Which Blog Software Should You Use?

I've been blogging for well over a year now and have been using Typepad quite successfully.

However, after hearing David Nour speak on social networking, I've moved my blog to WordPress and will integrate it into my website. Here's why...

If you are blogging or thinking of blogging, here are David's reasons for using WordPress vs. Typepad, Blogspot, Blogger, etc.:

• It's FREE - Let's just get that one out of the way. You can't beat the price.
• It integrates very easily with your website - According to David, your blog should be the center of your website and all social networking tools should point to your blog because it is the dynamic piece of your site. WP allows you to make your blog look like it is a part of your site and not just an add-on from someplace else.
• Search Engine Optimization - Because your WP blog is part of your site (even having a similar URL like www.dancingelephants.net/blog), whatever you write in your blog that gets noticed by the search engines and drives people to the site. This will increase your search engine rankings for your site. For those of you who aren't into the geeky language of SEO, that simply means more people will see your site at the top of the Google listings.
• It's easy to use - I found the transition to WP very easy. They even have a tool that will convert an old blog from another platform over to WP and bring over all your categories, keywords, etc. I took my Typepad blog into WP in just a few minutes with less than 5 clicks.

Over the next few days I'll be working with a designer I found in India (more on that later) to create a new look and feel for the blog so it is branded to match our website.

If you have any questions about how the process went, please ask and I'll post the answers for all to see.

Comments

[David Nour]

Delighted to see that you were listening! :-) Happy Blogging, David

[Grahame Morrison]

Very interesting! I'm currently on Blogger but most of my colleagues use WordPress. I used to use TypePad too and found it great, but a change of company brought with it a change of platform.
My main reason for using Blogger is that I an email news stories, complete with images, direct to the blog. I cannot do that on WordPress - at least I don't think I can.
Thanks again for the info!

[Dave Chapman]

Hi, I have started looking at both Typepad and blogger - not sure which one to go for, might use both and see which one works best!

[Boston Affordable IT]

Good article. Having a blog is a good way to bring exposure to your site. If you are not able to handle your own blog, there are other companies that can handle that service for you as well as all different types of services in the IT field. It can really prove to be beneficial to growing businesses.