1. Wordpress vs. Joomla By Kendall Wilkerson

2. Both are very popular website and blog building software. Wordpress An Open Source project – hundreds of people are working on it and it can be used for any purpose without paying a license fee. Completely customizable-There are thousands of plugins, widgets, and themes. As of February 2011, version 3.0 had been downloaded over 32.5 million times. Joomla Open Source Solution- freely available to everyone Can be used for anything from a personal family homepage to Small business web sites and Government applications There are over 6,000 free and commercial plugins available. Between March 2007 and February 2011 there had been more than 21 million downloads

3. Sites Made with Wordpress: Creative Spaces - http://www.creativespaces.net.au/http://www.creativespaces.net.au/ Fergus Neilson - http://www.fergusneilson.co.uk/http://www.fergusneilson.co.uk/ Jane Monheit - http://janemonheitonline.com/http://janemonheitonline.com/ Radium Labs - http://www.radiumlabs.com/http://www.radiumlabs.com/ Network Solutions - http://about.networksolutions.com/http://about.networksolutions.com/

4. Sites Made With Joomla: Demarkas - http://www.demarkas.com/http://www.demarkas.com/ Live TV Channels - http://www.livetvchannelsfree.org/http://www.livetvchannelsfree.org/ Nick Baynutn - http://www.nickbayntun.com/http://www.nickbayntun.com/ GURU, Online Educational Portal - http://guru.edu.np/http://guru.edu.np/ Easetock.com - http://easetock.com/http://easetock.com/

5. Sites that will help you get started! Quick tutorial on Wordpress- http://wordpress.lexty.com/http://wordpress.lexty.com/ Vedio on how to make Wordpress look like a website - http://www.expand2web.com/blog/video-wordpress-website/ http://www.expand2web.com/blog/video-wordpress-website/ Quick tutorial on Joomla - http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/joomla15/joomla_create_website.ht m http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/joomla15/joomla_create_website.ht m Tips and tricks about Joomla - http://www.howtojoomla.net/http://www.howtojoomla.net/

6. My Opinion? I think I would rather use Wordpress because it appears to be more user friendly and better suited for personal websites and blogs as opposed to business websites. Also It seems to be downloaded more often than Joomla, implying that it is most likely the better choice.