Webdummy
31 May 2008, 02:53 PM
Hi,
I currently have a static site that ranks fairly well with a number of key phrases. Especially specific phrases indigenous to my secondary and tertiary static pages. Though I have quite a number of products on the site now, there is potential to add hundreds more but this would obviously be horribly labor intensive. It seems clear that I need to create a dynamic site (some kind of user interface for adding new products would be great) because my supplier is always adding brands to their offering, and also since I need to make changes somewhat often.
However...it's my understanding that search engines like static sites better than dynamic ones. One thing I don't want to do is sacrifice my current rankings. Is there a way to make the transition without losing my ranking? Is losing ranking the price you pay to have an easier site to manage? Is it worth it? Can you have the best of both worlds? Can existing static URLs be kept if the site is converted to dynamic?
Thanks!
I currently have a static site that ranks fairly well with a number of key phrases. Especially specific phrases indigenous to my secondary and tertiary static pages. Though I have quite a number of products on the site now, there is potential to add hundreds more but this would obviously be horribly labor intensive. It seems clear that I need to create a dynamic site (some kind of user interface for adding new products would be great) because my supplier is always adding brands to their offering, and also since I need to make changes somewhat often.
However...it's my understanding that search engines like static sites better than dynamic ones. One thing I don't want to do is sacrifice my current rankings. Is there a way to make the transition without losing my ranking? Is losing ranking the price you pay to have an easier site to manage? Is it worth it? Can you have the best of both worlds? Can existing static URLs be kept if the site is converted to dynamic?
Thanks!