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Five Reasons to Try Joomla for Content Management

15.09.2011
There are numerous Web content management systems available out there to serve the needs of companies large and small, including numerous free and options. One that's figured prominently in the news this week, however, is , which is making headlines for the fact that it recently hit 25 million downloads.

Some 2.7 percent of the Web now runs on Joomla, research firm W3Techs, which translates into a market share of roughly 10 percent. is currently the market leader, running almost 15 percent of all websites, while comes in third with 1.7 percent of the Web. Though Joomla is the relative newcomer among these three leaders, it boasts Citibank, , General Electric, Harvard University, Ikea, McDonald's and Sony among its enterprise users.

Does your company run a website? If so, here are a few reasons you may want to check out Joomla for yourself.

1. Powerful Core Features

A three-tiered content management system and WYSIWYG editor along with tools for managing syndication, templates, menus, integrated help and more all combine to make Joomla a robust platform for creating and building a variety of websites and Web-enabled applications. Recently added in the current version 1.7 are the ability to perform one-click updates and multilanguage improvements.

2. More Than 8,000 Extensions