I have previously reviewed WordPress and compared the pros and cons of the “free” WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress.org blogs. Remember that a blog is really just a website which is easy to update.
The WordPress blogging platform is free open source software for all (both personal and commercial) to use, lucky for us! It’s also called a content management system (CMS), but don’t get hung up on these terms.
It’s very user friendly, most Hosting companies provide WordPress installation at the click of your mouse.
As I’ve mentioned before there are heaps of free resources for WordPress, like free themes which will make your site look unique.
It’s extremely easy to add content like articles, video and audio.
Plus, there are thousands of plugins which “extend the functionality” of WordPress making it do whatever you need (well almost).
WordPress creates sites which are Search Engine Optimized and follows web standards, making them SEO friendly, and of course search engines will love your relevant, fresh content. Good Google placement ensures lots of targeted free traffic.
It really is the only way to go to get started online. You can do it almost immediately. and get started making money. Plus you can be creative, self-sufficient and in control of your sites look, feel and content.
There is a lot of support from the WordPress community (but you do have to search for it), however, as a time saving quick start and guide to doing things the right way from the start you should consider getting expert help using an online course.
Here’s a summary of one package I can recommend – SEOPressFormula (of course there is a money back guarantee) and you get instant access:-
WordPress Video: 1 – Naming Your Site For Maximum Google Traffic
WordPress Video: 2 – Install WordPress With Three Simple Clicks
WordPress Video: 3 – Manually Installation (For Maximum Control)
WordPress Video: 4 – Cleaning Up Your WordPress Installation
WordPress Video: 5 – Core SEO Site Elements & How To Get It Done With WordPress In Seconds
WordPress Video: 6 – WordPress & Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) To Easily Dominate Google
WordPress Video: 7 – Permalinks – A 30 Second Tweak To Multiply Your Online Traffic
WordPress Video: 8 – General Settings & What You Need To Know
WordPress Video: 9 – General Settings, Simplifying Your Work Space
WordPress Video: 10 – General Settings – Discussion
WordPress Video: 11 – Privacy – Careful Here
WordPress Video: 12 – Pages & Posts Basics
WordPress Video: 13 – Plugins – Basics & What They Do
WordPress Video: 14 – Links & How To Use Links Effectively
WordPress Video: 15 – Working With Various Themes
WordPress Video: 16 – Themes Part Two – Editing Themes
WordPress Video: 17 – Posting Content – The Right Way
WordPress Video: 18 – Adsense Integration
WordPress Video: 19 – Database Backup
WordPress Video: 20 – Affiliate Links / Cloaking Plugin
WordPress Video: 21 – Automatic WordPress Update
WordPress Video: 22 – Google Sitemaps Do’s & Don’ts
WordPress Video: 23 – Add A Custom Header
WordPress Video: 24 – All in One Seo Plugin
WordPress Video: 25 – Fight Blog Comment Spam
WordPress Video: 26 – SeoPress Theme *sidebar explained*
WordPress Video: 27 – Plugin: Auto Social Poster
WordPress Video: 28 – Plugin: Popshops
WordPress Video: 29 – Working With Css (stylesheets)
3 responses so far ↓
1 Extreme Seo Internet Solutions // Dec 2, 2008 at 9:52 am
Excellent Post, Thanks For You Sharing, keep it up .
2 Linn // Dec 4, 2008 at 2:25 am
i use wordpress self-hosted. and i am loving it.. having my own host gives me full control of my content and data and i will never get to worry whether my site will get penalized or down as long as i am having a good webhosting.
nice read, thanks for sharing
3 Syte Black // Dec 12, 2008 at 2:07 am
Hello Buddy, you have got a nice blog. Can you tell me the name of the theme? I like it.
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