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All you need is an email address. You’ll get your own WordPress.com address (like you.wordpress.com), a selection <img class="features-img-capacity" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/capacity.png" alt=""/> of great free and customizable designs for your blog (we call them themes), <em>3 gigabytes</em> of file storage (that’s about 2,500 pictures!) and all the other great features listed here. You can blog as much as you want for free, your blog can be public to the world or private for just your friends, and our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://wordpress.com/products/">premium features</a> are completely optional. </div> <div class="features-themes"> <h3>Dozens of gorgeous themes</h3> <p class="features-themes-shots"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/1.png" title="Spring Loaded"><img class="features-img-theme" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/1s.png" alt="Theme thumbnail"/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/2.png" title="DePo Masthead"><img class="features-img-theme" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/2s.png" alt="Theme thumbnail"/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/3.png" title="P2"><img class="features-img-theme" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/3s.png" alt="Theme thumbnail"/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/4.png" title="Monotone"><img class="features-img-theme" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/4s.png" alt="Theme thumbnail"/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/5.png" title="Grid Focus"><img class="features-img-theme" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/themes/5s.png" alt="Theme thumbnail"/></a></p> <p>You can change the look of your blog with over 60 attractive themes ranging from professional to fun to crazy, and you can switch themes instantly with just a click of a button. Each theme allows you to customize your sidebar using widgets, and several themes let you upload your own photo or image for the header bar. We add themes regularly based on user requests. If you’re a CSS pro, you can also <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://wordpress.com/products">customize your CSS code</a>. </div> <div class="features-stats"> <h3>Integrated stats system</h3> <p>One of our most popular features is our stats system. It’s designed to give you up-to-the-minute stats on how many people are visiting your blog, where they’re coming from, which posts are most popular, and which search engine terms are sending people to your blog. It’s also <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/">available as a plug-in</a> for self-hosted WordPress. </div> <div class="features-writing"> <h3>A great tool for writing</h3> <p><img class="features-img-writing" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/writing.png" alt="Spellchecker"/> It’s easy to create great posts with WordPress.com. Uploading photos is easy, as is using services like Flickr or Photobucket. You can embed videos from YouTube or Google. And we know how frustrating it is to lose hours of work, so when you’re writing we continuously save your post, just in case. </div> <div class="features-tags"> <h3>Let’s get those 15 minutes</h3> <p><img class="features-img-tags" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/tags.png" alt="Tags"/> When you write a post and add relevant tags, we automatically add them to our global <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://wordpress.com/tags/">tag system</a> and tag surfer, driving new traffic as other people interested in the same topics as you will find your post and leave comments on your blog. You’ll be at the top of our Blogs of the Day in no time. </div> <div class="features-spam"> <h3>We kill spam dead</h3> <p><img class="features-img-spam" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/spam.png" alt="Akismet"/></p> <p>WordPress.com uses <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://akismet.com/">Akismet</a>, the world’s best comment and trackback spam technology. It blocks spammers from leaving comments on your blog. We also shut down spam blogs that try to sneak onto WordPress.com (so your blog won’t be in the same community as some Viagra-touting site). </div> <div class="features-support"> <h3>Great help if you need it</h3> <p>If you have questions about using or extending your blog, we’ve got some of the most responsive support around. We’ve got friendly fellow users in the forums and on our support team who will help you out. There is great <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://support.wordpress.com/">documentation</a>, a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://support.wordpress.com/contact/">support contact form</a>, and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://en.forums.wordpress.com/">forums</a> are active 24 hours a day. </div> <div class="features-stability"> <h3>Like a rock</h3> <p>We run hundreds of servers in three datacenters (Dallas, San Francisco, San Antonio) with instant copies of all your data and uploads in each. This allows us to serve your blog very quickly, and also if something catastrophic were to happen, like California falling into the ocean or Dallas being hit by a meteor, your blog would be okay. </p></div> <div class="features-vip"> <img class="features-img-vip" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/vip.png" alt="VIP"/></p> <h3>You’re in good company</h3> <p>You’d be surprised who’s blogging on WordPress.com. We host CNN’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/">Political Ticker</a>; Dow Jones’ <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://allthingsd.com/">All Things D</a>; Fox’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://gretawire.foxnews.com/">GretaWire</a>; Time Inc’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://thepage.time.com/">The Page</a>; People Magazine’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://offtherack.people.com/">Style Watch</a>; famous bloggers like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://realdanlyons.com/">Dan Lyons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://gigaom.com/">Om Malik</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://38pitches.com/">Curt Schilling</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://scobleizer.com/">Robert Scoble</a>; blogs for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://blog.flickr.com/en">Flickr</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://blog.secondlife.com/">Second Life</a>; and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://wordpress.com/vip-hosting">many more</a>. </div> <div class="features-import"> <h3>Pick