The simplest and most powerful blogging tool, WordPress, is now being used as marketing tool. The creators aimed at getting the blogosphere to use WordPress, but now many internet marketers have begun to use it. They are doing it because there are tons of benefits in doing so. One of the major reasons being it is free. If WordPress were out on the professional business level stage, it would be valued at thousands.

Fortunately, it was released under the GNU GPL (General Public License). We have the right to use it, by keeping the copyright information as is. Once you read through the rest of this article, you will see that WordPress is an amazing choice for affiliate websites.

Firstly, the whole installation process takes less than five minutes. It is much faster if you have Fantastico. Fantastico is a software which installs programs with one click of a button. WordPress can be installed within 30 seconds with Fantastico. The only part that takes the most time is creating the MySQL database. You can work from anywhere to update your website. Unlike HTML websites, for which you need an FTP program, for WordPress the admin panel is right on your website.

Everything is simple at your finger tips; all you need is an internet connection. WordPress plugins can help with many tasks for your blog. There are tons of plugins which do something unique. The most common ones prevent spam, help with SEO and promote your blog. The best part is that all these plugins are free to use, and you can even edit them.

There is a search engine optimization plugin known as the “All-in-One SEO” plugin, which does all the optimization for you. This tool saves you a ton of money in the long run. Commenting is great way to get people to start a discussion, because it will help with your promotion. If you are worried about spam comments, you can just install Akismet, a simple plugin.

When you are writing content, WordPress will automatically save a copy on the server and put in the drafts folder. It is a very convenient way to store your content, if you want to come back and continue writing. The text editor can be set to a WYSIWYG system, which is very convenient as well. If you have some content, but do not want to publish it right away, you can set a date and time to publish it.

This is very helpful when you are going on vacation; you could have content in the system set to publish on a fixed date and time. Visitors love to see unique blogs, and with WordPress you can get just that. The themes capabilities will allow you to upload your own theme. If you want to opt for a free theme, you can find tons of them on the internet. Themes are created with many things in mind, some are for SEO purposes and others are for revenue purposes.

You do not need to go anywhere else to get a pingback because it is included in the WordPress platform. Since there are millions of people using the system, you can rest assured there will be tons of support when you need it. WordPress is not set to stop anytime soon, and they still will be coming out with future fixes.