You’re in the blog section where this particular post has commanded a #1, #2, or #3 search position on Google since about 20-minutes after we published it 7 years ago for the phrase “Why Word Press.” So much for the theory that blog posts get pushed down after time.
Go to any of the main pages of this site showcased in the top navigation and, yep, still Word Press.



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That was soooo limiting to the true power of Word Press back then and such negative verbiage has pretty much left the conversation when Word Press comes up, thank goodness. Still today, after all these years, we use Word Press for the entire Here Next Year website…including the blog part.
Yes, the website you’re on right now is using Word Press.
Great for researching competitors, finding new blogs to comment on, doing product research or even gathering facts and info for your next blog post or article.
You also have the ability to easily add your own search engines to harvest from virtually any site.
Now, Word Press is the content management system all websites and blogs are compared to.
Before we get into the meat of the actual reasons why we feel Word Press is so great, let’s clear up another myth while we’re at it: A blog is a website…a website is a blog. Blogs just have a few more cylinders under the hood, if I was to use a metaphor.
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I was first introduced to the power of having a membership site at World Internet Summit, London earlier this year and couldn't wait to get one.