What is the difference between wordpress.org and wordpress.com?

• You’ve had a look around the internet and decided that writing a blog is the way forward.
• You’ve looked at the available blogging solutions and have decided that Wordpress is the best blogging software for you.

But..

• You’ve heard about Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org… What’s this difference?

WordPress.com

Wordpress.com is an online service just like the google owned product blogger.com
With Wordpress.com you just register for an account, select a desired template and start creating pages and posts (articles).

Wordpress.org

Wordpress.org is the place to go to download the Wordpress software so that you can host the website yourself. Why would you want to go through the hassle of doing this when you can get a free site from wordpress.com?

Here’s a benefits for hosting your own blog:

1. You own the content, no-one can remove the content at their discretion. This has happened to a coupe of affiliate marketers I know who were marketing products in the online gaming arena. The terms and conditions of the online blog restricted this content, so after they had spent weeks building a content rich website and started to build traffic to their site… it was deleted overnight without their knowledge.
2. You can include adverts on your website to “moneytorize” you site.
3. You can add any number of “plugins” to your website to enhance its functionality.