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It is almost time for the 2010 Irish Blog Awards and a list of the contenders can be found at awards.ie/blogawards.

So, it’s a good time to take a look at one of last year’s winners, IrishEconomy.ie which won in 2009 in the category for Best Specialist Blog. It’s a particularly interesting case as it is an example of a blog which has been developed using WordPress and could have been up and running in a matter of moments. More on WordPress to come.

The IrishEconomy.ie site has not been customised and is an example of a web site straight out of the box, so to speak. The look of the site is that of the default WordPress theme designed by Michael Heilemann – they didn’t even change the colour!

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And they didn’t need to. The site gets over 3,000 hits per day (Sunday Times, 20th Nov 2009) and it’s success is due to content. WordPress has given them the functionality they need, without any fuss, and WordPress does provide powerful blogging functionality, but it is content that is the cornerstone of a successful blog.

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Twitter is the new ‘bush telegraph’. On the one hand, there is no-where to hide, but on the other, if you have good news to  share, there has never been a quicker way.

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