Friday, March 15, 2013

Week 5 : Website Builder Comparison - Yola Vs. Wix

This week we are going to experimenting a little on both Wix and Yola site builder. After playing around with both of them this is the result that I come out with~
 
Characteristic
Yola
Wix
Year
2007
2007
Bandwidth
Unlimited
500
Storage
1GB
500 MB
FTP
No
No
Do they provide free templates?
Yes
Yes
Pages provided in free version
3 pages
More than 9 pages
Drag and drop technology
Yes
Yes
Widget
Yes
Yes
Flash-based
No
Yes
Ease of use (designing phase)
You can have your website up in a matter of minute (if you just use the provided template with only little editing in the infomation). The layout is quite simple and you did not need much if you are operating a small business.
It might take time to design (if you want to personalize it), however the satisfaction is guarantee as you will get a fabulous professional looking website. But there is also an option of using the provided templete, and it is not any inferior.
Suitability
Suitable for people who are not quite computer efficacy and possibly running a small business
Suitable for photographer, designer, musician, restaurant and hospitality website
Photo editor
Yes. But you have to go through the list before you find place to edit it (under the link ‘Edit with Aviary’
Yes. The photo editor are much extensive compare to Yola
Help and support
Yes
Yes
The vibe from the site
Simple and professional website
Funky, glamorous and beautiful website
Page transaction
Static
Interactive
WYSIWYG
Yes
Yes
Editing using HTML and CSS code
Yes
No
Type of websites provided
HTML-based
HTML5-based
Flash-based
Editing the provided template
Quite frustrating and sometime there are limit in what you can add on the provided template. The Drag and drop button also not functioning as well as what we thought it to be
Quite easy to do. The button and link provided are easy to understand
Ease of use (finished product)
There are button in header and link the footer
The button turn colour indicate the page that the user are currently viewed
Pop-up ads
No. Only Yola's advertisement at the bottom (one line)
No. Only Wix's advertisement at the top (small button) and bottom page (one line)
SEO
Good
Good
Premium package
Price start from $4.95 to $19.95 per month
Price start from $4.08 to $19.90 per month
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This is the snapshots of my websites
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Overall, I prefer Wix, since it is fun to edit and the overall result was very satisfying. As for Yola, I found it hard to build it according to my wish and I was really frustrated with it. It is also not as colourful as I hope for and the button also confusing me and sometime I cannot find what I was looking for.

 
 

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