Written on May 11th, 2009 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
What Blog Platform Do You Use Most?
This is a poll I run two years ago – I’ll be interested to see how (and if) the results differ. I’ve removed the least popular categories from last time and added an ‘other’ option. If you’ choose ‘other’ please let us know what blog platform you run in comments below.
If you have more than one blog and more than one platform running them choose your most used platform.
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What Blog Platform Do You Use Most?
Looking forward to seeing what your responses are.
145 Responses to “What Blog Platform Do You Use Most?” - Add Yours
Marko Saric
May 11th, 2009 12:31 am
Self hosted WordPress is the only way to go for me. It is the most professional and the most customizable platform out there. If you are really serious about your blogging, a domain name and a self-hosted WordPress blog are a must.
Baker @ ManVsDebt
May 11th, 2009 12:35 am
Self-hosted Wordpress owns. Enough said!
jusuchin85
May 11th, 2009 12:36 am
Just love using Wordpress.org. Was thinking of moving to another platform, but Wordpress’s plugins and ease of use made me stick with it.
Thanks for the “31 Days of Blogging” tips, Darren. I’m currently stop blogging for a while to reflect why I’m demotivated on continuing to blog. With all those tips, now I’m rebuilding my blog from scratch and with your tips, it motivates me to start my blog back up again.
Todd Borst
May 11th, 2009 12:38 am
Which hosting service would you recommend Darren? I’m on wordpress.com right now but will eventually migrate to .org.
Greg Ellison
May 11th, 2009 12:40 am
I use a self hosted WordPress for all of my blogs. I pay for the web space so why not use it. I think it gives you the most control out of all of them if you host it yourself. Greg Ellison
Chris Rand
May 11th, 2009 12:43 am
You might like to explain the difference between WordPress.org
and WordPress.com – I’ve been using WP for ages and can never remember which is which. And in polls, if confronted with this sort of confusion, I tend to not complete the poll, which – if a common reaction – might lead to WP’s results not being as high as they ought to be.
Joshua Finnie
May 11th, 2009 12:51 am
Looks like a blow-out so far. I have to say that WordPress has been and will be my default blog platform since I moved from the free service Blogger. The ease of installation and the community of developers behind WordPress make it a strong contender today and for the foreseeable future!
I am actually just going to install WordPress MU and BuddyPress for the first time today. It just can’t get better!
Daffy
May 11th, 2009 12:52 am
Squarespace. The ‘newbie’ is doing really well after v. 5.0. Nice poll ;)
Giorgio Marandola
May 11th, 2009 12:52 am
Self Hosted Wordpress addicted… I never consider other ways!
Grant Griffiths
May 11th, 2009 12:54 am
WordPress is the only way to go in my opinion. We put all of our own blogs and the blogs of our clients on it. Wordpress is so powerful you can build sites like this http://www.stuccoitalianoinc.com/ and take advantage of all of the great features of WordPress.
If someone is struggling with making a decision on which platform to go with, all they have to do is look at what all of the most popular blogs and bloggers are using, WordPress.
Chris Smith
May 11th, 2009 12:56 am
I suspect that Self Hosted wordpress is going to rock this one. It’s just so easy to use, install and because and it is so popular it means that there are so many great plugins, themes etc. to use. The continued growth in wordpress is a testament to it’s simplicity and configurability.
Roseli A. Bakar
May 11th, 2009 12:57 am
I started with Blogspot and have since moved to self hosted wordpress.
Though self hosted wordpress blog wins hands down, I still leave my blogspot blogs as it is except that I make them do-follow blogs.
The blogspot blogs are still earning money for me…:)
I’ll vote for wordpress.org
Greg Wilker
May 11th, 2009 1:01 am
Yeah, Wordpress.org has a huge lead and honestly I don’t think they will ever loose it durning this poll.
Wordpress has sent them self up well with word of mouth and a use what the pro’s use attitude. Not to mention its easy to use.
Aleksandar Konsalting
May 11th, 2009 1:01 am
I use Wordpress.org and Blogger for several blogs. Tried some other, local platforms, but they were just experimental.
Carrie
May 11th, 2009 1:04 am
i just moved from blogger to wordpress.org. wordpress offers sooooo much more flexibility
Corey Freeman@Outstanding Writer
May 11th, 2009 1:07 am
Self hosted wordpress. Customization and support are pretty beast.
Beth
May 11th, 2009 1:07 am
I’ve only been blogging for about 6 months, and I’ve been using iWeb/MobileMe. For me, it was a good way to get started, but I’ll be moving to something else soon.
slnc
May 11th, 2009 1:08 am
Self-hosted wordpress since I started blogging (around 2004). It’s flexible enough, simple enough and fast enough for me.
Yohay
May 11th, 2009 1:09 am
I already see that I’m in the trend: an independent Wordpress site.
Part of being professional (or aiming to be professional) is having your own site.
And I find Wordpress to be the best platform. By far…
kathi
May 11th, 2009 1:23 am
I’d have been really surprised to see anything other than self-hosted WordPress in the lead in this poll! My current blog is self-hosted WordPress. I keep my Blogger & LiveJournal accounts primarily for commenting on others’ blogs and for private posts. I was a longtime Movable Type user though, and am deciding whether or not to resurrect an old MT blog, and also whether or not to migrate it to WP if I do.
