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Top 5 Best Blogging Platforms to Host Your Next Blog

Posted on the 26 October 2014 by Babanature @proudlyonenaija

When we’re thinking of the best blogging site to host our newly created blog, WordPress and Blogger are the first two platforms that come to our mind, right?

best blogging platforms

Yes, those two platforms are very popular in the blogging community. If you are a blogger and have not heard about those platforms, then the world is just so funny.

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But do you know that apart from the two above mentioned platform, there are still other awesome CMS out there? Well, on my today’s post, we shall be mentioning five (5) of these CMS that are doing well in the blogging/website and SMS community.

The Top Five Best Blogging Platforms to Host Your Next Blog

What are the top five best blogging platforms around?

Okay! Here’s how we start the day’s show. The first on my list of the best blogging platforms is none other than;

WordPress:

Okay! I know you’ll agree with me that WordPress is one of the most used CSM around, right? WordPress is a good platform to host your blog or website because it gives you unlimited functionality and administrative privileges. You can easily use the platform even if you have little to know coding knowledge.

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According to Wikipedia, WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL.

You can choose to have your site hosted at wordpress.com and get the .wordpress.com as your site extension or you can get its stand alone software at wordpress.org to host on your own server.

No wonder majority of bloggers are using the WordPress platform…

Blogger:

It is impossible mentioning blogging platforms and not mentioning Google’s own blogger.

Blogger is also one awesome platform that allows you create your own free blog under the sub domain name of .blogspot.com.

Blogger is awesome, but you will enjoy the platform more if you know your way around coding…

According to Wikipedia, Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries.

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Unlike WordPress, you can’t install the blogger platform on a web server. But if you want to use a .com domain (custom URL), you can simply use DNS facilities to do the redirection

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Joomla

Believe it or not, joomla is also one of the most used platforms around. With its simple drag and drop feature, you can easily create your site in minutes even without the knowledge of coding.

According to Wikipedia, Joomla is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content.

To make Joomla work for you, you will need to have a web server to run it. Don’t worry because you can easily use it to create a good website or a nice looking blog. Bloggers who runs sms sites loves using this platform.

Drupal

Drupal is also one good CMS to look out for. Unlike other platform that deals with just blogging. With drupal, you can create anything imaginable from blogs to websites or even a forum

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According to Drupal, it is a free software package that allows you to easily organize, manage and publish your content, with an endless variety of customization.

TypePad

This blogging platform needs to be in the picture, why? They are also doing very well in the blogging world.

TypePad are so best for bloggers who don’t having coding knowledge or bloggers who do not know how to change stuffs like the theme, plugin and even mysql. You will get technical supports from their technician if you want to

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Conclusion

The above blogging platforms are well constructed in the sense of structure, SEO and every other thing you’ll think about.

Apart from the mentioned blogging platforms, there are still some more awesome platforms that can serve your blogging needs.

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Blogging is sweet, much fun and profitable when you blog on the right network.

Your Turn:

What platform are you using that I did not mention here? Do use the comment box below and drop them.

Do you have comments, questions and thought you’d love to share with us? Please do use the comment box below. Remember that your comments, questions and thoughts are highly welcomed and most appreciated.

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