: WordPress vs. own blog (Rails) in terms of SEO I have a project running for which I'll need a blog (the site is coded in Rails). Now I'm not sure whether I should use WordPress or a custom

@Turnbaugh106

If it's SEO you want then go with Wordpress.

Once you start hacking rails about you'll never stop, then you'll realize that you need a dedicated blog engine and have a lot more work to do.

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@RJPawlick198

SEO value should be the same (assuming you build it into your rails blog). Wordpress comes pretty good out of the box on the SEO front. Wordpress will take you about 30 seconds to install, but won't be integrated as well into your existing site as one you build yourself. So it's really a matter of preference.

Personally I've seen a lot of people just want something simple and then down the road end up wanting more functionality that they then have to build in on a custom blog, but is already available on WordPress, so I would lean toward WordPress even if you don't care about functionality now.

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