Team Nirvana
May 11th, 2009 1:25 am
Wordpress.org always rules the blogosphere. The plugins are the main feature of WP.org which makes many people compelled to use it. The ease of adding some special features by just downloading a simple zip file is the un-argumented plus point.
Melody
May 11th, 2009 1:32 am
Wow! That’s a lot of WordPress fans. May I be the first here to offer a big shout out to Squarespace? When I was researching platforms and came across the September ‘04 Washington Post article about the company, I tried it and fell in love. Have been their evangelist ever since. And the platform has evolved enormously since that article was published…
Brigitte
May 11th, 2009 1:32 am
Great, I’m the only one who voted for LiveJournal.
Why isn’t it considered a blog?
Ginkgo100
May 11th, 2009 1:48 am
Well, I see all the commenters so far are WP fanboys and fangirls, so I have to weigh in with my two cents about Blogger. I have to disagree that Wordpress.org is the “only” way to go. Blogger is a very reasonable alternative. Let me count the ways:
* 100% free
* No need for a webhost or an installation
* Forwarding to your own domain is completely free (you just have to buy the domain)
* Editing your layout with the Page Elements API is a breeze
* Creating a custom layout is, for me at least, a little easier with the blogger <b:< tags than PHP
* No need for plugins
* Complete freedom about what widgets etc. you can add
* If you don’t want to mess with a custom HTML template, there are an enormous number of free and paid skins available for the standard templates
* Lots of custom “gadgets” (Googlese for “widgets”) available
* Connected to your Google account
Now I agree Blogger has some drawbacks:
* The commenting system is pretty poor (I use IntenseDebate instead)
* No practical way to manage your media files (Picasa doesn’t allow much)
* Blogger has been known on rare occasions to rather arbitrarily suspend blogs flagged for spurious reasons
* Support is practically non-existent
But I still have found myself using Blogger for most of my blogs, including the one I linked under my name (my most-established blog). I do have one Wordpress.org blog and agree it is an impressive system, but it has its own drawbacks. Wordpress.com is not worth bothering with for all but the most basic applications.
I also have used Ben Barden’s Injader, and I like that it requires no plugins, has an unlimited heirarchy, and has a forum included. I think its main drawback is a lack of ready-made themes. If you have decent skills at creating PHP based layouts (as for WP), I would highly recommend looking at the under-appreciated Injader.
I used to use LiveJournal, mainly to keep up with friends in other parts of the world, but its day is past. It tries to be both a blogging platform and a social networking site, and it doesn’t do either very well. It’s basically useful only for a private blog for your friends and family.
I’ve seen impressive-looking blogs that use Drupal (LOLSaints.com), but have not tried it myself.
jebas
May 11th, 2009 1:48 am
I picked Drupal because of it’s flexibility. I often added programming elements to my sites, and Drupal was well designed for those types of additions. I’m really looking forward to Drupal 7.0 because it switches design from nodes to fields. This should give a lot of additional freedom to those willing to mess with the back end.
Davey Struijk
May 11th, 2009 2:06 am
I’ve used Joomla for over 2 years. It’s very flexible and there are a lot of plugins, but it’s not suited for blogs. I just started with wordpress, and that’s probably the best blog platform to use.
Klodian
May 11th, 2009 2:06 am
I use Blogger platform because is free no cost.
Yogesh
May 11th, 2009 2:09 am
Self hosted wordpress any day, easy to install and manage.
BlogSEOExpert.com - SEO for Blogs
May 11th, 2009 2:10 am
Hi,
I think WordPress is by far the best blog CMS.
- It has LOTS of features inbuilt
- It is very SEO friendly
- Had loads of additional features available as plugins
- Has a very active developer community in the open source space
- Has good support available from paid programmers for customizations, etc
hard to beat that!!
NFL Trade Rumors
May 11th, 2009 2:21 am
I have been using Wordpress. I really like it because most other people can help you since they use it also. I really have not used any other platform.
Binny V A
May 11th, 2009 2:27 am
I use self hosted wordpress for most of my sites – except two. I use a custom blogging tool(my own code) for those two.
Piroman
May 11th, 2009 2:40 am
Selfhosted wordpress rules. I use it also as CMS for http://zlataleta.com
Andrew
May 11th, 2009 2:44 am
What about Habari? It is superior to many of those on your list.
Caleb Kimbrough
May 11th, 2009 2:50 am
I use http://squarespace.com for two of my sites and am more than happy with it. The guys who own and run the company are cool and down to earth, it’s very easy to get in touch with them and they’ll help you out with any problems.
There’s also a Squarespace community forum where people are more than willing to lend a helping hand with coding or design problems.
David Wilkinson
May 11th, 2009 2:55 am
I respectfully disagree with the first commenter on this post. IMHO, Wordpress is *NOT* the most professional, cusomtizable platform out there. Out the box, perhaps, but ExpressionEngine can be hacked up a WHOLE lot more than Wordpress can.
