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The Popularity of Wordpress
What Do You Think?
Perhaps you know a better CMS for blogging?
Is Wordpress the best blogging platform?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, it is!
usingajax says:
Yes of course - wordpress is the king of blogging no question
Reason 1 - Best for SEO
Reason 2 - Ease of use
Reason 3 - Plugins, plugins plugins
Posted September 02, 2009
Silviu says:
I think wordpress has some advantages: big community, lots of plugins...
Posted July 02, 2009
Jim says:
Yes
Posted May 11, 2009
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MattTaylor says:
I started out with Blogger but felt I wanted more control of my writing so I switched to Wordpress. And once I figured it out, it was pretty easy to use... but not as easy as Blogger was of course.
Posted February 10, 2009
LethalDos says:
I'd have to say for web developers, yes. There are other contenders, but WordPress is my favorite. It's easy to customize and even easier for ANYONE to administer. If a client wants to update their own site I prefer to set them up with WP.
Posted August 18, 2008
onlinexpert says:
Yes it is the best along with the essential plugins of Wordpress. And the best thing is it's free...
Posted August 16, 2008
courtsantos says:
I have 6 wordpress blogs hosted on wordpress.com and have almost 13 websites hosted on my own wordpress private blog, so I think its safe to say that yes wordpress is the best blogging software. I also just recently updated to 2.5 version. You can view it at http://www.money-newz.com
Posted April 02, 2008
garethjax says:
Wordpress is, at the moment, the most feature-rich blogging platform available, thanks to the huge number of plugins available. The new 2.5 branch will be great, i've already done a test install and albeit some troubles, it's going really well!
Posted April 02, 2008
TheQueenBee says:
Yes, without a doubt. It's robust, flexible and the blogging platform of choice for many of the world's top bloggers. I love it!
Posted April 01, 2008
lens4Him says:
Wordpress is the best, but you need to know which plugins to add to get the best from it
Posted March 19, 2008
giltotherescue says:
We use Wordpress at Squidoo and find it really handy. I've built several custom plugins, all of which were easy enough. The only trouble I recall having was figuring out how the templating system worked. But that can be easily solved by picking an existing theme that most closely resembles your desired finished product and just making changes to the theme.
Posted March 05, 2008
Greekgeek says:
I haven't had that much experience with different platforms, except that Blogger and LJ weren't enough when I was ready to launch my own blog. I will say that all the plugins for WordPress plus its plug-and-playability are wonderful. A bit like Photoshop, it's got a ton of tools under the hood, but the defaults run very well until you learn how to use them. I got my Mom up and running in an evening on hers, too, when she has no experience with blogs or even online forums.
Ease of use won my loyalty from WordPress very quickly. I don't know if it's the best, but it's the best for me, right now.
Posted March 04, 2008
No, it isn't!
nyan says:
I hated that wordpress made it look as though I was able to edit CSS codes, but then after I clicked preview it told me I would need to buy the feature.
Posted October 23, 2009
Neil says:
It has a large feature set, but the interface is very convoluted, especially for new users.
I originally had some stigma against Blogspot after seeing new, flashy apps like Tumblr, but Blogspot seems to be the best
Posted October 19, 2009
here i am says:
custom code is always better.. for those who can handle the truth
Posted July 28, 2009
Chris says:
Tumblr is the best (in my opinion)
Posted April 18, 2009
inkserotica says:
I have to go with Blogger :) Easy to use and the ability to change your templates whenever you want to (hosted wordpress blogs are restricted to the templates already installed and they're usually naff.) Blogger will always be my first choice if I need to set up another blog.
Posted October 25, 2008
dc64 says:
I like Blogger because it's easy. Wordpress seems a bit more complicated, and I have enough of that in my life already.
Posted October 24, 2008
CosmeticSurgeryIreland says:
I have learned to love it a little but really I love TypePad for the excellent support.
Posted September 15, 2008
Paul says:
Hey guys, forget wordpress! klatcher.com is the new big thing. It’s way easier, I tried it out, and you can sell your stories with a 75% revenue share. Stories look way better. I seriously think Klatcher will crash wordpress & Co.
Posted August 11, 2008
Chadrew says:
I have found my "best" blogging software in NucleusCMS. I like the if/else statements that can be used with a number of conditions, and it's skin/template system.
What bugs me in Wordpress is that editing the skins is complicated; you add the changes like custom code to .php files, and they can be overwritten later by software upgrades... In NucleusCMS, the skins are separate from the program part, and you can add whatever code you want to them easily.
I'd take NucleusCMS over Wordpress in most cases ;)
What it lacks is the SEO-friendly URLs out-of-the-box. Also, the community and the developer team is many times smaller than that of Wordpress. However, it also means you can be heard and your questions might be answered by the devs themselves.
Posted March 04, 2008
Free Blogging Platform List
Vote for your favorite or add a new one!
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WordPress.com
You can create a free Wordpress blog here.5 points
3
WordPress.org
Download Wordpress as a CMS to install it on your own server.2 points
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NucleusCMS
Great, simple blogging platform with some powerful features.2 points
5
MovableType
Big blogging platform which recently went open source.2 points
6
LiveJournal
Free, if a bit simple blogging service.2 points
7
Windows Live Spaces
Windows Live Spaces, Microsoft's free blogging site.0 points
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- Lillea Lillea May 5, 2009 @ 4:23 am
- I think WordPress is the best because its so flexible and, for the most part, free. But I hated WordPress until I bought this product and finally am able to make my blog work much better!
www.wordpressforinternetmarketers.com
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- Chadrew Chadrew Aug 16, 2008 @ 8:28 am
- Yes, I agree the lens needs more work. Maybe in the future :)
I've visited your site. So do you mean to say you add each new post 'manually', so to speak, and upload it to your server? And it's all static HTML? That looks like a lot of work. All modern blogging platforms or CMS (content management systems) make it a much easier process I believe. You can type the post online, click publish and that's it. Your site is dynamic basically.
Static pages of course have their own advantages: safety, very little resource usage, and such. But I can't imagine many people using static sites nowadays. That's so XX century ;)
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- diggyisking diggyisking Aug 15, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
- Mmmm...interesting although you could expand the lens by detailing each specific blogging software and the pros and cons of it.
I have recently started a site and started with a css sheet that I edited in notedpad.
However my friend suggested I get wordpress which will make it much easier to insert blogs.
Any help?
http://www.upgradereality.com
THanks
Diggy
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