http://webrealestatetools.com/realtor-forum/ Web Real Estate Marketing Forum » Tag: servers - Recent Topics en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:16 +0000 http://webrealestatetools.com/realtor-forum/topic/why-choose-wordpress-the-self-hosted-version#post-8 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:32:35 +0000 Anonymous 8@http://webrealestatetools.com/realtor-forum/ <p>There are two versions of WordPress - both software platforms are free of charge</p> <p>1. WordPress.com - you choose a name for your blog (say larealestate) and your blog is named larealestate.wordpress.com and hosted on one of the WordPress servers. This really does not help search engine optimization, limits the ways you can customize your blog and prevents you from embeddding IDX property searches.</p> <p>2. WordPress.org - you subscribe to hosting company (typical cost - under $10 per month) and use your own domain name i.e. larealestate.com. You have complete control of every aspect of your blog.</p> <p>The second option is the only way to go if you are determined to make a serious presence on the web! </p>