Think you understand blogging or know anything about blogs then you’ve probably come across WP Blog. It is one of the best blogging platforms, and millions of webmasters use it across the world to create and master their blogs.
Okay – but just how good IS the WordPress platforms and should it be so popular?
1. First off, it’s free. This has ensured its popularity with many people, especially so because it is so powerful and is very easily customized, as opposed to some expensive paid blogging platforms.
2. Wordpress is very simple to set up. Almost anyone (even ‘non-techies’) can install WordPress with a minimum of hassle, even if you’ve never installed a site before. There are also many tutorials available whichwalk you through the process, and because of its wide popularity there is plenty of other help available online should you get stuck with anything.
3. There are thousands of themes available, so it’s very easy to make your WordPress blog look exactly the way you want it to. Choose from the many free and paid themes which are available to download, or have a custom theme designed. Once you have your theme it’s an absolute doddle to install and alter it.
4. You can take advantage of the thousands of widgets and plugins which are online for download. You can make your blog do pretty much whatever you want it to, and again many of them are completely free.
5. No one else owns your blog. This is different from a service such as Blogger, where your blog is simply hosted on someone else’s server. When using WordPress you control your blog. Nobody can come along and shut it down or close your account.
6. Wordpress was designed with search engines in mind, and it is very easy to get your blog into the rankings and listings. There are a great deal of widgets and simple ‘tweaks’ which you’re able to do to ensure your blog gets indexed by the search engines very quickly.
WordPress is probably THE most popular blogging platform and rightly so. I love it and use it all of the time. It really is that good.
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