up where you left off</h3> <p><img class="features-img-import" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/import.png" alt="Importer"/> If you already have a blog and would like to move it over to WordPress.com, you can import your content from Blogger, LiveJournal, Movable Type, TypePad, or an existing WordPress blog. </div> <div class="features-languages"> <h3>Over 50 languages</h3> <p><img class="features-img-languages" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/languages.png" alt="French welcome graphic"/>So far, we’ve been able to offer native versions of WordPress.com in over 50 languages. Not just our home page—we’re doing Blogs of the Day, forums, and even tags in whatever language you prefer. If you’re a polyglot, you can help with the community translation process. </div> <div class="features-community"> <h3>A great blogging community</h3> <p><img class="features-img-import" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/features/community.png" alt="Tag surfer"/> WordPress.com is a community and conversations continue from one blog post to another and through the comments. Our tag surfer feature makes it easy for you to find like minded bloggers interested in the same topics as you and connect with them. </div> <div class="features-multiple"> <h3>Multiple blogs and multiple authors</h3> <p>You can have as many blogs as you want! You’re only limited by your imagination. You can have group blogs with multiple authors who are allowed to post or contribute. This is great for topic blogs for things like books or politics, or just a blog for you and your friends in one place. </p></div> <div class="features-privacy"> <h3>Privacy options, including members-only blogs</h3> <p>WordPress.com allows you to have a completely public blog, a blog which is public but not included in search engines or our public listings, or a private blog which only members can access. If you want a public blog, but only occasionally post something private, we have a per-post password option, too! </p></div> <div class="features-widgets"> <h3>Sidebar widgets for Flickr, del.icio.us, Meebo, and more</h3> <p>You can add “widgets” to your sidebar and rearrange them without touching any HTML code or messing up your blog. Just drag and drop the sidebar widgets around, and instantly you can have fun stuff in your sidebar. We’re adding new widgets all the time based on your feedback and requests. </p></div> <div class="features-replies"> <h3>Track replies to your comments</h3> <p>When you’re signed in and leave a comment on WordPress.com, we have a special page which notifies you of any followups to your comment so you can easily follow your conversations no matter what blog they’re on. </p></div> <div class="features-pages"> <h3>Not just a blog</h3> <p>WordPress.com has a feature called “pages” which allows you to easily create web pages. For example, you could add an “about me” page with your biography, and a link to that page would be automatically added to your sidebar. You can even create an entire web site using pages on WordPress.com, with a custom home page and your blog as one of the sub-pages. </p></div> <div class="features-export"> <h3>No lock-in</h3> <p>You can leave WordPress.com any time you want and your content isn’t locked in. We provide a complete XML export of all your posts and comments. </p></div> <div class="features-advertising"> <h3>Advertising</h3> <p>To support the service we may occasionally show Google text ads on your blog, however we do this very rarely. You can <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://wordpress.com/products">remove ads</a> from your blog for a low yearly fee. In the future you’ll be able to show your own ads and make money from your blog. </div> <h3 class="features-digit">Digging it? <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://wordpress.com/signup">Sign up for a blog</a> with us, or check out our awesome <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://wordpress.com/products">premium features</a>.</h3> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <ul id="nav-util"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://support.wordpress.com/" title="We're here for you">24/7 Support</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://en.wordpress.com/features/" title="A sampling of the many features WordPress.com offers">Free Features</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://en.wordpress.com/products/" title="Value-added upgrades available a la carte">Premium Features</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://en.wordpress.com/vip-hosting/" title="For the best sites in the world">VIP</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://en.wordpress.com/tos/" title="Some legalese">Terms of Service</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://automattic.com/privacy/" title="We are profoundly disinterested in your private details">Privacy</a></li> <li><strong>See also:</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://wordpress.org/" title="Self-hosted, non-profit version">WordPress.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://ma.tt/" title="Founder of Automattic, example of what WordPress can do">Matt</a></li> <li class="last-child"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://www.facebook.com/pages/WordPress/6427302910" title="See reviews of WP">Fan WP on Facebook</a></li> </ul> <p class="automattic">An <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744/http://automattic.com/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/h4/i/automattic.png" alt="Automattic"/></a> Invention</p> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">addLoadEvent(function(){var a=document.getElementById('user_login');if(a)a.focus();});</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744js_/http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">_qoptions = { labels:"adt.0,language.en" };_qacct="p-18-mFEk4J448M";quantserve();</script> <noscript><p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744im_/http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-18-mFEk4J448M.gif?labels=adt.0%2Clanguage.en" style="display: none" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></p></noscript> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090701104744js_/http://s.stats.wordpress.com/w.js?19" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> st_go({'blog':'1','v':'wpcom','user_id':'0','post':'378','subd':'wordpress.com'}); ex_go({'crypt':'RDZ8LFkxbXFISXdsfGp6L2FQWU8zRFNZZkZsQVFiXVZJSkloS3NhMkhSWj1JV3VEVVZfZGhFeGRPMVpxTVthR1gySTVSLDhlajZwP05jYWYyWVQvX1l8LSs1ZnlyREF0MExuRFVpMHJrQTVHYTU5V28xTzFUP1EudHQ/W1Y1LmdiP3hUP0ZwdytZMltRK1MmbTh5VFJzU09wTiV4STRWdW1lZQ=='}); addLoadEvent(function(){linktracker_init('1',378);}); </script> </body> </html>