Wordpress pages posts
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Say you have a WordPress website with reviews and lists.
Would you use "post" or "page" type for them?
Is there any SEO advantage in using pages/subpages instead of posts?
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Hi,
thanks for taking the time to answer, but honestly this does not address the point I am trying to make.
Lets see if I can be more clear with an example.Let's suppose I have an affiliate WordPress website that reviews cameras.
OPTION 1: My URLs at the moment are "POST" type:
/best-camera
/best-sony-camera
/best-fujifilm-camera
/fujifilm-xt20-review
/canon-60d-review
/nikkon-750d-reviewOPTION 2: Other websites in my niche have also a wordpress website and they posted the same topics as "PAGE" type:
/best-camera
/best-camera/sony
/best-camera/fujifilm
/review/fujifilm-xt20
/review/canon-60d
/review/nikkon-750dHere, best sony camera and fujifilm review are wordpress child pages of the parent pages review and best cameras
Question:
How much SEO advantage do these people (the PAGE type people - option 2) have over me (POST type website - option 1)?
Is it gonna be worthwhile for me to re-design my website and have all my option 1 re-organized as option 2?
When I started my website many years ago I didn't have any idea what I was doing so I just did it all as posts. But these people clearly are experienced and started the website with the right foot. So I am wondering if it's gonna be worthwhile for me to transform my website structure from option 1 into option 2.
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Hi Fabx
It really depends on what you want to achieve. Pages are to be considered a permanent feature of the hierarchy of the website. Those which you would naturally find in the site structure and probably in the menus at the top.
Posts are dated pieces of content which form a natural part of the blog. These are themes pieces of content which don't fall into the natural structure. News stories and updates on the business.
For reviews, many themes have a testimonial section when you can publish reviews and then add them using shortcodes wherever you need to in the website. If you do not have this as part of your theme then consider uploading a suitable plugin to handle them. I would always encourage site owners to get as many Google reviews as possible then use a plugin such as BNE Testimonial to add them to your site in a widget.
For lists, you need to be more specific. These can be numbered (ordered) or bullet-pointed (un-ordered) as part of any page or post depending on the content of the pages.
I hope that helps
Nigel
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