That and PHP knowledge (only a fundamental understanding of the EE tags) is really needed to do much customizing.
I used to use Wordpress. But now I don’t. WP fanboys: Please avoid shooting me. Thanks. xD
Paritosh
May 11th, 2009 3:01 am
I Completely agree with Ginkgo100. Adding to the benefits mentioned by him, blogger is a blessing in disguise for noobies who know how to write, have quality content but zilch knowledge of html. Also blogger allows monetizing which is not in case of wordpress.com.
carla
May 11th, 2009 3:09 am
Once I switched from Wordpress.com to Wordpress.org, I dont think I will ever go back, even with personal blogs. Its also easy to find plenty of support, theme designers and assistance for self-hosted Wordpress.org
Lyndon
May 11th, 2009 3:16 am
Started with Blogger, like so many people do. Got tired of the restrictions and I wanted more control. Finally decided to self host and went with Wordpress because of all the template designs and plugins you could use.
If I had to choose 1. Wordpress, 2. Blogger as for the rest, tried them, didn’t really like them.
HazardousPaste
May 11th, 2009 3:34 am
@Ginkgo
I tried modifying a Blogger theme once. It was not an experience I’d repeat for free. As for your other points, most of them are either common to Wordpress or not really relevant (”No need for plugins” ? Wordpress doesn’t “need” plugins…).
Blogger has it’s place, but it really doesn’t compare to WordPress in terms of usability, expandability, and scalability.
jan
May 11th, 2009 3:35 am
I love Blogger despite its limitations. After all it’s where I first learned how to blog.
But I’ve recently won a WordPress blog in a blog contest so I’d be moving to a new home soon. Which only goes to show I love WordPress more – sight unseen.
That’s just it for me, and no disrespect to Blogger which I love too. WordPress is remain the blog platform to beat. “,)
David (Marketing Integrity)
May 11th, 2009 3:39 am
I love Wordpress (self-hosted). I will ask this question because I need a referral and there seems to be a lot of Wordpress expertise here. I am looking for a very dynamic WordPress Calendar plug-in that is for a community events site I manage. I want to convert the site to Wordpress but the calendar has to allow non-registered users to be able to submit events through a form that would then be held in a moderation cue for approval. If anyone has a suggestion, my name links to the contact page on my blog. I welcome any and all suggestions. Thanks!
Aaron
May 11th, 2009 3:41 am
You’re missing Squarespace from your list — which is what I use and easily bigger than most of what you listed.
http://www.squarespace.com/
pusserboots
May 11th, 2009 3:57 am
I’m running a home brewed blog.
Bridget Casas
May 11th, 2009 4:09 am
I use Wordpress but not the self-hosted one. I am still finding myself and what I want to with all of this. I guess as things grow and improve, I may look into that. Thank you all for the eye openers!
Bridget
Karen Chaffee
May 11th, 2009 4:16 am
For me right now, WP org is beyond my financial and ccs knowledge. I do have a couple of blogs on WP com and on Blogger, which I love. My site in on a less expensive (and less versatile) platform called “Webs.”
As I said, right now, expense is the biggest motivator for choosing a good platform.
As to the Live Journal commenter, I have one on there, too, and it is actually quite good.
The worst thing about WP com is that they allow NO advertising. Booooo!
Karen
J. M. Strother
May 11th, 2009 4:24 am
I use TikiWiki. Feels pretty lonely out there sometimes, but I like all the other features TW has to offer. And I’m used to it.
~jon
Tanuj Lakhina
May 11th, 2009 4:25 am
The simplicity and easier to use widgets on Blogger for me puts it ahead of self hosted or free version of WP.
Citibank Online Banking
May 11th, 2009 4:45 am
I can’t imagine too many people don’t use WordPress.org as their primary blogging platform. This is especially true for bloggers with multiple blogs.
I use simple scripts to set up my WordPress blogs and i can set up a new blog in 5 mins. It doesn’t get much easier than that.
Darnell Clayton
May 11th, 2009 4:48 am
Truthfully I use both Blogger and WordPress (self hosted).
I wrote a post about the advantages/disadvantages of either, but my conclusion is that Blogger dominates WordPress when it comes to:
–widgets
–Media posting images & video (WordPress STILL needs to improve this)
–customization (changing an element in blogger is much easier than WordPress
WordPress beats blogger in:
–comment design (superior format)
–comment spam (WP Spamfree rocks, no false positives)
–templates (greater variety and beauty)
–plugins
Google is steadily improving Blogger so we may have thousands of new themes plus pages (finally).
As far as blogging platforms go, I only recommend Blogger (for those who don’t want to muck with hosting) and WordPress self hosted (for those who want a powerful layout).
Ginkgo100
May 11th, 2009 5:43 am
@Paritosh, that’s part of what I meant when I said WP.com was not worth bothering with. Monetization is expressly disallowed. Also, just so you know, I’m a lady, not a dude. =-)
@Hazardous Paste, I’ll admit I am only using the built-in Page Elements widgets. Custom-building widgets on Blogger looks like a world of pain. Also, I know WP.org is functional w/o plugins, but if it didn’t “need” plug-ins, why would there be so many web pages devoted to which plug-ins you “have to have”? Injader and Blogger, btw, are also SEO-friendly.
