Wordpress Brings Old Websites Back to Life

Oct. 24, 2012 - PRLog -- New Orleans, LA - Recently an established, aged and previously dormant website, that has helped hundreds of thousands of people improve their memory with various memory tips, memory tutorials and  memory games http://www.thememorypage.net, was launched on the content management platform that has become what is considered to be the industry leading software for managing websites  — Wordpress.

Thousands of monthly visitors to the site have enjoyed the ability to get free information about how to best improve their memory but there has been a lack of updated information over the years, because of the lack of a true content management system.  As the velocity of the Internet continues to accelerate the ability to publish relevant, up-to-date information on a consistent basis becomes more important.

Jeff Mayer of the site wanted a more robust platform that was easier to update, more modern looking and provided a better experience for readers.  Above all, the ability to update more frequently without having to use complicated software was the main driving point in update the website to Wordpress.

With the move to Wordpress, Jeff is excited to start publishing his backlog of content that will people all people interested in the ways to be improve their memory.  There have been much advancement in memory improvement and techniques in the past years and there is very little credible information online about them.  

Further the amount of misleading supplement information regarding memory improvement is alarming, a trend that is not good for anyone.

Migrating an old established website sounds very complicated and in many cases it can be.  In some instances it is possible to do much of the work by automation, but usually it involves a heavy amount of tedious copy and pasting, reformatting and planning.  Further, dealing with changing and updating URL information can prove to be a challenge for the inexperienced.  However, despite the complications of conversion, site owners are typically thrilled with the ability to run Wordpress and move into the modern age of Internet publishing.

There are also many additional benefits of running Wordpress.  Many older websites do not make the best use SEO (search engine optimization) best practices.  

Migration to Wordpress allows website owners to easily change, edit and manage things such as URL structure, H1 tags, Meta descriptions and canonical URL issues, and duplicate content.  

The downside of a content management system is it has to be regularly updated and maintained.  In general this is relatively easy and can be done with just a click the mouse but with so many different moving parts from different developers, things do go wrong on occasion.  When this happens it might be necessary to hire a professional Wordpress developer or Webmaster to step in and fix the problems.  

In conclusion, the reason http://www.wordpress.org has become so popular is the ease of use and the ability to scale the platform for websites of all sizes.  To find out more about Search Engine Optimization see http://www.seoduck.com.