10. Expression Engine

Expression Engine is an easy to use user friendly site platform which allows user to create and customize their web pages as per their whims and fancies. Designing, uploading content and structuring a site can be done in a highly simplified manner. The platform has been built on Expression engine’s own open source framework CodeIgniter. This framework works fast as well.

9. Tumblr

With 65.8 million blogs, 28 billion posts and a workforce of 106 employees, Tumblr is well on its way to the top. The platform offers easy to use features which allows users to share, create links, upload content and perform so many other functions. Everything on the platform can be customized, right from the background colors to the theme of your website.

8. Made By Frog

The main aspect which works in favor of Frog is its easy user interface. Using and managing various functions on the platform is very simple. The platform offers a large number of tools for easy creation of websites. This PHP content management system can be used with PHP5, SQLLite 3 or MySQL database and web server. When you use Frog, you don’t need any kind of technical skills. You can still add photos, articles and videos to the site.

7. Cantao

If you require a website which has a very professional appearance, Cantao is the platform you should use. The best thing about the platform is its easy maintenance features. Websites can be customized to make them more search engine friendly. The services provided by Cantao include Live Update service, easy user right management, latest CSS framework and functional inbuilt modules. Cantao is one of the simplest CMS platforms to work on.

6. Silver Stripe

SilverStripe is a very powerful tool. Its high security features along with several other functional aspects have made this platform a preferred one for nonprofit organizations, business establishments and government agencies. The platform is one of the easiest to use and offers a lot of scope to for building web applications. The designs of the websites which can be created with Silver Stripe are very attractive. This is a great platform for building interactive sites. It is based on PHP5 framework and offers multiple language support, caching and sub-site support.

5. Blogger

Blogger is by Google and is very powerful. The main advantages of Blogger are its user friendly nature, Adsense integration and customizable templates. The no-nonsense approach of the platform is especially appealing. If you are completely new to the site building arena, Blogger should be your preferred choice.

4. Get Simple CMS

The name “Get Simple” reflects the character of the platform. With Get Simple, you can work at the basic level and create some awesome looking sites. Basic XML is used for information storage instead of SQL. So, speed is pretty high. You can undo any option, install features easily and set a customized theme for the website. The user interface is especially strong. Although the platform is aimed at small site markets, a lot of medium and large businesses have also taken a liking for Get Simple because it is simple, highly functional and easy to manage.

3. Movable Type

Movable Type offers a lot of ease and functionality when it comes to creating and managing websites and blogs. Although basically a blogging platform, Movable Type accommodates all features required for designing efficient websites. The major advantage of the Movable Type is its many features and the availability of a huge number of themes. However, the platform is slightly less flexible when compared to WordPress for customization.

2. Jhoomla

Jhoomla is another platform which comes close to WordPress. It is an excellent choice for building websites which require incorporation of complex applications. Its greatest strength is that despite the many features, it has a very simple user interface which makes it very user friendly. You can add, edit, update and perform a lot of other functions with heightened ease. Jhoomla is also highly customizable, offers numerous themes and is easy to maintain. However, if you are working with lots of photos and videos, Drupal is a better option. If you are a newbie, you should stick to Jhoomla.

1. Drupal

Drupal is one of the best and the strongest competitors for WordPress. It offers excellent CMS functions, is extremely powerful and is loaded with features. The platform is great for building photo galleries, ecommerce sites, management of mailing lists and CVS integration. The numerous themes offered by the platform are especially attractive. The platform is highly customizable. In a word, Drupal is as good a CMS system as WordPress. On the flip side, the numerous features can be slightly confusing for a newbie.

1. W3 Total Cache

For any WordPress website W3 Total Cache is the must have of all the essential must haves. The Total Cache plug in helps your website to load much faster. In itself this is a great plug in, but it goes further to save static versions of your website that it doesn’t use as much CPU when loading. The price is right at being free and it is easily installed through the WordPress dashboard.

2. WordPress SEO with Headspace 2

It use to be that All in One SEO was the must have in the do it yourself WordPress optimization. However, people have been asking for something that is more customizable and gives more options. The Headspace2 plugin is that answer to complete control over your SEO needs. Everything from defining your meta tags on separate pages to adding in Google Analytics and a whole list of other control measures.

3. WPTouch

The world has gone mobile. With that understanding, bloggers and website owners must work within this new world order. Making your WordPress site mobile ready means that you must have a lot of PHP knowledge. With the WPTouch plugin, though, you do not have to know anything other than how to install and activate it from the WordPress dashboard. Then, in an instant, your website is mobile friendly.

4. Google XML Sitemaps

One of the most important aspect of any website is its ability to be found on Google, Bing, Yahoo or other search engines. With this simple to use plugin, you can easily set up your site to be indexed by these websites and routinely crawled for new content. Any WordPress website that does not use this plug in is going to have a hard time getting any Google love.

5. WP-DBManager

Your website database is an important part of your online existence. Without it your website would simply fail to work. With the WP-DBManager you can have complete control over every aspect of your database. This plug in will seek out any repairs needed, to updates automatically, and even send you an email with all the information from your database each day. Again, this great plugin is free so there is no reason not to use it.

6. SEO Smart Links

Really good SEO means that you are doing a great deal of inter-linking within the pages of your website. Many times this can be daunting task as you try to remember relevant posts that you may have written years ago. The SEO Smart Links plugin will automatically link keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog taking a great deal of the pain of blogging out of the picture. This is a perfect, free, solution to having relevant links as well as affiliate links on different pages.

