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Adrian Gonzales

Adrian Gonzales has over 11 years of experience working in the web hosting and ISP industry. In 1997, he founded The IceStorm Network (www.IceStorm.com), a leading web hosting provider specializing in shared and reseller web hosting.

 
By Adrian Gonzales
Published on 03/23/2008
 
I believe Wordpress has now become the new benchmark for blogging software on the Internet. Many popular blogs including CNN’s Political Ticker Blog are now using Wordpress. Using Wordpress alone can instantly boost your blog’s quality.
Why WordPress is Best Blogging Software to Use

I believe Wordpress has now become the new benchmark for blogging software on the Internet. Many popular blogs including CNN’s Political Ticker Blog are now using Wordpress. Using Wordpress alone can instantly boost your blog’s quality.

 

Why is Wordpress now the best blogging software to use?


The Reasons:  

  • Wordpress can be downloaded and installed freely.
  • Only requires you to have MySQL & PHP supported with your web host.
  • Wordpress installation can take less than one minute!
  • Quickness factor: Wordpress blogs can launch more quickly than other blogs.
  • Articles can be divided into categories (this simple feature is not offered by many other blogs like Bravejournal.com).
  • Extreme flexibility to customize with use of templates and plugins.
  • Great support and community: Wordpress Forums are highly active. See http://wordpress.org/support
  • Large number of free downloadable Wordpress templates on the Internet. See: http://www.wpthemesfree.com
  • Many premium Wordpress templates can be found at our own site. See http://www.icestorm.com/templates/search.html?category=94
  • Wordpress is simple to use. A 3rd grade student can handle it!

Plugins:

 

Many blogs do provide free templates, however not many provide the feature to install plugins. A plugin is simply an ‘add-on’ software that extends the functionality of the main software. Wordpress offers many free plugins. One type of plugin, Wordpress Akismet, prevents spamming on your blog. This plugin is probably the best automated spam killer I’ve seen with a blog. Another plugin called podPress makes it easy for you to host a podcast. With so many plugins out there, the ability to customize and brand your Wordpress blog is limitless. See available plugins at: http://wp-plugins.net

 

Comparison:

 

Click here for an independent blog software comparison chart. You’ll see clearly how Wordpress should cover all of your bases when it comes to your blogging needs. It’s surprising how many other commercial blogging tools don’t even have half of what Wordpress can provide. Basically, if you plan on posting daily and building a good amount of content in your blog, go with Wordpress. Large media sites such as CNN are now using it. You should too.

 

All IceStorm.com Web Hosting accounts include Wordpress for free! See http://www.icestorm.com/webhosting