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Skip the GoDaddy Website Builder and Use WordPress

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| Nicole Hanusek |

So, GoDaddy is a very popular web hosting option. The GoDaddy website builder, especially their latest option, the GoCentral Website Builder, looks like a lucrative option, but is it really? At Smack Happy, we think that you should be using WordPress to build your website. Pair WordPress with WP Engine hosting and your website will…

So, GoDaddy is a very popular web hosting option. The GoDaddy website builder, especially their latest option, the GoCentral Website Builder, looks like a lucrative option, but is it really? At Smack Happy, we think that you should be using WordPress to build your website. Pair WordPress with WP Engine hosting and your website will be golden.

Godaddy versus wordpress

WordPress Website Builder Pros

Just skip the GoDaddy website builder and use WordPress instead. Here’s why you should just skip the GoDaddy website builder and use WordPress instead to effectively start building your website.

  • With WordPress, you can build your own website for free.
  • WordPress customization options are limitless.
  • Timely, valuable WordPress care plans and support are easy to find.
  • GoDaddy even uses WordPress themselves for their pre-made website option.
    • But it’s not free, and it’s definitely not fully-customized.
  • Did we mention that you can build a WordPress website to look any way you want it to?
    • WordPress works for all types and sizes of business!
  • Wordpress makes SEO easy.
    • Wordpress has about 50,000 mostly free plugins available for web development.
  • WordPress has a very user-friendly CMS.

WordPress Website Builder Cons

Customization options may be limitless, but they can be intimidating to learn.

    • With your custom WordPress website, you will also pay for web hosting.
    • WordPress.com and WordPress.org are easily confused and are very different.
      • WordPress.org is what we’re referring to here because it’s fully customizable.
      • WordPress.com has limited options. It’s only recommended for casual blogging.

GoDaddy’s GoCentral Website Builder Pros

  • Build a website fast.
  • Marketing and e-commerce options are available for a set fee.

GoDaddy Website Builder Cons

  • Website customization options are limited.
    • This means having unnecessary code that slows the website down.
    • SEO options are limited.
    • You’ll be limited by bulky themes.
    • Quickly building a website means that details are easily overlooked upon setup.
    • Marketing options do not include the level of maintenance that a marketing professional or website care plan can provide.
    • E-commerce options do not include the level of security and effective oversight that a quality website care plan can provide.

WP Engine Hosting with a Care Plan

We recommend signing up for WP Engine hosting and using WordPress to build your site. Then apply a website care plan that fits your needs.

A quality website care plan provides the maintenance that your website needs to thrive. With GoDaddy’s website builder, options are just plug-and-go. For good SEO, a website needs more than that. A website needs to be kept up-to-date in order to remain as visible and excellent as you’d like it to be.

Need a Website Care Plan? Call Us.

When it comes to websites, Smack Happy has an effective variety of custom design, e-commerce, and marketing strategy solutions. We specialize in WordPress sites, and we use WP Engine to host them. Contact us today to see for yourself the comprehensive WordPress website maintenance that we can provide for you and your business.

Nicole Hanusek

Nicole Hanusek

Nikki Stormborn of the House Smack Happy, First of her Name, the Custom Coded, Queen of the Designs and the First Website, Nichole of the Great List of Typos, Breaker of Rules, and Mother of Puppies.

I've been designing and coding websites since 1998. Yep, that's before the Internet was popular! I currently live in San Francisco, but I started out in Cleveland, OH. In college my major was illustration and one day I was working in the computer lab and my colleague was looking for jobs in our industry. I thought to myself, "I should probably do that too!" So I sent my resume to every place that offered graphic design positions in my area. I interviewed at a web consulting company, and the owner asked me why I wanted the job. I didn't even know what the job was! He hired me anyway, and on the first day, the Art Director handed me a thick book and said, "here, learn HTML." And so I did, and here we are. I'm hooked.

What I like most about building websites is that I get to be creative visually and solve problems. Growing up, I was a huge fan of math and science, so the coding part of the job scratches that logic and trouble-shooting itch. I get to partake in the artsy side and analytical side - the best of both worlds!

My goal is to help make everyone's life easier. By building easy-to-use websites, I can help my clients, as well as their clients.

GoDaddy Versus WordPress