Its not just for blogging anymore
The New WordPress 3.0 CMS
WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic publishing system. For many years, WordPress was associated purely with blogging but since the release of WordPress 3.0 it has become a powerful CMS. It is so popular that of all the websites running on Content Management Systems, WordPress is used by 54.1%. This means that it powers 15.5% of all websites in the world – and that’s not even including all the blogs hosted on WordPress.com.
WordPress is so popular because its basic content creation and editing is easy to achieve by anyone. This makes it possible for you to edit your own pages, add your own images, upload your own video – you can do all the basics without having to get a third-party in to help. It is also easy to extend, with thousands of developers creating add-ons and plugins. This makes it the perfect solution to power your website. After running your website on WordPress you’ll wonder what took you so long to make the switch from Flash.
Content Management Made EASY
Rather than paying and waiting for someone else to constantly update your site, you can now make instant changes yourself, 24/7. That saves you tons of time and money. If you can Gmail and Facebook, you can learn WordPress..takes 15min.
Search Engine Optimization
WordPress is designed to be very search engine friendly. Meaning, your Google rankings will generally be higher than many other types of websites. The more people that find your website, the more traffic and exposure you will gain.
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CMS Market Share
According to W3Techs, almost 55% of the 1 million most visited websites that are run on a content management system (CMS) are run on WordPress. WordPress is a darn fine CMS and is stable and easy to use, but so are Joomla and Drupal. So, why does WordPress have the lion’s share of the top 1 million websites? – read more >
The Prolific WordPress – Infographic
WordPress is a prolific bit of software used by well over 25 million users in some form. WordPress started from a very humble beginning to now power 8.5% of the entire internet.