Also, what’s weird in these comments is that lots of people are not answering Darren’s question (”What platform do you use most?”) but a much different one (”What is the BEST blogging platform?”) I don’t think there is one “best,” as each one has its strengths and weaknesses depending on the user’s needs.
Tony
May 11th, 2009 5:47 am
For me I use word press, but lately i’m having trouble with it. I was at blogger, but for some reason when I put google ad sense on it, it gave me wrong ads not for gardening like I wanted. I wish I had one like Darren’s since he has all the space on the bottom of this blog, which I think is kinda cool for ads and links. I dunno it has to be me screwing up on word press. I usually leave the site since I get mad at it lol. I guess for now I will stay with word press even though I make nothing on it, but I have more visitors than I did with blogger. Since April (New Blog) I have had 100 visitors, which floored me lol. Thanks to Darren and for those who have viewed my site.
Vlad
May 11th, 2009 6:50 am
After studying and testing most of the platforms you mentioned in this poll I really do think that self hosted WordPress and your own domain is the best idea. Also the most professional.
Jac
May 11th, 2009 6:50 am
I recently switched my blog from blogger to a self hosted wordpress blog, and I couldn’t be happier!! (In fact, I’m encouraging all my bloggy friends to do the same!)
Craft A Craft
May 11th, 2009 7:23 am
I’m a Drupal fan, but regardless of the software you use, I highly recommend the self-hosting world. Get off the “public” blog platforms, in my opinion. It both makes you beholden to their policies and software, and also leads to a rather unprofessional look.
This might be fine for some personal stuff, but to me if you’re looking to be running a “business” off your blog, having your own world is important.
Bruce
Kinderlehrer
May 11th, 2009 8:10 am
~~~~~~~B2Evolution~~~~~~~
http://b2evolution.net/
Multilingual multiuser multiblog engine.
B2Evolution has very helpful forums (if you need them at all), a brilliant humble community (I have never read a rude or disparaging remark in them over 2+ years), led by an approachable lead developer (who I believe Darren has now met at SXSW 2008).
It was a fork from the B2/cafelog that Wordpress came from too – those interested can read how Wordpress asked the developer to write his code back into Wordpress.
Kudos to B2Evolution!
Swade
May 11th, 2009 8:35 am
Another Wordpress love-in……
I just switched from Wordpress back to Movable Type – best thing I could have done. After 5000 entries on my old site, WP was slowing down load times, chewing up heaps of bandwidth (even with supercache) and not indexing as well on search.
If you can handle the lack of instant gratification and the smaller support network, Movable Type is a great platform.
KushMoney
May 11th, 2009 8:40 am
Self hosted wordpress of course. If you not using self hosted wordpress software, you already counted yourself out.
mike
May 11th, 2009 8:41 am
I love blogger. It is very simple once you learn it. You can edit the html also pretty easy.
Joel Drapper
May 11th, 2009 8:52 am
I’m a great fan of self hosted wordpress blogs because they’re so easy to customize with themes, plugins, etc. and because it’s open source, you could even do some development on the back end.
Bob Firestone
May 11th, 2009 8:59 am
I love Joomla! but for a simple blog it is overkill.
For a blog site wordpress is just so much easier to get working fast.
I am excited for buddypress to develop more and see what can really be done with a wordpress easy community.
Mario
May 11th, 2009 9:38 am
If you take yourself and your blog serious, especially if your aim is to monetize (hate this term) it, than you HAVE to selfhost your blog.
Don’t think about earning money without doing at least this small investment. There is no such thing like money for nothing.
Jared O'Toole
May 11th, 2009 9:52 am
Nothing seems to beat wordpress. I think it has really taken off from the rest. Also self-hosted is the best way to go. Just about every host makes it so simple to install anyway.
Lucian E. Marin
May 11th, 2009 10:00 am
Why Textpattern wasn’t included in the pool?
Tim (360 Degree Self)
May 11th, 2009 10:04 am
Right now I’m using blogger…it is my first blog. But, as I look at some of the blogs I admire, I am getting tired of the layout. I will likely switch to self hosted WordPress sometime in the near future.
Shane Adams
May 11th, 2009 10:08 am
I use Tumblr for blogging. If you’ve never heard of it, imagine if Twitter and Wordpress had a child, with all of Wordpress’ features, but Twitter’s social networking feel to it.
Zombie_Plan
May 11th, 2009 10:20 am
I’ve gone through quite a few in my time with Blogger and Serendipity, but self hosted wordpress blogs seem to be the best in functionality and look.
All hail wordpress.
Josh
May 11th, 2009 10:50 am
I’ve used Wordpress.com and Blogger to experiment with different blogging ideas in the past, but never really used them for anything serious.
For non-experimental purposes though, Wordpress self hosted is my weapon of choice.
I’ve used Joomla for other websites, so I’m interested in what people’s experience is with using that as a blogging platform… anybody have any comments on it?
