Why You Should Choose a Wordpress

Blog Setting up a website or blog today is much easier than it used to be. This is mainly due to the creation of Wordpress blogs. Wordpress emerged onto the scene in 2003 and was mainly used as a platform for bloggers. Today it is the basis for many types of websites include business sites, ecommerce  sites, affiliate sites and more. Not sure if you should be using Wordpress, then checkout the reasons why you should below.  

1. Wordpress is very easy to use and each year the list of features grows  and improves. It is easy to add videos to, you can create online stores,  customize menus and more

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2. The learning curve involved is manageable and you can simply start with  a very basic site. As your experience level grows

Wordpress for Beginners : Getting Started

If you are considering setting up a new blog or website you have, no doubt,  stumbled across Wordpress. Now there is one main thing that you need to know about Wordpress and that there is two different types. Let's take a look at them.  

Wordpress.com 

This is totally free to use and your site will be hosted by Wordpress on their platform. What this means is that your website will have a different URL, or address. It will look something like: 

http://nameofblog.wordpress.com 

Due to these sites being free there are certain restrictions in place. One main one is that you cannot use banner ads or use a service such as Google Adsense on your site.  

You will also find that you are limited when it comes to which themes you have access to and the number of plug-ins you are allowed to install.  

The best use of Wordpress.com would be to learn the basics of using this type of platform. Think of it as your practice site.