20 Reasons For Choosing WordPress By Me : SEO Tips
To address the question once and for all, please allow me to share with you my 20 reasons why I choose WordPress over the other readily-available blogging platforms.
Yes, I like my WordPress and will continue to use it. It has been – and will always be – my primary choice of blogging platform simply for its ease of use. If you are still on blogspot, this article might just give you a bit of food for thought.
20 Reasons For Choosing WordPress : SEO Tips
20 Reasons Why I Choose WordPress
1. WordPress is Free
Whether you are using a hosted WordPress.com or opt to install the script on your own web server, WordPress is made available gratis. It costs you nothing to use. Who says “There is no free lunch in this world?”
2. Simple to Setup
Installing WordPress is super quick and super simple. In fact, the process is much simpler if you’re using Fantastico autoinstaller that comes pre-installed with your hosting package. It doesn’t get any simpler than that. If you need help with WordPress setup, question and thou shall receive.
3. Themes Availability
You don’t like the look of your default theme? There are plenty of fantastic Free design themes available for you to choose from. It doesn’t matter what your preference is, there is always one for you that suits your taste and personality.
If budget isn’t an issue, do yourself a favor and differentiate your blog with a premium theme.
4. Plug-ins Do Wonder
Without any doubt, the primary reason I choose WordPress over any other blogging platforms is the limitless possibility I could extend its functionality using a wide array of plug-ins which are continually built to make WordPress the best it can be for the blogging community at large. Best of all, all these plug-ins are free to use.
5. No-Fuss Maintenance
With WordPress Automatic Upgrade plug-in, I can always be sure of running the latest software in case of any upgrade. The process has been simplified and automated without the need to go through the individual upgrade steps.
6. No Programming Skill
WordPress can be used out-of-the-box without any programming skill that even the greenest of newbies couldn’t screw it up! Though a small knowledge in HTML or PHP might be an advantage, albeit not a necessity.
7. User-Friendly
WordPress Admin dashboard is one of the most user-friendly interface you can find. Whether you need to write a post or manage your settings, navigation hasn’t been that simpler, hasn’t it? As if that’s already excellent enough, the upcoming WordPress Version 2.9 gets even better and sleeker.
8. Open Source
Being an open source platform, in theory WordPress will have a better software development model which is excellent from users’ perspective. There will always be a continual improvement to its platform.
9. Customizable
Since WordPress platform function in a template-based structure, customization has never been simpler. A typical blog structure consists of header, content, sidebar and footer. Any change to its template can be conveniently done right from the Admin Dashboard. I was pretty much impressed with it in the beginning.
10. Hassle-free Integration
If you do have an existing static website, now is the time you should consider WordPress to power your site. I can’t reckon of any other Content Management System (CMS) that is comparable to WordPress.
Do you know you can easily integrate WordPress pages seamlessly into your existing website? I’ve done it on numerous occasions for my clients.
11. Ease of Migration
The process of migration is as simple as telling WordPress which blogging platform to access and import from. All your posts and comments in another platform will be migrated in a relatively simple process. Go to ‘Import ‘ under ‘Manage’ on your Admin Dashboard.
12. SEO-Friendly
With the built-in auto-ping feature in WordPress and coupled with the use of Google XML Sitemaps plug-in, it takes minimal efforts to get indexed by search engines. In fact, Google likes blogs powered by WordPress. In case you aren’t aware, here’s 15 SEO Tips for Beginners.
13. Excellent Community Support
Due to its popularity, the solution to any WordPress problem is just by googling the question. Well, at least that’s what I usually do. There are just too many discussions on WordPress-related issues on various forums and discussion groups that a typical answer to any question can be readily available at the click of a mouse.
14. Monetize
For a long time, Google Adsense has been the preferred choice for blog monetization. With the availability of WordPress plug-ins, monetizing a blog is just as simple as pie.
Though I believe blogspot manages and integrates Google Adsense better than WordPress.
15. Statisticize
Checking my stats is simple with Google Analytic. All I need is to make an account and place the code conveniently at the footer.php. As a matter of practice, it is one of the first things I do on my post-install checklist.
16. Multi-Lingual
By default WordPress is in English, but the software has built-in capability that supports localization in any other languages. Learn how To Install WordPress in Your Language.
17. More Dofollow on WordPress
Probably it is much simpler to remove the nofollow tag on WordPress than other blogging platforms. I could be incorrect but more often than not, more and more blogs powered by WordPress are adopting the dofollow concept if you question me.
18. Better Time Management
What I like about WordPress is the fact I could easily schedule my post to be published at a later date with post-time stamp. As such, I could manage my time better and more efficiently. Write today, post tomorrow.
19. Multi-User Environment
WordPress is not limited to just one user. It works in a multi-user environment where two or more people could collaborate on a single project using WordPress. How about that?
20. If You Can Beat Them, You Join Them
If the majority of probloggers like Darren from Problogger, John Chow, Jeremy, to name a few, are using WordPress, it’s much safer to place your bet on WordPress than any other blogging platforms. If you can’t beat them, you’re better off joining them. Unless, you are as well-known as Seth Godin.
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Wordpress is the absolute dog’s danglies as far as I’m concerned. It’s even excellent to use as a cms for normal static sites provided you pick the right template. The awesome array of plugins is another top feature, letting you do pretty much anything you want without having to alter the backend.
Like the blog!Sam
Wordpress due to flexibility is the ultimate money maker blog.Nice points in favor of wordpress.
As a webdesigner myself , I’m very glad to see that someone thought to post this topic.
All too many people out there don’t know what all is required in this industry, and I reckon also we’re all too often not appreciated enough
or taken for granted. Never the less I’m glad to see that you may feel the same way I do , thanks so much for your blog!
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