Nicolas Prudhon
May 11th, 2009 11:18 am
I wouldn’t see myself running a professional blog on anything else than a self hosted version of WordPress!
And so feel my readers, as many of them have been migrating to WordPress from Blogger or Tumblr.
Douglas Karr
May 11th, 2009 11:40 am
With over 400 blogs now, we’re looking forward to seeing you begin to segment blogging platforms… some are robust content management systems used for websites and/or blogging. Some are great for podcasting or vlogging. The typical blogging package is built for online publishing, like Problogger. We’ve built a SaaS application that is automated, requiring no tagging or categorization, and is used to target inbound marketing leads for enterprise corporations. We’re built on an incredible foundation – utilizing a content delivery network, cloudbursting, SOA… even a ping service. Our newest feature, webtopost, is allowing customers to submit their own blog posts to the corporate blog!
Deepak @ BusinessAttitude.com
May 11th, 2009 12:16 pm
Self hosted WordPress – it goes without question.
It is professional and customizable. If you are really serious about your blogging, a domain name and a self-hosted WordPress blog are a must.
Soon, the word blog and wordpress will mean one and the same! he he!
venkat
May 11th, 2009 3:12 pm
using blogger though it lacks the plug-ins and interface the wordpress templates have.
Sharninder
May 11th, 2009 3:39 pm
I used to be on blogger a while back but have been on wordpress.org since the last one year and will never go back
Paritosh
May 11th, 2009 3:39 pm
@venkat plugins have their substitutes as widgets
@Ginkgo100 pardon me for the mistake
Delta Squadron
May 11th, 2009 3:41 pm
I am using Wordpress.org because it is easy to use for me and wordpress has many plugins. :-)
Casual
May 11th, 2009 4:45 pm
I used to be a fan of MovableType, but now I use WordPress for everything, even as a general CMS. It’s such a simple yet powerful and extensible web development tool… there’s really no better way to develop a website.
Also just installed WordPress MU for the first time today, and am looking forward to playing around with BuddyPress. If they can do for social networking what they did for blogging, this could be big.
Shanker Bakshi
May 11th, 2009 6:39 pm
Before actually viewing the results i was dead sure that it will be WordPress.org ( Self Hosted ) Bloggers loves it.
Ben Barden
May 11th, 2009 8:18 pm
Ginkgo, thanks for mentioning Injader. I’d recommend it too, but I created it, so I’m biased. :)
clickktdotcom
May 11th, 2009 8:57 pm
Wordpress.org is the king ^_^
jon buscall
May 11th, 2009 9:10 pm
I moved from ExpressionEngine to WP self-hosted (plus Thesis) just over two months ago. I have seen a massive increase in traffic, comments and expect my google rank to go up next time around. I was a fan of EE for years but the SEO out of the box was rubbish. WP has so many excellent plugins and community support that it encouraged me to give it a try. I don’t regret the change.
Dean Saliba
May 11th, 2009 9:16 pm
I used Blogger for about am ontth when I first started, hated it and moved to self-hosted Wordpress. That was three years ago and I havee not looked back since!
Philippe Borremans
May 11th, 2009 9:57 pm
It always amazes me that Squarespace is not in the “usual suspects” list… Have been using it for years and is still the best for me.
The Casual Observer
May 11th, 2009 10:15 pm
I used Blogger for a few months before being convinced to make the jump to self hosted Wordpress. Blogger was easier out of the box, but Wordpress seems considerably more flexible.
kosmo @ http://www.observingcasually.com/
Vincent, from PlasticPilot.net
May 11th, 2009 10:25 pm
wordpress.org for both my blog and my mini-blog (see link) with a mixture of love and hate.
Love for all the possibilities, options, themes, plugins and freedom it offers…
Hate for the time tweaking it, configuring it, playing with it and trying new things consume.
One more wordpress.org addict :-$
Make Money Online
May 11th, 2009 10:33 pm
This is a no brainer, its wordpress selfhosted.
Jeff
May 11th, 2009 10:34 pm
BlogEngine.net for me. wirtten in c#
ohmelayu | melayuboleh
May 11th, 2009 10:44 pm
wordpress. self hosted. Thats what i love to use.
Kenneth Bruun
May 11th, 2009 10:46 pm
We use DotNetNuke with Ventrians News Articles module. By using DNN we can expand the blog to a large website with functionallity way beyond what Wordpress can offer.
I love WP as a blog only plattform, though
WebMarketingArt
May 11th, 2009 11:04 pm
Wordpress wins hands down. The plugins freely available everywhere make it even more popular among bloggers.
Joan Nova
May 11th, 2009 11:05 pm
Very timely question for me. I’m on blogger but spent the weekend start to rebuild at WP.com, but now I’m starting to rethink that decision. I forget that they don’t allow ads. That was the reason I started with them and switch to Blogger in the first place. I also don’t like that you can’t alter the fonts or colors on their offered templates.
Robin
May 11th, 2009 11:21 pm
I have been very happy with the flexibility of WordPress.org. I am even working on a non-blog project with it. I can’t see needing anying else for blogging purposes. I will eventually need to learn how to use a ground up builder, for a few things I have in mind, but it is amazing how far the abilities of Wordpress.org can be stretched, and how many great themes and plug-ins are available for it, completely free.
