In this chapter you have seen that you can create a blog with a basic Joomla! site and some help from third-party services. So why use a blogging component such as MyBlog along with JomComment, or a combination of XBlog, IDoBlog, and a commenting component like yvComments? The answer is very simple. It will be good if you start a blog and have different authors for your blog.
However, there are also some downsides to the use of a blogging component. The drawbacks are:
You have to learn how to use it the right way
It can slow down your web site
It adds a lot of bulk to your database since all the comments and posts are stored in extra tables
With commercial components it will cost you money
You have to update them separately from your Joomla! core updates
If you want to use a blogging component look at what the Big Boys are using
By the Big Boys I mean the well-known Joomla! ambassadors such as Steve Burge from www.alledia.com and Barry North from www.compassdesigns...