When building a website, or commissioning us to build you a website, you might be wondering which is the best tool for the job.
WordPress and GoDaddy are very different tools, and each has advantages and disadvantages.
WordPress
Advantages
- Has many free plugins, including third-party tools.
- WordPress blocks are easy to use and customize.
- The editor is very stable and behaves consistently.
- You can create reusable patterns for your templates (like blocks but more complex).
- You can edit the underlying code (HTML and CSS).
- The Site SEO plugin walks you through the SEO settings.
- You can customize the page templates, including the blog layout.
- The website is hosted in Canada.
Disadvantages
- It is harder to animate the transitions in your website.
- There are less templates available.
- You need to pay to remove ads and get access to fully customizable templates.
GoDaddy
Advantages
- Has built-in e-commerce tools, and more.
- There’s a wide variety of templates for different types of website.
- Easy to use if you are not familiar with web tools.
- It is easy to change the site colours and theme template.
Disadvantages
- You cannot do a lot of customization of the templates.
- Cannot directly edit the underlying code.
- Options for adding alt text to images are hard to find.
- The SEO settings are not as intuitive or flexible as on WordPress. Activating the SEO “automagically” inserts words and phrases into your web pages, and they don’t fit. It would be better if it took the keywords from your existing content and added them to your meta keywords without interfering with the content on the page.
- The website is hosted in the USA.
WordPress, GoDaddy, and Wix pretty much provide all the same features, so it is really just a matter of which user interface you prefer, whether you want to be able to access the underlying code, and whether you are worried about hosting your website outside Canada.
Check out our portfolio for examples of websites built with WordPress, Wix, and GoDaddy.
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