Tuesday, August 2, 2011

6 Reasons why Wordpress should be your blogging platform of choice

Guest Post by Robbie Abed - Check him out over at www.PostAmigos.com


I admit it.  I'm a Wordpress addict.  It started off a simple blogging platform but was extended to become much more than that.  I utilized wordpress.org so I can install it on my own server and use it for my own unique domain name.

There are several reasons why I love wordpress:

1) The installation process is seriously simple.  They say it takes 5 minutes from start to finish, and I would argue that it is probably 2 minutes.

2) The wonderful amount of wordpress plugins.  The plugin ecosystem is similar to the iPhone development ecosystem except there are no approvals needed form wordpress.  Anything you ever imagined doing on a blog is done for you once you install the plugin

3) It's stable.  I almost never have any issues with it.

4) The dashboard is easy to use. Although i'm a tech junkie, I have found that other newbies can pick the interface up really quick

5) It's search engine friendly.  Friendly is probably a loose term to use.  It's search engine's best friend.  Through the use of plugins SEO / SEM is mind numbingly easy!  It helps you to make money online.

6) Themes - You can download themes directly from wordpress or do a simple google search and you will find beautiful themes that are free to download and some premium theme's that you have to pay for.