Quote: (03-23-2014 09:48 AM)zoom Wrote:
Wordpress is overrated.
- Slower to load
- Duplicate content
- Constant updates
- Potential to get hacked
Thanks for the insightful contribution, but I disagree.
These problems are related to the webmaster, not the CMS, although shitty hosting can fuck with load speeds.
If your website is running on WP and loading slowly, it's your technical optimization or hosting, not the tech itself. For local businesses, you can optimize insane load times for geo-specific searchers with ease. In competitive local markets, this stuff matters more than most people think.
Duplicate content is on the user and a non-issue if you know what you're doing. This is WP 101.
Constant updates are important and make it more difficult for you website to get hacked, typically. Why would you want your business running on something that isn't updated regularly?
Any widely used CMS is subject to being hacked. You hear about WP being hacked because it's the most widely used and people sometimes use old, crappy plugins that haven't been updated in years. Joomla and Drupal are widely used, but most people running a biz on those CMS' know what they're doing and make sure their shit is updated. If you were hacking websites for fun, would you target people using C5 or WP? It's a no brainer.
Additionally, when you're operating at scale and dealing with hundreds of web properties to rapidly move the revenue needle, it's important to have systems in place to effectively delegate tasks and get shit done. WP is fast, open, cost effective, and large-scale setups can be 100% outsourced.