Comments on: Do we really need home pages any more? http://wp-fun.co.uk/2008/05/12/do-we-really-need-home-pages-any-more/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:31:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andrew Rickmann http://wp-fun.co.uk/2008/05/12/do-we-really-need-home-pages-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Andrew Rickmann Mon, 12 May 2008 16:21:00 +0000 http://www.wp-fun.co.uk/?p=270#comment-665 Austin, I was reading a post by Matt Cutts earlier, albeit an old one, that suggested that the search engines usually show the results from the new page in the list, even though they know it is a temporary redirect. Besides that I don't know what other effect it would have. I am more concerned with the experience than the rankings though. Wpguy, It is possible that it would be confusing as the URL would change, but from a content perspective it isn't much different to putting the content on the home page. A lot of websites redirect from the base URL so I think, though I am not positive, that most visitors wouldn't be too phased by it. I agree that my home page isn't great, that is one reason why I am redesigning, but I don't really like to spend time on a page that doesn't really do too much expect add to the page views. Austin, I was reading a post by Matt Cutts earlier, albeit an old one, that suggested that the search engines usually show the results from the new page in the list, even though they know it is a temporary redirect. Besides that I don’t know what other effect it would have. I am more concerned with the experience than the rankings though.

Wpguy, It is possible that it would be confusing as the URL would change, but from a content perspective it isn’t much different to putting the content on the home page. A lot of websites redirect from the base URL so I think, though I am not positive, that most visitors wouldn’t be too phased by it.

I agree that my home page isn’t great, that is one reason why I am redesigning, but I don’t really like to spend time on a page that doesn’t really do too much expect add to the page views.

]]> By: wpGuy http://wp-fun.co.uk/2008/05/12/do-we-really-need-home-pages-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-664 wpGuy Mon, 12 May 2008 13:19:31 +0000 http://www.wp-fun.co.uk/?p=270#comment-664 Sounds interesting, but I think it can be confusing to new visitors... just a thought. Your home page looked a little confusing to me when I first visited your blog. I guess people expect to see the same old structure that 99% of the other blogs have. Cheers! Sounds interesting, but I think it can be confusing to new visitors… just a thought. Your home page looked a little confusing to me when I first visited your blog. I guess people expect to see the same old structure that 99% of the other blogs have. Cheers!

]]> By: Austin http://wp-fun.co.uk/2008/05/12/do-we-really-need-home-pages-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Austin Mon, 12 May 2008 12:56:37 +0000 http://www.wp-fun.co.uk/?p=270#comment-663 That's an interesting idea, but I wonder if it will dilute SEO. I see that if I google "Andrew Rickmann" the home page is in the top results, but what will happen once every time Google crawls your name, it ends up on a different page? That’s an interesting idea, but I wonder if it will dilute SEO. I see that if I google “Andrew Rickmann” the home page is in the top results, but what will happen once every time Google crawls your name, it ends up on a different page?

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