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Wordpress is one of the best internet marketing tools around... a free blog hosting site.  There are many choices when it comes to blog hosting sites. In this article I am going to explain as much as I can about this one.

It takes seconds to get set up and costs nothing

You can get a blog started in less time than it takes you to read this sentence. All you need is an email address. You’ll get your own WordPress.com address (like you.wordpress.com), a selection of great free and customizable designs for your blog (we call them themes), 3 gigabytes of file storage (that’s about 2,500 pictures!) and all the other great features listed here. You can blog as much as you want for free, your blog can be public to the world or private for just your friends, and our premium features are completely optional.

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Dozens of gorgeous themes

You can change the look of your blog with over 60 attractive themes ranging from professional to fun to crazy, and you can switch themes instantly with just a click of a button. Each theme allows you to customize your sidebar using widgets, and several themes let you upload your own photo or image for the header bar. We add themes regularly based on user requests. If you’re a CSS pro, you can also customize your CSS code.

Integrated stats system

One of the most popular features is the stats system. It’s designed to give you up-to-the-minute stats on how many people are visiting your blog, where they’re coming from, which posts are most popular, and which search engine terms are sending people to your blog. It’s also available as a plug-in for self-hosted WordPress.

A great tool for writing

It’s easy to create great posts with WordPress.com. Uploading photos is easy, as is using services like Flickr or Photobucket. You can embed videos from YouTube or Google. And they know how frustrating it is to lose hours of work, so when you’re writing they continuously save your post, just in case.

Let’s get those 15 minutes

When you write a post and add relevant tags, WordPress automatically add them to their global tag system and tag surfer, driving new traffic as other people interested in the same topics as you will find your post and leave comments on your blog. You’ll be at the top of their Blogs of the Day in no time.

We kill spam dead

WordPress.com uses Akismet, the world’s best comment and trackback spam technology. It blocks spammers from leaving comments on your blog. We also shut down spam blogs that try to sneak onto WordPress.com (so your blog won’t be in the same community as some Viagra-touting site).

Great help if you need it

If you have questions about using or extending your blog, WordPress has got some of the most responsive support around. They have friendly fellow users in the forums and on their support team who will help you out. There is great documentation, a support contact form, and the forums are active 24 hours a day.

Like a rock

WordPress runs hundreds of servers in three datacenters (Dallas, San Francisco, San Antonio) with instant copies of all your data and uploads in each. This allows them to serve your blog very quickly, and also if something catastrophic were to happen, like California falling into the ocean or Dallas being hit by a meteor, your blog would be okay.

You’re in good company

You’d be surprised who’s blogging on WordPress.com. WordPress hosts CNN’s Political Ticker; Dow Jones’ All Things D; Fox’s GretaWire; Time Inc’s The Page; People Magazine’s Style Watch; famous bloggers like Dan Lyons, Om Malik, Curt Schilling, and Robert Scoble; blogs for Flickr and Second Life; and many more.

Pick up where you left off

Importer, if you already have a blog and would like to move it over to WordPress.com, you can import your content from Blogger, LiveJournal, Movable Type, TypePad, or an existing WordPress blog.

Over 50 languages

So far, WordPress has been able to offer native versions of WordPress.com in over 50 languages. Not just their home page—we’re doing Blogs of the Day, forums, and even tags in whatever language you prefer. If you’re a polyglot, you can help with the community translation process.


A great blogging community

WordPress.com is a community and conversations continue from one blog post to another and through the comments. Their tag surfer feature makes it easy for you to find like minded bloggers interested in the same topics as you and connect with them.

Multiple blogs and multiple authors

You can have as many blogs as you want! You’re only limited by your imagination. You can have group blogs with multiple authors who are allowed to post or contribute. This is great for topic blogs for things like books or politics, or just a blog for you and your friends in one place.

Privacy options, including members-only blogs

WordPress.com allows you to have a completely public blog, a blog which is public but not included in search engines or their public listings, or a private blog which only members can access. If you want a public blog, but only occasionally post something private, they have a per-post password option, too!

Sidebar widgets for Flickr, del.icio.us, Meebo, and more

You can add “widgets” to your sidebar and rearrange them without touching any HTML code or messing up your blog. Just drag and drop the sidebar widgets around, and instantly you can have fun stuff in your sidebar. They are adding new widgets all the time based on your feedback and requests.

Track replies to your comments

When you’re signed in and leave a comment on WordPress.com, they have a special page which notifies you of any followups to your comment so you can easily follow your conversations no matter what blog they’re on.

Not just a blog

WordPress.com has a feature called “pages” which allows you to easily create web pages. For example, you could add an “about me” page with your biography, and a link to that page would be automatically added to your sidebar. You can even create an entire web site using pages on WordPress.com, with a custom home page and your blog as one of the sub-pages.

No lock-in

You can leave WordPress.com any time you want and your content isn’t locked in. They provide a complete XML export of all your posts and comments.

Advertising

To support the service, they may occasionally show Google text ads on your blog, however they do this very rarely. You can remove ads from your blog for a low yearly fee. In the future you’ll be able to show your own ads and make money from your blog.

Digging it? Sign up for a blog with WordPress, or check out their awesome premium features.

Tutorials for Making WordPress a Breeze

WordPress.tv - http://www.wordpress.tv
• Simple video tutorial site created by the team behind WordPress
• Comprehensive videos on a variety of topics including installation, integration,
publishing, themes, SEO, comments, widgets and much more

WordPress.org Support - http://wordpress.org/support/
• Features information straight from the source
• How-to information and knowledgebase on just about every topic
• Getting started resources, FAQs and an active discussion forum

SpeckyBoy.com - http://speckyboy.com/2008/03/08/
63-essential-wordpress-hacks-tutorials-help-files-and-cheats/
• An expansive list of WordPress tutorials, hacks, and help files
• Detailed descriptions of tricks to expand Wordpress’ functionality
• Features a wide variety of common and uncommon WordPress tips
WPCandy.com - http://wpcandy.com/articles/tutorials/the-wordpress-help-sheet.html
• Comprehensive PDF help sheet with code snippets & template files
• Available in several languages

WPCandy.com Advanced Tips - http://wpcandy.com/articles/
tutorials/the-advanced-wordpress-help-sheet.html
• Advanced PDF help sheet with specific code snippets and what it’ll do for your site
• Explanations are very clear and concise.

This post was submitted by Michelle Moseley. Michelle is a Internet Network Marketer, implementing the techniques taught at the Renegade Professional. Michelle is available for assistance if you need it. Just give her a call toll free. 1-800-363-4918 and leave a detailed message. Michelle will return your call.