<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors… | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/feed/</link> <description>Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors… - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging</description> <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:32:19 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14246</guid><title><![CDATA[Art Bitch replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors… in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14246</link> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:47:51 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/arty/" title="Art Bitch" rel="nofollow">Art Bitch</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/" rel="nofollow">Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> @Kristi Hines yep true, true.I am slowly resigning to the fact that I may have to pay someone to make an AMAZING website which is, of course, what I want here.The biggest, bestest website EVER. *)This is hard for [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14245</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/arty/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/arty/' rel="nofollow">@arty</a> I think that's the case with most platforms, or websites in general - not just WordPress. &#160;You either have to take the time to learn the system so you can customize something on your own, hire someone to [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14210</guid><title><![CDATA[Art Bitch replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Thanks everyone!Appreciate you taking the time to post here.I am still a bit stuck needless to say, most of this information above I kind of already know, and it is more to do with the functionality of the thing [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14168</guid><title><![CDATA[Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Go to the home page and click on the 'Product' drop down box. From within that, [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14120</guid><title><![CDATA[Jamie Billingham replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors… in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14120</link> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:05:18 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jamiebillingham/" title="Jamie Billingham" rel="nofollow">Jamie Billingham</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/" rel="nofollow">Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Oh the WordPress love!<div></div><div><strong>Cost</strong> - Free themes (although when I use a good theme I always send a donation to the theme creator) My 2 latest WP sites where for a company I consult for. I set up and had fully functional [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14088</guid><title><![CDATA[Jamericanspice replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I would love WP but I don't think I can maintain the price to keep it. &#160;Very interesting discussion though.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14057</guid><title><![CDATA[Paul Wylie replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Wordpress has excelled as a very good CMS surpassing Joomla (my take) due in part to its being Open Source.&#160;<div></div><div>The shear number of contributors has surpassed [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14040</guid><title><![CDATA[Moin Shaikh replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/arty/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/arty/' rel="nofollow">@arty</a> you're already poured &#160;by reasons, i would love to share my experience with wordpress:<div>Easy to installEasier to useSEO friendly natureFree for AllEver upgradingLots of customization option to suit your own [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14024</guid><title><![CDATA[Art Bitch replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> @Robert NelsonThank you for your reply.My question is to you, and I guess to many others, is why create a 'website', pay for a domain and hosting service if you are just going to use a standard 'blogging' [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14016</guid><title><![CDATA[Robert Nelson replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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I don't work for WordPress, have tried other CMS' and am back with WordPress.Ease of InstallationNumerous ThemesEase of PostingEase of Plug-in installs</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14015</guid><title><![CDATA[Robert Nelson replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors… in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14015</link> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:17:56 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/robertnelson/" title="Robert Nelson" rel="nofollow">Robert Nelson</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/" rel="nofollow">Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> The title of this post is why I like WordPress, @Art Bitch, not why I don't like WordPress.Different strokes for different Folks. Try out some of the others Drupal, Joomla, to name two. Do a search on Google(Or [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14011</guid><title><![CDATA[Art Bitch replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Some good points there.I must say, I don't think that it is EASY, at all, and if you don't want a blog-looking website you must know some coding or are forced to learn [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14007</guid><title><![CDATA[Kimberly LoSavio replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Let's see ... here are my reasons<div>It's EASY to set up -- easy install, tweak your settings and start blogging ... it really is that easythere's no hard coding -- in other words, it's okay if you don't know [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14006</guid><title><![CDATA[Art Bitch replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> @ Kristi Hines true, true, hmm I am considering getting someone else to work on my business platform, at the moment I am working through some tutorials and teaching myself basic Wordpress on another [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14004</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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There are lots of themes that are built for businesses to use so their homepage looks more like a &#160;commercial, static website and they can have a blog [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14000</guid><title><![CDATA[Art Bitch replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors… in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-14000</link> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:22:37 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/arty/" title="Art Bitch" rel="nofollow">Art Bitch</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/" rel="nofollow">Why should I use Wordpress? Summary of key factors…</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Hi @Kristi HinesHmm good reasons...I wonder how this SEO works. Understand that it is one of the most widely used platforms, but besides all of the functional/technical reasons why you would go with Wordpress, it [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-should-i-use-wordpress-summary-of-key-factors/#post-13998</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Why should I use Wordpress? 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Summary of key factors...</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/arty/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/arty/' rel="nofollow">@arty</a> My key reasons for using it are as follows.<div>Best platform for SEO. &#160;Matt Cutts from Google uses it himself and says so in this presentation (<a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-for-bloggers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-for-bloggers/</a>&#160;- start with slide [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>