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Glad it was helpful. Shoot me an email with your contact info and I'll give you a call. [email protected].
Glad it was helpful. Shoot me an email with your contact info and I'll give you a call. [email protected].
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I want to take an existing website and convert it to wordpress format going forward without losing current rankings, traffic, etc.
I keep putting it off because I'm nervous about losing traffic, leads, etc..how would you guys handle something like this?
I keep putting it off because I'm nervous about losing traffic, leads, etc..how would you guys handle something like this?
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I could basically duplicate your site from scratch in wordpress for around 500 dollars. I could get professional seo authors to rewrite all the content for 20-30 bucks a page for 1000 words, and have the exact same website including content done from scratch for under a grand.
The content was well written and linked for what I see, whoever did the seo was competent on the content. The code is well structured, only 4 errors on w3c which is way less than you usually see. Most wordpress sites are up around 30-50 errors. The site is good, no questions about that.
I don't see where your 9000 extra dollars went though, other than into someone's pocket.
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To have someone "build a CMS" is kinda like hiring someone to build a car instead of just buying one of the 200 models available.
Or maybe a better analogy is you hire a shop to build a custom car, but when they go to order the engine you say "wait...I want you to build the engine from scratch." They say...."Ummmm.....ok but that's an extra $50,000."
Or maybe a better analogy is you hire a shop to build a custom car, but when they go to order the engine you say "wait...I want you to build the engine from scratch." They say...."Ummmm.....ok but that's an extra $50,000."
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At some point you might want to just go for it. Make sure you have all of the content laid out as best you can the same way. WordPress can make it easier to tag your pages correctly and if that's an improvement over your situation you might even see an increase in your rankings. Or, you could drop, both are possible. Because of the ease of use and flexibility I'd be inclined to just go for it at some point. I redid my site last weekend and was concerned about the way it may impact my rankings. I'm not sure anything happened, but I am positive (based on stats) that people are staying on my site and engaging it more than they were with the old design. Even if I did lose some traffic, it does appear that my results are better.
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why do you want to convert your current website to WordPress? what do you expect to get out of the transition?
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What I'm really looking for is more control over site going forward if I want to add pages, etc. My existing site is 8+ years old, PR 3 and ranks for a lot of terms, but is dated, some quirks and high bounce rate.
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i think i'm just going to go for it and hope for the best!
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i think i'm just going to go for it and hope for the best!
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I wrote and continue to write ALL the content, every word. meta tags , title tags, keywords, headers, everything.
I paid the designers to design, i.e, layout, colors, fonts, brainstorming for months, back end patented Refinery content management, built on ruby on rails;
People call me and tell me they love the site.
In my business $9000 is acquiring 1 or 2 clients
The $13,000 I paid to work with designers came back to me in about 2 weeks.
You guys underestimate the value of professional design. But hey, please show me the best looking word press site you own for $500. Pennywise and pound foolish, I think. Aka cheap ass.
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You're coming back. Why change? The momentum is going your way and the Penguin update in a few weeks is likely to be kind to you.
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