Why WordPress Websites Rock

I often get asked about WordPress and other Website Building programs.  I have gone down the path of road testing many different programs – from Coffee Cup, Big Pixie, Artisteer, NVU, Joomla and Web Creator Pro 4. I have wasted a lot of time trying all these programs out, however now I am a complete and utter WordPress advocate.  I mean the wordpress.org not wordpress.com. Here’s why:

• You own your site with wordpress.org because you host it – you can therefore put as many affiliate links you want on your page. I’ve known people who have been banned for putting too many affiliate links on WordPress.com
• You can have an unlimited amount of WordPress sites on one hosting account – a reseller hosting account costs $24.95 for unlimited sites versus one site building program I know of that costs $30 per month per site.  If you use hosting with the add on domain feature, hosting can even cost you as little as $6.95 per month for unlimited sites.
• WordPress has thousands of free and paid themes that you can use.  It would be rare if you couldn’t find a theme that you didn’t like.  This site uses Thesis which is a paid theme but it is by far one of the most customizable themes I have used.  The software program Artisteer can also design templates specifically for WordPress.
• There are hundreds of plug-ins that give your site extra functionality even if you don’t know html, css or php. You can use the plug-ins to have a facebook like button, a twitter button or even add contact forms or even add extra search engine optimization features.  It even has plug-ins that mask affiliate links and plug-ins that help you submit articles directly to ezinearticles from your website.  I could write at least 10o pages on the plug-ins you can use with WordPress but for now I’ll keep it simple.
• Google also loves blogs – why is this so?  This is because blogs are often updated with fresh content. Google loves fresh content and does not like thin sites with just a landing page.  With over 90% market share, you have better do what Google likes.

This subject has been debated by many newbies to Internet Marketing and also another Internet Marketing group we manage. The trouble is that many newbies are often recommended programs or website packages that are owned by the speaker and their prime motivation is to make even more money from you.   If you check out what sites they are using for themselves, you’ll often find that they are using WordPress as their platform of choice.  You would think that if their program was any good, they would use their own products.  You would think that, wouldn’t you?

I believe most serious (and ethical) Internet Marketers will agree with my opinion.  WordPress is awesome.  Some Internet Marketers still use xSite Pro but many have moved away from using this program all the time to predominantly using WordPress – although xSitePro still has a place for Internet Marketers.  I use one of the products from xSitePro, xHeader which I have written about in another post.

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