried a long time ago, but I think those that were trying to help me left out some important instructions. Unfortunately, sometimes people don't give detailed instructions because they incorrectly assume that you know certain things. Therefore, I never got it to work until now.
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Maxiam59 Premium
great training all the best Max
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verna8767 Premium
Thanks Max. I was a little nervous since it was my first attempt do to a training. Appreciate you time.
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