What blog publishing platform is right for you?

I am often asked by a number of people what platform is the right one for publishing a blog? This is a very broad question that cannot be answered within a single off the cuff response. There are a number of questions that need to be asked and a number of factors that need to be addressed before any platform is decided upon as the perfect one for your needs.

There are as many publishing tools out there as there are web designers and consultants and each have their favorites. Usually it is a platform they are familiar with or one that they feel comfortable working with and they refer all their clients to those platforms.

Darren Rowse has posted a blogging tool comparison chart prepared by Susannah Gardner who writes about the comparisons and it tries to combine a few of the comparisons of blogging platforms. The chart, although only scratching the surface of blog tools and their abilities, somewhat misses the mark. The chart fails to discuss plugins and other information available to bloggers. It does spur quite a few comments, and it is a good start on the debate over what tools are best suited for bloggers. As you can see, the lines are easily drawn in the sand when talking about what is best.

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