Written by Jerry . Published on 1 May, 2008 . 
WordPress is the blogging platform used by most of the bloggers on their own domain. Some use other blogging software as well, but WordPress is most popular. The reason for so much popularity of WordPress is nothing other than the distinguishing features it offers.
Here’re the five major advantages you get having your blog on WordPress.
Easy To Use: Three steps installation, user friendly interface and abundance of available tutorials make it the easiest blogging software to use.
Besides that it allows maximum customization, i.e. you can customization in whatever the way you want.
SEO Friendly: Simple and customized [search engine friendly]URL structures, tags and sitemaps etc make a blog noticed more by search engines, and this is all what WordPress provides.
Availability Of Variety Of Designs & Plugins: One of the major advantage is the widely available plugins and themes, that make a newbie an expert even.
Spam Control: The best feature of WordPress is that in association with Akismet, it provides the best spam control. In case if your domain is hit by spammers and you’re using WordPress, you don’t need to worry at all.
More than just a blog: WordPress Can Not Only Be Used For Blog, but also for a variety of purposes. It’s not only a blog but serves as a CMS [Content Management System], i.e. a news site etc.
There may be many other benefits that WordPress offers, but for that you must have to use it, you’ll get an idea yourself that what you can make of it!
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