WordPress is by far, in the utmost and absolute sense, the most commonly used option for choice of Content Management System. And since we’re writing articles here at The Reputation Management Way about said systems, we just couldn’t leave wordpress out (doing so would not make any sense). While there are options out there besides it (specifically Drupal and Joomla, which we covered in previous articles) wordpress tends to stand alone. That’s not to say no one uses the other options, for example, the White House famously stands by their choice of Drupal (since it’s the most secure and most well-coded), and The New York Times and Rolling Stone are quite happy with their choice of Joomla as well, but other than that pretty much everyone out there uses WordPress.
WordPress famously has both a hosted and self-hosted version. The hosted version can be accessed via the “.com” version of their website, the self-hosted version via the “.org” version. WordPress is second to none when it comes to both themes and plug-ins, as almost all of the ones that are created in the first place are created specifically for WordPress. If you’re going to make use of the “self-hosted” route, it’s quite likely that you’ll need some knowledge of the PHP programming language. WordPress is written in PHP and uses a SQL database to store entries (and other relevant information), and it can be modified and changed to your liking using the PHP language (the database can also be changed using SQL).
When it comes to Online Reputation Management Services (and we’ve included a link to HopLite at left if anyone specifically would like help with the previous, they can help a bit more than we can if anyone has a very specific question) blogging can be a very effective tool, though not the only tool. Users should select a CMS that will help them the most and also keep in mind the technical differences between them (as well as level of difficulty in terms of use, programming experience needed, etc.). Dealing with reputation problems on the web is possible, and the techniques used as such are very effective, but one should still keep in mind all the different options available.