Having previously published entries via ftp, we decided to move to WordPress following the decision by Google to discontinue support for publishing blogs to client sites in this manner.

The system was resource intensive for Google, so it was stopped when the company was going through some other technical restructuring.

There are numerous benefits to using WordPress for blogging, as well as for a CMS solution when making entire websites. It is search engine friendly in many ways and this can be further enhanced through the numerous SEO plugins available.

Customisation of look and functionality is quite quick and easy, even for novices.