Greek Live News
May 11th, 2009 11:36 pm
WordPress as platform is a unique SEO CMS. We have test all platforms and with wordpress we are impressed
Honza
May 11th, 2009 11:50 pm
I’ve started the firs blogging efforts with Blogger, but later moved to self-hosted WordPress. The main reason being full control over the system and content ownership.
Dominique
May 11th, 2009 11:52 pm
I’m also using self hosted wordpress it is the best. Have used blogger and wordpress.com. Still use wordpress.com for personal and test blogs.
Jeet
May 11th, 2009 11:54 pm
My first blogs were on Livejournal and I tried blogger for a while but nothing beats the control I get with self hosted wordpress blogs.
alone
May 12th, 2009 12:48 am
Sincerely, I’m in love with WP =)
Jackie Chia
May 12th, 2009 1:01 am
I AM USING THE WORDPRESS SELF HOSTED .
SO MUCH,SO GOOD.
JACKIE CHIA
ITrush
May 12th, 2009 1:06 am
WordPress all the way.. I’ve no doubt about it.
Nicole/MadlabPost
May 12th, 2009 2:22 am
I use Blogger for two blogs and will be making the switch to Wordpress for at least one of them soon. I have also used Livejournal but didn’t set it up right so I don’t blog there often.
Rob H
May 12th, 2009 3:50 am
Wordpress self host on my web host provider – no doubt.
Easy to install
Easy to maintain
Easy to use
what more do you want. The readily available wordpress themes is probably the best part. No thinking about design or layouts.
The Naked Redhead
May 12th, 2009 4:23 am
I’ve used both Blogger and Wordpress, but have switched over to Squarespace for both usability and customization options. It absolutely does everything and more for what I need in a website and blog.
I’m actually surprised that Squarespace doesn’t have some sort of ass-wiping service…seriously, people, it’s that good. I think what really drew me initially, though, was the free trial that didn’t ask for a credit card. Good people, good stuff.
Mike Collins
May 12th, 2009 5:23 am
Looks like I’m in the majority with self-hosted WP.
ezFreeSamples.com
May 12th, 2009 7:29 am
WordPress Self Hosted is the bee’s knees!
LoL… I love WordPress. It was actually because of Problogger.net and the tips here that steered me to WP from Drupal and Joomla in the first place. Ever since I haven’t used any other platform. Thanks!
Brad
May 12th, 2009 10:56 am
I currently use Typepad (the option I voted for) but I’m moving my blog to Wordpress (the self hosted version) very soon.
Zach Younkin
May 12th, 2009 11:36 am
I use both Wordpress.org and Wordpress.com and I must admit that I love them so, so much.
They rock!
If you aren’t using it, you need to!
Rich Hardt
May 12th, 2009 1:16 pm
Your timing is perfect. I am getting ready to jump into blogging and was asking around to determine which platform to use. Looks like WP/self hosted is the clear leader. Thanks.
Modern Street
May 12th, 2009 2:30 pm
I’ve tried, tested, and used many CMS and blog platforms, but WordPress is still the best. I’ve used Textpattern, Joomla, Drupal, Dragonfly CMS, and e107 before, but none beats WordPress in terms of usability. I’d still Textpattern as the more light and robust blog platform, but WP is just so user friendly.
Kikolani
May 12th, 2009 4:12 pm
Looks like I’m on the most popular: self-hosted WordPress. :)
Kikolani.com
Domain Name
May 12th, 2009 5:45 pm
Self-hosted Wordpress. When you are hosting your own blog, you have complete control over every aspect of your blog – including ad revenue
KM
May 12th, 2009 6:33 pm
Wordpress Self hosted is the best choice. At least, you can control both usability and customization options.
A Dawn
May 12th, 2009 9:22 pm
I use self-hosted Wordpress. It is the most customizable platform I tried and the plugins are very easy to use.
Another Way To Earn Money
May 12th, 2009 9:36 pm
Blogspot is the best the best for me, because it just take care of the domain.
Luke
May 12th, 2009 9:57 pm
Wordpress has to be the only option really i have played around with a few alternatives but nothing seems close in terms of customization, flexibility and usability
also if you pick and good theme a lot of the hard work Seo wise is already done for
i personally like Wordpress because it has taught me a few tricks about php too. I have been able to play around with templates and themes and the support online is amazing if you ever get stuck along the way
Frank
May 12th, 2009 11:46 pm
I use Wordpress.org (Self-Hosted). I am in the process of moving all of my posts over to my Self Hosted Word Press platform at the moment because I use to use Tumblr. After talking with some people and wanting to take blogging seriously, I was told that self hosting my blog on Word Press would be the ultimate platform to use. I am very satisfied with the move over! I use free hosting recommended to me from http://freewebhostingarea.com
Agent SEO
May 13th, 2009 12:12 am
I have experience with Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad, Joomla and Squarespace and I must say that Wordpress has offered the MOST in terms of usability, functionality and technology.
