Today every web hosting provider that offers Fantastico Scripts gives you an opportunity to install WordPress among other content management systems. WordPress being one of the most popular blogging platform often draws a lot of criticism.
Today I came across a video made by Mark from 45n5 entitled WordPress Sucks. Needless to say I had to respond to Mark’s video. If you have never seen Marks blog before I highly recommend to subscribe to his blog. Mark never ceases to amuse, entertain and educate his readers.
Being an outstanding programmer many of the points in his video are quiet valid. However I would like to respond to his video and point out one feature that I have problems with TypePad. My beef with TypePad is about the way it handles trackbacks. One of the things that I came to appreciate blogging is the ability to contribute to conversation. Marks post had received over 50 comments. Although I have not commented on his blog, I feel I am contributing to the conversation nevertheless. Unfortunately visitors of to Mark’s post are not aware of my contribution. Who or what is at fault? I think TypePad and its ways to handle pingbacks/trackbacks.
I say TypePad sucks more than WordPress. What do you say?
Anyway here is Mark’s video:
Here is a video response to Mark’s video. Enjoy!
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I like wordpress.
Easy to install and there are lot of plugins and themes.
Wordpress is the most user freindly not to mentions a blof tool with soo many free plugins available anytime any where, so what more you can ask..?? They are the best
I don’t utilize trackbacks, however i really feel annoyed at wordpress interface.
They really needs to work on it.
Some times WordPress users are not allow pingbacks/trackbacks. I think most of them are newbies. But I do remember linking to Problogger in the past and my trackback never appeared. I love the video though.
thanks for the mention vlad 😉
I’m not a fan of trackbacks and that probably is why i don’t notice that shortcoming.
Funny, just the other day on blogging pro, one of the few times I look at trackbacks, and I linked to it, well turns out it was scraper trackback. Wordpress has it’s troubles with trackbacks too.