Wordpress.com OR Wordpress.org?

by MarkSherris

Posted: 14 years ago 19 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Before I get comments telling me what the difference is, I already know lol

Wordpress.org, you download the file, upload through FTP and sort hosting out yourself etc etc

Wordpress.com - hosted by wordpress and easier to start etc...

My Question though...

I'm starting an Internet Marketing blog - Basically just dishing out quality useful content etc..

Am I going to benefit more from using WordPress.org?

Or

Will WordPress.com be good enough to start with?

Thanks
Mark

#wordpresscom #wordpressorg

bertuseng 14 years ago

I think getting your own domain would be better. You can also customize your blog better i think.
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- duia 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by bertuseng
  
  I think getting your own domain would be better. You can also customize your blog better i think.
  
  Can't agree with you anymore.
  If you have enough time to spend on WordPress, why you try to create a blog with your own domain. With your personal blog, you can earn extra cash when blogging.
  
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Paul Barber 14 years ago

Go for wordpress.org, then for the cost of a domain and cheap hosting you own the web property.
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MarkSherris 14 years ago

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- Susan Hope 14 years ago
  
  Even though you might not be going to monetise the site (which is pretty much a no no on wp.com), sooner or later you will most likely find the limitations of the wp.com site irritating to say the least, so you might as well start with your own domain and wp site that you can grow and change as you see fit over time.
  
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André Silverspoon 14 years ago

you may choose the wordpress.com for a start Mark
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- Istvan Horvath 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by André Silverspoon
  
  you may choose the wordpress.com for a start Mark
  
  Forget .com! Read their TOS and you will see it is not for IMers.
  
  You could use it as a "sandbox" (although it's different when you have it on your own hosting acct), just don't put any serious content on it. It is not you who is in control...
  
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jazbo

14 years ago

Choose wordpress.com if you want a quick start etc, but there are other wordpress hosted blog options out there (I own one) that offer a ton more features, templates and plugins than wordpress.com ever can. They are a halfway house between wordpress.com and your own hosted wordpress installation.

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Deedee11

14 years ago

I have 2 friends that actually had this happen. Good warning Alexa! For me, even with the challenges of the learning curve---I want my work to be my own & to last. . . and of course I want to make money

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

I can hardly believe the misinformation in this thread already.

If you intend on having any form of monetisation at all, wordpress.com is absolutely out of the question, as (a) it breaches their terms of service, and (b) they really will delete your blog within a minute of noticing that you've done so.

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Carol01

14 years ago

what about option of first creating blog on wordpress.com and use cutom domain mapping ($10 a year) and your own domain through some registrar. Once you create some decent amount of content and do some backlinking, get your own hosting move content to that hosting. after moving to your own hosting you can start monetising it.

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Andy Fletcher

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

With apologies for such an outspoken opinion, I think this is a simply dreadful idea. A business plan that involves starting with a site in one place and subsequently moving it to another is messy, complicated, difficult, time-or-expense-consuming and unnecessary. The need to move a complete site can arise, occasionally, through changing circumstances or things outside one's control. It's an incredible nuisance and clearly to be avoided if at all possible. To start out by specifically intending such an upheaval really seems extremely unwise.

Especially when the additional expense incurred to host it yourself will run to about 7 bucks a month and 3 minutes work with Fantastico.

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russells 14 years ago

I prefer Wordpress.org purely becuase you can install plugins and the customization is that much better.
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spearce000 14 years ago

Wordpress hosted on your own domain is the only way to go if you're going to be using your blog for IM. If you get a hosting package with Fantastico, you can install your blog with just a couple of clicks.
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ileneg 14 years ago

Why always one or the other? Do both....carefully.

You have received good advice...I too would suggest doing both but remaining w/in the terms of service of .com.
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vortrail 14 years ago

Wordpress org. I bought remix and that's a useful add-on for dynamic sites
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CDarklock 14 years ago

Originally Posted by MarkSherris

Will WordPress.com be good enough to start with?

As I understand it, you can't install your own plugins on WordPress.com blogs.
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hmigroupllc 14 years ago

You will always benefit more by self-hosting your blog. Wordpress free blogs do not allow any marketing. So if you don't want to make money, get the free blog. I you want to make money, spend 5 bucks on hosting, and and 10 bucks on a domain name.

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