Google and WordPress – Love at First Site

The question of the moment these days is: Should I use WordPress for my website? The answer is probably, yes.

The Number One Reason to use WordPress for your blog or small business website is…wait for the drum roll here…GoogleLoves WordPress. Of course, WordPress also loves Google, but that goes without saying.

As it turns out, the developers of WordPress and their company Automatic, were smart enough to design the platform with the full intention of seducing Google. It worked too. As a result, WordPress has quickly become the most popular blog and website platform in the world, servicing about 12 % of the entire web and, it continues to grow. In fact, at this point, it looks like Google and WordPress will be together forever. There is definitely no divorce in sight here.

Google and WordPress, a match made in heaven

Why do Google and WordPress get along so well?

1. Google loves text because text is easy to read.
   
2. Google loves blogs because blogs are text-based and…text is easy to read.
   
3. Google loves logical architecture in a website and WordPress is designed logically.
   
4. Google loves cheap crawling and text is easy – therefore cheap – to crawl.
   
5. Google loves good SEO and WordPress, because of its structure and blog-based design is very SEO-friendly.
   

Google and WordPress, a great match for you

What does all of this mean for you, the novice blogger or website owner? It means that being found by Google, and any other search engine for that matter, is much easier when you place your blog or business website on WordPress.

1. WordPress is free for blogging, and as a small business website.
   
2. WordPress is easy to use for the novice, with no coding involved.
   
3. WordPress has wonderful features like themes to enhance the look and plugins to broaden its functions.
   
4. WordPress has an international group of programmers creating new and exciting additions to the basic design.
5. WordPress will only get better over time, based on the history.
   

For even more on the love affair between Google and WordPress, expand2web.com has a great article on the subject.

Using a blogging and website platform that the search engines love, especially the most popular search engine, Google, makes so much sense that it should not have to be mentioned by anyone. There are other platforms available, after all. With the relationship between Google and WordPress being so strong though, it just doesn’t make sense to go with any other platform. Really, it doesn’t.