Static Advantages & Disadvantages

At first blush, there are a number of reasons why a company would choose to have a static website. A business can create a web page, talk with that programmer for a little while and then the site is up and the business owner can go on to the next task at hand.

The business can say they have a web site. They can have it updated when phone numbers of other information changes. The drawback is simple. Customers will go to the web site a few times, until they realize that nothing changes, and then they will look for a web site that is maintained. Now, had the business owner known a little more about the benefits of content management maybe their customers would not be so quick to move on to another site.

Advantages

• Cheaper to implement on a smaller scale as fewer pages are needed
• Flexibility is restricted to a template layout (can affect website usability)

Disadvantages

• More expensive to maintain in the long run
• Increased risk to business, the business must have a technology person on staff
• Management is restricted to one machine
• If changes need to be made then it must be where the editor tool is installed
• Website editors require training and skills, and the staff must make the web site compatible with multiple browsers. This is time consuming, expensive and never ending process