Do you find yourself wondering about what is so great about WordPress? Does it help you get your site on page one of Google?
Well, getting to page one of Google can seem far away, but possible, without spending a lot of money. And, WordPress is SEO friendly. That means that Google and other search engines seem to like WordPress.
- You'll optimize your site by search engine friendly page Title and META Tags.
- And, there are free and excellent plugins that will optimize your site and attract the RIGHT visitors who are ready to sign up or buy from you
Now, if you don't know anything about WordPress, then you will easily find out the answers to these questions by going to the .org and .com sites of WordPress. And if you know about WordPress, you will want to continue to add to your knowledge.
But, just to give you some clarity here, if you have a business, and want to have online visibility, then you'll need to have an online site that can be found. That's SEO optimized. And you will need a blogging and/or publishing platform. There are other options out there, go ahead check it out. Search for 'blog platforms', and read a lot to get a deeper understanding.
WordPress is a favorite and has been in use for several years. So, it's been tried and tested. WordPress gives you two things quickly,
1.) A professional-looking site online and
2.) A site you can edit, change, review yourself.
According to Wikipedia "WordPress is an open source blog publishing application."
- Open Source software means people around the world are constantly working to develop WordPress' code and features. And the software is free to use without a licensing fee. The wordpress.org costs are your domain name (i.e. yourdomainname.com) and the hosting site.
- Here's the essential differences you need to know about the WordPress.com versus WordPress.org:
- WordPress.com blogs are hosted and managed by someone else. And I have a blog there also - my address is something like mydomainname.wordpress.com. This means you don't pay for your domain name or the hosting costs. Sounds and really is great!
- With WordPress.org you take care of purchasing your domain name and the hosting site is your choice - so my blog address here looks something like mydomainname.com.
- Now I do have a site at both places - because I have automatic posts done on the free site and check in on that on occasion.
Take a look at both ideas and decide how you want your blog to look and feel like. Many believe that the.org site is more professional and they can do much more on their own site.
I personally found WordPress.com limiting, because you can't run a custom theme, upload plugins to enhance your site, and my domain name is a bit long and may be confusing to my clients.
So read more about the pros and cons. Let me know what you think! A business coach, helps you figure out how to put yourself on Page One of Google.
I'd like to hear what you are doing with your business marketing and getting your business online and noticed by your targeted audience.
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