My vote goes for Wordpress!!!
sachin
May 13th, 2009 1:20 am
I use blogger see here http://qtp.blogspot.com and have voted for it.
Chris
May 13th, 2009 2:44 am
Definitely, self-hosted WP. I’ve tried WP.com, Blogger, and a few proprietorial formats. I love being able to customize my blogs for my needs. The fact that it is so SEO-friendly is another plus. I just started using it as a CMS. Another point: its versatility.
D. Travis North
May 13th, 2009 3:09 am
I’m impressed with the number of Wordpress users. I know it was popular, but not that popular.
I used Drupal for years and in some regards, I think it has more potential. But Wordpress is leaps-and-bounds easier to maintain in recent years. That’s the thing, I do PHP programming as well, and Drupal was incredibly difficult to code for (in my opinion) as compared to Wordpress. So that’s how I stumbled back into Wordpress. I’m using Wordpress for three of my sites now and considering converting one of my other sites from Drupal. It’s a daunting task, but I really think it makes that much of a difference.
My only beef – finding the right plugins for Wordpress is difficult. I think they need to organize the site a little bit better with respect to the plugins.
charles palma
May 13th, 2009 3:35 am
I prefer a platform close to the heart of search engines and managed by a multi-billion dollar company. Good future and less expenses. :)
Deborah
May 13th, 2009 4:00 am
Well Wordpress is a very good platform to run a blog. However, it wasn’t enough for me and so I created Kezoor to do what Wordpress does and then some. Love Kezoor. Of course I know most of you have yet to hear of it but it is moving up the tracks.
In fact I think Kezoor beats Drupal and Joomla so far. But we shall see.
Sheryl Tuttle
May 13th, 2009 4:34 am
I will be very anxious to see the results of your poll. I’ve used blogger for quite some time for my personal blog, but because I had heard so much about Wordpress, I decided to try it for my novel blog and my new business blog. While I will agree that WordPress is easy and looks more professional, at least the free version isn’t as customizable as blogger, so my vote stays with blogger.
Marilyn
May 13th, 2009 4:42 am
Self hosted Wordpress wins hands down. I moved one of my blogs over from Blogger, and couldn’t get over the difference! The interface is SO much more intuitive, and the platform has great functionality. The real icing on the cake is the Wordpress.org community! All the plugin and theme developers extending the possibilities of the platform on a daily basis. Good stuff!
Constance Mettler
May 13th, 2009 6:05 am
I use Ning.com because my blog is part of the social networking community I started on Ning—an all-in-one site, blogging, photo sharing, discussions, membership, networking.
Cas Summers
May 13th, 2009 6:27 am
I’ve just started my blog… My wife told me to use a self hosted Wordpress platform… I did, because she’s always right :-)
Feelbeen
May 13th, 2009 7:16 pm
Sure. Wordpress. Ops.. do I use most?
Ok. Wordpress Mu version.
Prince Sioni
May 13th, 2009 7:48 pm
I use Wordpress (self -hosted) because I have a litte knowledge about PHP and html and because of the several plug-ins and themes available.
Typepad is very good for people with little or no html knowledge but it is very expensive.
Blogspot is a little bit rigid but always get more page ranks :)
Julien
May 13th, 2009 8:24 pm
I recently tried drupal for a community-website I’d like to launch.
I had worked for a few years on Wordpress for my main blog.
After a few days of hard labor under Drupal… I completely ditched the CMS and went back to Wordpress and try to use it as a CMS.
I’m just to used to it… ! But I do love it :)
So it’s Wordpress all the way, blog… or not!
Azam
May 13th, 2009 9:04 pm
I thought blogspot will have more user.
I’ve been using Wordpress (Self Hosted) as I see that it have more themes and plugin compared to any other platform.
It will be much easier to find help if you have any problem with it when there are a lot of people using it.
Anyway, very interesting survey.
Alex Brooks
May 13th, 2009 9:55 pm
I use self hosted wordpress, it’s so easy to customize and I like to be in control of my blog and it’s hosting etc.
Naomi Trower
May 14th, 2009 12:09 am
Wow! Self-hosted wordpress is winning by a landslide! That’s good to know. I started out with a free wordpress blog just to see if I would like it since I love to write. I desired to be an author in the past. (Still may be in the cards one day) I ended up on the 1st page of google. Then I wanted more functionality so I switched over to self hosted and have loved it ever since. I have had wordpress designers reach out to me to help me with designs due to their love of my content. Now I have a 2 blogs..a fitness one and a business one. Wordpress self hosted all the way! I LOVE IT! :)
Ginkgo100
May 14th, 2009 12:45 am
I AM COME TO EAT CROW. Earlier in this discussion I said, “Creating a custom layout is, for me at least, a little easier with the blogger tags than PHP.” THIS WAS BEFORE I GOT IN VERY DEEP. I now say: To Hell With Blogger! Or rather, to hell with creating a highly customized Blogger layout. Most of what I said about Blogger is still true, but I am finding it just too ridiculously hard to develop a custom layout that looks the way I want it to.
