WordPress Dot Com Goes Down — Design Different WP Blogs are OK

Did your website or blog go offline yesterday?

If it did, you’re not alone.  About 10 million blogs hosted by WordPress.com were down yesterday.  That’s ten million AKA 10,000,000 !

But not a single WordPress blog hosted by Design Different was down.

That’s because there’s a difference between hosting your own version of WordPress, which comes from the WordPress project, AKA WordPress.ORG, and allowing your WordPress to be hosted online for free by WordPress.COM.

Don’t get me wrong, the Dot Com version is a wonderful and free system.  Like Blogger was (and is) for the last eight years, WordPress is today.  It’s an easy, free, low-barrier of entry way into blogging.  And it must be working out OK, considering there’s at least 10 million people who have tried it.

But after trying out WordPress via WordPress.com, users often end up realizing they want more control over their website.  By letting someone like Design Different design and host your site, you’re able to have great customization and control over every feature.

And, yesterday at least, it hosting with us would have meant your website was still online.

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