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It’s wise to start your blog on a good note. It’s difficult to change direction and start over again once you have it going. Blogging for free? When you get something for free, the quality might be lacking.

If it’s within your budget at all, pay someone for website hosting and verify that your server can work with Wordpress.

Unless you are a computer wiz, be sure that whichever hosting company you select to host your blog includes WordPress and Fantastico in the package. Wordpress is automatically installed with Fantastico. The other option is to download and install Wordpress by yourself, which is difficult.

Wordpress does not require you to be a programmer. You can start it immediately after it is installed, and begin blogging in no time.

What makes Wordpress better than others? WordPress has the most users. Wordpress has been established for some time. A wide variety of themes are available in the WordPress library. (The appearance and feel of your blog can be altered with themes.) Unless you want to alter a function that cannot be done with ‘canned’ plug-ins, it is unnecessary to have any knowledge of designing or coding.

Plug-Ins - You can add intriguing functions to your blog by using the plug-ins. You have the option of selecting a third-party plug-in or, if you know PHP, then you can make your own. The WordPress website has plug-ins available. They have a wide variety and they offer multiple functions, including a plug-in that will generate an XML sitemap of your site for Google.

You are provided with complete control over your blog through WordPress. Your options are limitless. Great user management is available through WordPress. For instance, articles can be written by authors, and upon approval, those articles can be published by editors. Administrators can even alter the design of the blog.

Don’t waste hours of your time only to have to tear it all down and convert it over to Wordpress.