What is WordPress and How It prepares Blogging so Simple and Addictive

What is WordPress and How It prepares Blogging so Simple and Addictive

In short, WordPress is a powerful Content Management System (CMS) that can be used for more than just blogging. With WordPress you can build a blog, a website, shopping website , web applications.

WordPress firstly started as a blogging system, and quickly evolved into a monster CMS with 1000's of plugins, widgets and themes.

So why is WordPress a good choice?

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Top Five Reasons to Use WordPress for Your Small Business Website

1. SEO – WordPress provides good search engine optimization (SEO) right out of the box. There are a few tweaks you need to make, but there are many seo benefits that WordPress provides for free. In fact Google's own Matt Cutts says WordPress is "made to do SEO well".
2. Content – it is easy to update content on your website without knowing HTML.  Do you hate the idea of having to learn to use a complex HTML editor tool like Dreamweaver? Do you have to "ask" your webmaster every time you want to make a small change to your website? Well no longer – once WordPress is set up for you, you can easily create new pages or edit existing pages using a simple rich text editor.
3. Extensions – There is a well develop themes and plugins – imagine free design themes, or the ability to extend your website with polls, contact forms, ratings or hundreds of other cool features without having to hire a web developer.
4. Support – If you do have problems, or want to add very custom features, it is easy to find support and developers who can help you. There are literally thousands of WordPress developers out .
5. One-click-installation – Quick installs are provided by many hosting providers, including Bluehost and Bigrock, hostgator.

Are you using WordPress for your Website, or stuck with something that isn't working for you? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!