Want to know what I mean? Check out my test blog (mypuzzletest.blogspot.com) and look at the right sidebar. I can’t get any of the blogrolls to look right because the Blogger widgets have their own CSS which I can’t access or change. The closest I’ve come are the last three, but even those look nothing like what I have in mind. I could just hard-code it all instead of using Blogger widgets, but then what’s the point of using Blogger?
Back to the drawing board — on another platform.
Felix
May 14th, 2009 10:55 pm
I prefer using blogger
Yudhistira
May 15th, 2009 3:18 am
Is anyone using Joomla …??
Sherman Haywood Cox II
May 15th, 2009 5:08 am
About a couple years ago…I switched 4 blogs over from wordpress to drupal. Since then I have switched one of my blogs back to wordpress (after seeing those really nice magazine themes)…However…I use so drupal views so much that I can’t switch my main blog back…
so I guess I am bout half and half…at any rate, any new blog will be wordpress…
The Word Seeker
May 15th, 2009 5:14 am
I voted for other. I use window’s live space. The reason is because I think it is clean and inviting. I used both wordpress and blogger, I stop using them because it did not become inviting. My blog is personal and window’s live is personal. So I think both combine is great.
Alison Kerr, Earthonaut
May 15th, 2009 9:09 am
I answered Blogger, but that answer will be changing soon – I’m in the process of moving to Wordpress.org and self-hosting.
I just need the time to sit down and think through the moving process – make sure I know what I’m doing! I’d been planning to move anyway, but the 31DBB forum folks convinced me to move sooner rather than later.
I love what I can do with Wordpress already after just playing with it, but I’m pretty glad that I “cut my teeth” on Blogger first because otherwise I’d probably never have started writing.
Lee Ka Hoong
May 15th, 2009 11:47 pm
I used Wordpress self-hosted since the first time I started my blog, until today..never changed. It’s the best blog platform for me so far, familiar user, strongly recommended!
Regards,
Lee
العاب شمس الدين
May 16th, 2009 7:50 am
In fact i am using more than one blog platform as i have several blogs running at the moment . I am using blogger , Joomla an wordpress . I’d rather use Wordpress (self-host ) if i could afford it . Anyway i am planning to migrate my blog soon . Looking ahead it wouldn’t be wise to have your blog platform changed after all the hard work you’ve put into it .
sky
May 16th, 2009 7:17 pm
I saw this first hand, but really I stumbled into it unintentionally. I put up a bumbling video of myself thanking everyone for allowing me to have over 6400+ visits in my first full month blogging. The video wasn’t great quality or presentation, but people realized it was very genuine and I received several comments and e-mails. Again, I wasn’t out to really benefit like this, but I realized a side benefit from my regular reader’s really connecting with the video. Thanks again for sharing this; it helped me so much in having a great start!
jobsyndicates
May 18th, 2009 6:28 am
Joomla has much better features then others, more than blogging. It is a framework. vote for joomla.
gaus surahman
May 20th, 2009 9:04 pm
I love doing things with my theme: theming, adding more functionalities, moving elements around, etc. Wordpress is I believe the mighty software for blogging. It’s all well-equipped fot it. It is it. Period. And yes, I started using Wordpress with great love for some time. Then along the way I have to satisfy my specific needs. I switched to Drupal and I am just fulfilled. I am not afraid of being the minority around the Wordpress majority here, as I always found love, no matter what the software is :) For the poll sake, +1 for Drupal.
Melayu Boleh
May 24th, 2009 10:32 pm
I use wordpress.org for most of my site network.
Really enjoy using wordpress as it has open support from many sources.
Todd Wallinger
May 30th, 2009 4:57 am
I just started on Blogger and so far it meets all my needs and is incredibly easy to manage. And if you do a little homework, you can format it any way you want. You wouldn’t even know my blog was on Blogger.
Check it out here: http://www.backstagebabble.com.
Lara Kulpa
May 30th, 2009 5:04 am
Todd, not to burst your bubble, but I’ve done 12 years of “homework” and I’m here to tell you that your blog is so very, very clearly a blogger blog. While I’ve seen blogger blogs that true, don’t look that way at first glance, you’ve got a few telltale signs like that double bordered box around your text based header for starters… VERY Blogger-esque.
That and the token “B” favicon that appears in my browser? Yep. Yer on Blogger.
That being said – if you think for one second that even getting rid of those two things will “hide your Blogger-ness” from advertisers or the search engines, you really should probably crack open another book and start doing MORE homework.
Todd Wallinger
May 30th, 2009 7:18 am
Lara, I understand what you’re saying and yes, my template is still recognizable as Blogger-esque by those who, like you, have done 12 years of homework. But to the 99.99% of my potential readers who haven’t, they won’t know.
Besides, I’m not trying to hide my Blogger-ness, as if it’s something to be ashamed of. It isn’t. I’m just trying to have it not be so in-your-face.
And I don’t get that “B” favicon in my browser.
Tezindenver
May 31st, 2009 2:01 pm
Would be nice if I could select more than one option in your poll, Darren. I use blogger and typepad. Not thrilled with either because I get frustrated with the limitations. From all the comments here, I guess I’ll have to try the self-hosted Wordpress.
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