I started my blog using WordPress and I have found it a platform that makes it easy to own and publish your own content online.
It is the foundation to the success of this blog which currently receives over 300,000 hits per month.
If you’re looking for an easy way to create a web presence and start sharing your ideas online, the best way to do this is to create a blog. Millions of users around the world already express themselves and share their thoughts by means of their personal blogs.
The advantage of having your own WordPress blog that is self-hosted is that you own it.
It is good to have a Facebook “page” or a Tumblr blog but they are owned by someone else and you can have a web presence there but under their “Terms and Conditions” It is basically a rental.
Read more at http://www.jeffbullas.com/2012/06/17/how-to-setup-a-wordpress-blog-in-5-minutes/#bU4ViejLGudrGCSo.99
Via Martin Gysler, Ken Morrison, Evdokia Roka, Jacob Broadhead, sarspri, Takako Kobayashi, Juergen Wagner
I've used Posterous as one of the easiest to set up blog platforms, based on it's amazing integration of video, photo, audio & documents) over the past 3 years - vs. Wordpress, not so much. However, the "you own it" aspects of doing this come home to roost as Posterous founder Sachin has been recruited to Twitter, along with Posterous, and things are changing.
So now a "back-up" button appears for Posterous, and it may be a good time to transport Posterous over to Wordpress to self-host what you have, as an example of this post above.
Google Analytics on Wordpress is amazing, and Jetpack is a easy, souped up tool for easy analytics and social media integration.
~ Deb
Self-hosting a WordPress site is the next step, after folks feel they've outgrown the free wordpress.com sites.
Both org and .com variants of Wordpress are a delight to use, I have sued them for years, had to abandon my hosted Wordpress blog when I upgraded my website. I miss it.