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Wordpress.com Vs Wordpress.org

by Izerman
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Hi warriors!
As you can see in the title I want to know whats the best to choose when im gonna build a site/blog?
I'm planing to use another hosting service and i want to use my own domain name(not name.wordpress.com).

Thanks in advance

/Izerman
#wordpresscom #wordpressorg
  • Profile picture of the author Marian
    Wordpress.com is for free blogs. Not recommended for serious business sites. Wordpress.org has links to install the latest WP CMS and plugins and lots more. Recommended very much!

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  • Profile picture of the author Diana Lane
    You need the wordpress.org variant if you're going the self-hosted route.
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  • Profile picture of the author Izerman
    Ok thank you very much.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mokai
    .org is the actual script that you install on your own site so therefore a no brainer if you want a serious business / blog.
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  • Profile picture of the author RelicWeb
    definitely the .org flavor. Let us know if you have any questions getting it installed. Look for a host that offers Fantastico - this allows for installation of WP very quickly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Izerman
    I downloaded it but can't seem to get it to work and have no idea why?
    Do i need to have it hosted before i can start building?(can i build the site/blog before i upload it to a hosting server?)

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    • Profile picture of the author GerryMedia
      If you have Cpanel in your hosting, you can install Wordpress "automagically" using Fantastico in Cpanel. This is often called the one-click install.

      On some Cpanels, its called "Fantastico De Luxe." It's hard to miss, its icon is a big blue smiley.

      The long route of installing Wordpress is to download the zip or tar file from Wordpress.org, unpack the file, upload to your host via FTP, create the database user and database, and then go through the installation process.
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  • Profile picture of the author joefizz
    Hi there

    .com for commercial stuff and .org for free. depends therefore what you are going to use it for?

    HTH

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  • Profile picture of the author Jimian
    Everyone knows how good WP org is....

    But I decided to play around with WP com, the step-child of WP org.

    It's free (using their domain) so I set up a blog, bought a domain name and started playing around with it...

    The other day someone typed in "offline marketing consultants" and it was as they say "first page google" near the bottom. (offlinemarketingstrategies dot net)

    However, "offline marketing consultanT (no "s") and it's on 2nd page google.

    Believe me, I'm no SEO guy or blog guy but it shows just how on some keywords, you can move on up there using free WP com site. And it took only about 3 weeks to show up.

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    • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
      Originally Posted by joefizz View Post

      Hi there

      .com for commercial stuff and .org for free.
      Absolutely wrong!
      Read the TOS at wp.COM. The free blog hosted by them are NOT for commercial ventures. Period.

      .com = the free blogs hosted by Automattic where no commercial stuff is allowed.
      .org = the open source free script to dowload to be used on your own domain.

      Originally Posted by Jimian View Post

      And it took only about 3 weeks to show up.
      And it will take them one second to delete it if they think it's against their TOS
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    • Profile picture of the author Sarah Russell
      Originally Posted by Jimian View Post

      Everyone knows how good WP org is....

      But I decided to play around with WP com, the step-child of WP org.

      It's free (using their domain) so I set up a blog, bought a domain name and started playing around with it...

      The other day someone typed in "offline marketing consultants" and it was as they say "first page google" near the bottom. (offlinemarketingstrategies dot net)

      However, "offline marketing consultanT (no "s") and it's on 2nd page google.

      Believe me, I'm no SEO guy or blog guy but it shows just how on some keywords, you can move on up there using free WP com site. And it took only about 3 weeks to show up.

      ~ JIM
      Jim -

      The only problem with the free Wordpress.com blogs is that you don't own the space - Wordpress does. And they can (and will) delete your blog for anything that violates their Terms of Service, which includes pretty much any kind of blog you derive income from.

      You can certainly rank well using these pages, but for long-term, stable businesses, self-hosted Wordpress is a much better choice.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jimian
        Originally Posted by Sarah Russell View Post

        Jim -

        The only problem with the free Wordpress.com blogs is that you don't own the space - Wordpress does. And they can (and will) delete your blog for anything that violates their Terms of Service, which includes pretty much any kind of blog you derive income from.

        You can certainly rank well using these pages, but for long-term, stable businesses, self-hosted Wordpress is a much better choice.
        True, I had never worked with Wp before...was just fooling around with it. Heck, I wasn't even aware it wasn't for commercial purposes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Izerman
    Thanks for all the great replies.

    But i've run into another "dilema" do I use wordpress or One.com:s site building program(since im planing on using one.com for hosting)??

    /Izerman
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