I started with my own HTML/ASP skills when I blogged the first time for amrithallan.com. Then I used Blogger.com (I used the interface for my own hosted website). From there I moved to MovableType. I had begun to get disenchanted with it — due to its bulky nature — by the time it went commercial. For more than two years now I’ve been using WordPress. The biggest advantage of using WordPress is that it’s written in PHP and hence I can easily do the modifications I want. It’s very easy to create a basic WordPress template even if you have a fundamental web designing knowledge.
Modern Life is Rubbish has outlined the top blogging trends in a post titled Leading Average: Top Blog Trends where he presents the following numbers when it comes to people using various blogging tools:
- Custom blogging software: 45%
- MovableType: 15%
- WordPress: 12%
- Others: 11%
- TypePad: 7%
- Blogger: 6%
- MySpace: 4%
