@udithooda I am actually Wordpress developer but i am proficient in html and and WordPress based websites.  The general argument is that wordpress is the better choice for SEO, because you can blog and websites updated often get better ranking on Google. There are just two problems that generally occur:

1. Most people don’t even know what SEO is let alone apply it. I have seen WordPress blogs churning out blog posts by the dozen but still perform badly because they don’t know anything about SEO.
2. Many jump on the WordPress ban wagon because they think they will rank better, but don’t blog or optimize their content.
   

Hello @udithooda

It has been our policy to build an HTML/CSS website and blog (sometimes WP) on different platforms.  WP is great, no problem there.  However, even for a small/medium business you still need both.  Your website is your calling card with call to action, and permanent data that represents your company.  IF you have a good website (yours utilizes javascript) that is not performing, an SEO consultant can help you there if you find the right one.

WP being a CMS can provide current content (with SEO included) that will help point people to your website when utilized properly.  

Putting all your eggs in one basket is wise only if you have the right people (consultants/programmers/SEO bloggers) who can bring your efforts to great organic/natural search. 

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Eileen

I’m glad this question got raised because I’m using a html-website and am planning to add a blog. So I was wondering too if I should move everything over to WP or create the blog separately – which I will do now.

@geoffrey-gordon @claudiapoeckl I totally disagree with Geoffrey . MailChimp main site isn’t WordPress because of the functionality they need for their site. (most small businesses won’t have hundreds of thousands of people creating HTML emails on their sites.) And MailChimp employes hundreds of programmers to keep their email website working smoothly. Most small businesses don’t have that type of budget. The big ah ha here is that, even as big as MailChimp is they have a WordPress blog.One of the reasons designers will tell you that you don’t need to change your site over to WordPress is so that they can still maintain your HTML site for you. It’s a profit deal for them. If you know how to maintain your own site and can change your phone number if it changes or you can change the text on your front page they’ve just lost a HUGE source of revenue.A business should own their site. Which to me means a business should, if need be, be able to change and tweak their own site IF they choose to. With a WordPress site a business can do that. (If their designer hasn’t stripped out that functionallity) No one In the business needs to know HTML to change anything. If something is “messed up” on a WordPress site an earlier version is usually easily retrievable and your site can be restored without a big hassle.While I’ll agree SEO has to do with how one utilizes the keywords on a site … WordPress does make that easier for most because they can concentrate on writing a keyword rich post and inserting it into their site with an easy editor rather than translating their post into HTML code and inserting the code into to the site and then worrying about how the code will render on the page. As a web professional I tell everyone the best blog is a blog on your website… Not just inserted into your website.One last thing – Very simply and at it’s very base, a WordPress site is an HTML site. WordPress software just gives the end user an easy, logical way to create and insert HTML code without needing to know HTML. That’s the beauty of WordPress. One doesn’t need to know all sorts of code or spend lots of money to have a professional looking site that’s easy to use. (That’s website easy … Not driving a car easy.).

@amyhallbiz you raise some very valid points. Thank you for bringing certain things to my attention. (Ps I think you offer a great service on your website)

I guess i should have finished my comment.  Perhaps I didn’t use the best example LOL. I also agree many designers take advantage of end users by not allowing them to edit their websites.  I agree with all you have said, as a fellow designer I am in tune with you completely.
I have steered many clients to the WordPress website option and still do infact most of our work is Wordpress Based. 
Just some observations I have seen and tried to cater for overtime:

1. Although WordPress is a content management system and is “easy” to use, many of my clients still battle with with it.
2. Its easy to put text and pictures in a WordPress website, but i find more often than not the client coming back because of layout issue. This is an html and CSS issue something that requires a designers attention.
3. I also find that business have developed a cautiousness around website developers and understanding so. The general feeling is every time i need something fixed it costs me…. eeek
4. At the same time i feel that. One should concentrate on what they do best and hire out what you not good out to others. It does amaze me that someone will charge thousands of dollars for their service and feel because they are that good, but are only willing to dispense with a few dollars for others services. Its a common syndrome in small business I know you cut costs where you can I know I have felt the pain. Infact I wrote an article about it…  Cheap Marketing Strategies Cut Corners & Profits

What we have done is offer a low priced hosting solution that includes web hosting, emails and most important free assistance to small tweaks and changes to their website. If the changes are bigger than we talk first and discuss it with the client giving them options.

@judithgotwald yip it is an interesting conversation, perhaps one that needs to get out there.