Comments on: Choosing WordPress as Your Blogging Platform

By: Trish Mullen

Trish Mullen — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:40:34 +0000

Great helpful information and not too jargonised for newbies. I am considering moving to WP.org and was a bit confused but you’ve cleared the fog for me, so thanks very much AGAIN

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:22:40 +0000

I love wordpress because I use it for another site. But I use blogger for two others because of the adsense revenue. How does a person make money with wordpress and be a professional blogger.

By: Jody

Jody — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:42:16 +0000

OK… I’m ready to make my site “more” so I’m going to make the jump from Blogger to WP.org. Don’t be surprised if you get hysterical FB messages! (Feel free to ignore me!)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:26:45 +0000

Hi,
great site! very interesting!
Bye, Andrea from italy!

By: CasTex

CasTex — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:32:13 +0000

Thanks for this post, I am interested in.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:13:26 +0000

Cakegirl,

I’m glad BB101 is useful to you!

I think the choice between WP.org and WP.com depends on your blogging goals and needs.

WP.com will not allow you to run advertising so it’s difficult to monetize your blog. If you’re just starting out, it may be worth it to use WP.com if you want to eventually move to WP.org. You can get used to the dashboard, etc. Then, when you’re more comfortable with how things work, you can move over to WP.org.

WP.org is great for those people who really like to have control over all aspects of their blog. If you like playing with code and figuring out how things work (and, really, even if you don’t), then WP.org is a great tool for you.

All that to say: The short answer is control.

By: cakegirl

cakegirl — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:15:08 +0000

Hi, I just found your site.. very helpful!! I have a question.. I just installed wordpress.org onto my server. And it loaded fine and I’m happy with everything. However I what is the benefit of hosting on your own server vs. domain mapping with WP? I’m very confused! Thanks in advance.

By: Google Cash Detective 2

Google Cash Detective 2 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:38:41 +0000

I use wordpress also
I believe it is much better than others like blogger since it gives you more options

By: Jack smith

Jack smith — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:35:13 +0000

Thank you for good Article

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Blog Toolbox | The Happy Housewife — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:49:36 +0000

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