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WordPress.org vs. WordPress.com

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What the heck? How come there are two of them? Which do I go with?

WordPress button from Seattle WordCamp 2014

WordPress button from Seattle WordCamp 2014

WordPress is an open source (FREE) software to make websites, beyond that it is a content management system (expanded capabilities from just html/old school websites). It is great for website development or for blogging, or as I recommend a website that has both.

WordPress.org is the WP community’s website. You can download WP from there but don’t. When you set up a domain on any of the hosting sites I recommend: Green Geeks, Blue Host, etc. you will be able to install the WordPress software right from host account.
WordPress.org is THE place to go for information about WP, forums, great links, galleries of themes and details about themes from people that have used them, details about widgets and plugin (more about them in another post).

WordPress.com is a privately owned website. If you just want a free blogging or to try out WP that would be an easy way to do it. They have free websites that included “your name”.wordpress.com in the URL. But there are a number of limitations in using their site. And they Are trying to sell you products.

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WordPress and Content

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ContentWhen I started making WordPress websites less than two years ago I wanted someplace I could go to find out How to make a WP website. I wanted EZ steps. Lots of hours watching YouTube videos and trying things out and I have those steps to share. That is why I’m writing this blog for you.

Talk about pressure though – for the first full blog on this new “Making WordPress Websites EZ” – I set myself the task to write about CONTENT. Before you even find out if the domain name for your website is available, I want you to start thinking about your content. What will you tell people on your website? And more importantly what valuable information will you give them?

You want to be successful in your business. You want to attract viewers to your website. In order to do that you need to have good useful information: credible, accurate and valuable. You want to make sure that people can find you by having the words they will use to search for you written in the text of your website. You want to occasionally update your content so that they will come back. Or start with content that is so useful they will come back again and again. Just remember these points:

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