This question is a good one, and one that I almost always answer “yes”. In fact in this article, “Why You Should Use WordPress“, which you should certainly read, I discuss many reasons why a WordPress site is the best way for most people to go. There is, however, a small percentage of people that might find it hard to use WordPress, either for a standard blog, or as a Content Management System, (CMS), for a website.
WordPress is generally thought of as being easy to learn and use, even for people who are not overly technically inclined. However, like with anything new, there is a learning curve that most people easily master. However, if the image you have of yourself is that you are unable to understand or learn how your computer, email, word-processing, or other technology works, then you might be frustrated trying to master WordPress. Most people will have no trouble using WordPress to manage, backup and post information to a website. Even if you need to hire someone to do upgrades to the WordPress software, set up email accounts on your hosting server, or to insert a custom logo into the header of your site, there are still useage and cost benefits to using WordPress rather than having a hard-coded html website.
But what if you want a web presence but have no time or interest in learning how to work with WordPress. What if you have difficulty surfing the web or using Google to find answers to questions. In this case, your choices are more limited. You could pay a lot of money to have a custom built html website made for you. Then you will have to pay your designer or programmer on an ongoing basis to maintain and administer your site. You can also have a WordPress site that you post new material to, but pay someone like me on an ongoing basis to do the maintenance and administration of the site. This costs less that the html web site route, but does require a small monthly budget for administration and support.
Your only other option is to use a service like Blogger. The one size fits all approach of Blogger is very limiting, but almost no technical interest or effort at all is needed. The other problem with a service like Blogger is that your site is on the Blogger domain. You do not have your own domain name and unique web address. For example this site is underthewordpresstree.com. On Blogger, the best I could get is underthewordpresstree@blogger.com, not good for SEO or having a professional web identity.
So, don’t be discouraged, just be realistic in evaluating the type of person your are and what your budget for your website is. Most of you will do just fine with a WordPress site. If you are unsure, contact me and I can discuss the specifics of your situation with you, helping decide which path you should follow.
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