Content & Writing Tycoon

**greenhams** · 12-06-2006, 02:08 PM

How many people are doing well with static websites?

What are the advantages and disadvantages?

**jessecooper** · 12-06-2006, 03:40 PM

i am doing fairly well, but my money is not made on advertising

**the_host** · 12-07-2006, 10:58 PM

I make all my money off static sites. Good content is what counts, doesn't matter if its static or dynamic!

I do have some blogs though, I guess they are dynamic.

**leb123z** · 12-08-2006, 10:13 PM

I think it's best to change up the content on your site fairly regularly, at least with every new Google update so that fresh, quality content is added frequently. I get nervous if my site sits too long with no changes and think static sites will lose popularity with the search engines.

Liane

**slayerment** · 12-09-2006, 01:37 AM

I guess it depends on the site. The only real pitfall w/ a static site is that it's much harder to manage and scale.

**petertdavis** · 12-09-2006, 01:15 PM

About a year ago, I began an effort to move a lot of my sites back to static html pages. They're more secure and easier to support. If it's a site you don't intend to update on a regular basis, static is the way to go.

**Will.Spencer** · 12-09-2006, 03:24 PM

Most of my web proerties are static, but they make heavy use of shared HTML, CSS, and small custom scripts.

This gives me a lot more creative control than any CMS possibly could.

**cooldesigner** · 12-11-2006, 03:22 PM

I am doing well with static websites. Or better, my static websites are doing better than my dynamic websites.
It sure is hard to manage a static website, but it's a bit more secure as you don't have to worry of sql attacks, but I like the idea of not typing the html and let the software handle the html.
Bye