Start a Blog Or Build a Website? Which is a Better Way to Start an Online Business?

By Julie Onofrio 

There are two ways to create an online business. You can either create a blog and use it as a content management system or you can build a full website. Which is better? It depends on your goals.

A blog is really just a software system. It has been equated with a personal journal but people are now using blogs to create online businesses. Wordpress is my favorite blogging system because you can set it up and optimize it just like a website. The best plugins to use are the xml sitemap and the SEO pack along with one of the spam filters. These plugins will give your blog/website the best chance of getting found by the search engines.

The one problem with blogs in general is that most of the layouts are very busy with too much information for a reader. The general way a person reads a webpage is from left to right and the left column is usually a nav bar in most websites because people are used to reading this way. If you are going to start a blog find a 2 column template and one that also does not go full width of the window to control where the readers eyes fall and want to move to naturally.

When you build a basic website with a tool like Site Build it!'s blockbuilder it will automatically set up the nav bar on the left and when you choose to center the page, your readers will be more interested in your content and ads or promotions.

I do both blogging and building sites with Site Build it! and SBI! gets me much better results even if I set up the blog just like the optimized pages on SBI! If you aren't familiar with Site Build it! Site build it! is a website and business development system. You can find out more on my website below.

Julie Onofrio a massage therapist turned infopreneur (website geek) specializes in creating optimized sites using Site Build it and has learned most everything about being successful online from their website and business building system that includes an xml sitemap and seo analyzer so your pages will be the best that they can be. You can find out more on her website - http://www.workless-playmore.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Julie_Onofrio