Deciding to develop an MLM blog in conjunction with your network marketing business is a great idea. Many people who choose to get a blog started decide to use WordPress as a blogging platform. WordPress is popular among online business owners because it is free and fairly simple to set up. One of the great things about using it for your MLM blog is that it includes many great plugins that will help make it easier for your blog to be found in the search engines and that also improve overall functionality and interactivity. If you choose to use WordPress for your MLM blog, consider this list of must have plug-ins.

Askimet - Spam has become rampant in blog comments. One of the best protections that you can have against having to deal with hundreds of spam comments is to make sure that the Askimet plugin is installed and active or your MLM blog.

All in One SEO Pack - If you think that search engine optimization (SEO) is a real pain, then you will love this plugin. This plugin will help you to optimize each page and post on your MLM blog for the search engines. So there is no need to worry about SEO.

Google XML Sitemaps - Sitemaps are very helpful any helping the search engines to find and index all of the content on your MLM blog. This simple plugin automatically builds and updates your site map whenever you update your site, making it easy for Google to index your content.

WordPress Database Backup - Everything that you post in WordPress is saved to a database. If you have ever suffered a computer crash, then you know just how trying it can be to get everything situated again. Your WordPress database is subject to crashes and corruption as well, so backing up your database regularly is a must. This plugin makes it child's play with a few clicks.

WordPress Thread Comment - One of the great things about having an MLM blog is the interactivity of such a site. Your visitors and prospects are allowed to comment on the information that you post. This particular plugin makes it easy for users to comment on existing comments as well. It displays these discussions in a nested style format.