Is There a Difference Between WordPress.com and...

Yes, there is a huge difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org

Donâ€™t get confused with WordPress.com and WordPress.orgÂ Anybody can get a free blog at WordPress.comÂ Nowadays, WordPress.com had passed 11 million users. People write about anything and everything. Unfortunately, WordPress.com does not allow advertisement. So, you cannot make money directly on WordPress.com.

There is another way to make money with WordPress. You can grab your spot on WordPress.com, learn the intricacies of WordPress, build steady interest to your blog and then take it to a self-hosted platform. It could be free. Learn more about

Free Web Hosting WordPress.org - that's where you get all free software.Â Once you are familiar with WordPress, download the software from WordPress.org to install it at the host of your choice.

WordPress uses plugins, therefore users can use these free plugins to support their blogs. Thoundsands of plugins are available, and the most popular one is Hello Dolly and Akismet. The Akismet helps bloggers to catch spams automatically in the blog comments.

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Kerrell Goolsby Nov 20, 2010, 10:26am UTC

Free stuff is good stuff!

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Ms Lee P. Nov 20, 2010, 10:35am UTC

I like free.

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borko simms Nov 21, 2010, 5:26pm UTC

Why is this entire post in bold?

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Alla Goltsman Nov 21, 2010, 7:07pm UTC

Gather had a glitch and gave me part of the post in bold. In order not to confuse people into thinking that the bold part was more important than the rest of the post, I made the whole post in bold.

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Alla Goltsman Nov 21, 2010, 7:07pm UTC

Thank you, Kerrell, Lee and Borko for stopping by.

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