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BlogEngine.NET is an open source blogging system that offers an alternative to the other blogging solutions such as WordPress, MovableType and others. It is designed to be less complex, more easily customizable, and takes advantage of all the latest .NET features. Since it is designed around the current .NET framework, it is easily extensible and possesses a unique set of innovative features while remaining simple to use.

There is no database configuration or any other complicated setup required, as all you need to do is upload the files to any ASP .NET 2.0 web server and it’s completely plug and play. Once you’ve uploaded it you can immediately start blogging and taking advantage of the advanced feature set such as AJAX comments and screenshot trackbacks. It also has a number of web 2.0 features such as social bookmarking, OpenSearch support, gravatars, tag cloud support and much more. It also has referrer statistics, which allow you to see any and all websites that are linking to you.

With BlogEngine.NET you get an open source, .NET powered blogging solution that you can use in lieu of any of the other blogging solutions out there. If your hosting provides ASP .NET functionality, it’s very easy to set up and use, and provides .NET functionality not seen in any other blogging solutions.