7. Akismet

Ask anyone who blogs today and they will tell you that the most annoying aspect of blogging is the comment spam. This incredible annoyance takes a lot of time to weed through the real comments from those that are robot generated. However, with the use of Akismet your blog is protected from this onslaught. The plugin works through a larger database to check each comment made on your blog to see if it is spam or not. A great time saver and stress reliever.

8. Broken Link Checker

The Internet is ever changing and websites tend to come and go. If you have a lot of links going out from your content to other blogs, websites, or articles it can be a tough job keeping track of them all. In all actuality, it is an impossible task to stay up on your links and make sure they are working. The Broken Link Checker plugin continually monitors your links and lets you know when any of them are no longer working. Once you are notified you can then make the necessary changes and save your blog from an unprofessional look.

9. Adsense Stats

Most of the WordPress blogs that are in operation today have some sort of monetization process on it. In a great majority of these sites it is through the use of Google Adsense. The only way to keep track of your daily earnings is to log into the Google site and check the reports. However, with the Adsense Stats plugin you can now do all of this at your WordPress dashboard. Making slight changes according to the rise and fall of your earnings can now be done on the fly and as things happen.

10. Social Sharing Toolkit

The most successful WordPress sites are those that are easily shared from within each page. Through give your visitors to share your pages through Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, or any other sharing site, you can reach thousands more people without having to actually advertise. The Social Sharing Toolkit is a free plugin that is customizable for which sites you would like to offer your visitors.

A WordPress website has really taken the tough process of creating a website and made it easy for just about anyone to do. With the use of plugins you can then configure a lot of different aspects of your site, automate certain things, and even add a lot of functionality. Get started with these top 10 essential WordPress plugins and expand from there to suit your needs.

10. Multi Level Marketing

Ok, i have to say that this is the worst way of making money and do it at your own risk. Multi Level Marketing have often turned out to be scams essentially because the MLM companies are unable to survive for long term since they don’t  have any authentic business models. Also this is the only method from our list where you may just need to invest some money before you can invite other people to join you. Multi Level Marketing (MLM) helps you make money whenever you get a new person to join you. Some of the current high Profile MLM companies are Amway, Nu Skin, Xango, etc.

P.S: MLM’s may just hamper your reputation if they close down any time after you have persuaded your friends or relatives to join.

9. Web Hosting Affiliates

Web Hosting Affiliate is one of the easiest way to make money online, You can simply sign up with a web hosting company and tell others who are looking for web hosting to buy a package from space by giving them the link that you received after joining a particular web hosting company. Web Hosting companies gives great incentives which range from $5-$125 per customer sign up so even if you could get few sign ups every month that should get you a good income and make a good alternative revenue stream.

You can sign up with a lot of high paying companies like HostGator, JustHost.

8. Affiliate Marketing

Does selling Web Hosting looks difficult to you? Never Mind, there are hundreds of other things that you can actually sell any other Digital Product online and can earn upto astonishing 75% commission on every sale you made. The products can range from any small ebook to a full fledged software. There are tens of thousands of products for you to choose from so you can select one that gives you maximum money or the one that you feel you can easily sell.

You can simply sign up for ClickBank Affiliate and then promote the products you wish to sell.

7. Teach some one a language you know

This is the one field that has least competition, you can simply teach a language you know to some one who’s willing to learn and trust me there are hundreds of people who would be willing to learn your language online. It also lets you make a lot of new connections and thus a great way to make some alternative money.

You can simply sign up for LiveMocha by clicking here.

6. Paid Reviews

Paid reviews is one great and simplest way to make money online. You would need to write down a great review about a product or a service and once your review is approved you would be paid for it moreover you can also use that service or a product  free of cost. Paid reviews are mostly selected if you write a positive review about the product.

There are a lot of services that lets you write down Paid reviews like ReviewMe, SponsoredPosts.

5. Development / Freelancing

Ok, so if you can code or develop applications or something than there is no work like this. You can look out for opportunities and tasks on different sites where people are looking out to hire website developers, designers, coders, app developers and a lot of other technical stuff. Thus there is no dearth of money if you can code online.

You can check out a lot of sites where you can view the projects like Freelancer, Elance.
4. Google Adsense

Google Adsense is the most stable program to make money, and also definitely the best long term program. If you are having a website thats gets traffic then this is definitely the best thing to consider. Whenever some one would click on the ads over your website you would be able to make money. Although it’s a bit difficult to be approved as a Google Adsense Member but if you can consistently write quality content then you shouldn’t have any issue.

You can sign up for Google Adsense by clicking here.

3. Sell on Ebay/Amazon

So if you have an interest in trading then this is the e-business for you, you can sell the items on Ebay and Amazon without even stocking the items and still make a good profit. You can contact a supplier and then sell the product on these E-Commerce stores at a premium enough to get you good profit and just enough to keep you lower than the market rate.

You can view Ebay and Amazon.

2. Sell Service on Fiverr

Fiverr is one of it’s kind community, a community where some one can do your task for just $5. So if you have a unique art or ability that you feel that can have a high demand than you can simply list it on fiverr and be prepared to get some high results. Although we understand that $5 is a small amount but the volume is so high that you can get huge number of orders enough to make this as a great alternative source of revenue.

You can sign up for Fiverr by clicking here.

1. Blogging

Blogging tops our top 10 list, this is one work that can make you tons of money but requires high Persistance, Skills and Hard Work. You can simply blog about any particular topic and build an authority over it. Then there are endless ways to make money from it, the primary ones being Ads, Affiliate or you can simply post about some one/product (Sponsored Posts). Bloggers strive towards building a large community of readers so that their articles can be read by maximum number of people. Also starting up with blogging is pretty simple work you can simply sign up for WordPress and start by using a self hosted blog.