If a competition were to take place between Wordpress and Blogger, which one would emerge as the winner? Here we will examine the pros and cons of both sites. Then you can decide if Wordpress or Blogger is the best for your blogging needs.
Both Blogger and Wordpress are free to sign up but if you want a self-hosted Wordpress site you will have to purchase a domain and hosting package. If you wish to have only one blog then this is not a huge deal but if you desire to have numerous blogs all at once then the proceeds can really add up. Blogger by contrast, is completely free.
If control is vital to you then Wordpress is better for you as it allow rooms for more creative control over your blog. Blogger is owned by Google and therefore the blog you create must conform to their rules and regulations. If they decide to change the set up or layout of their blogs then you have no power over that. In other words, Google makes all the rules that you blog must adhere to, no questions asked.
Wordpress is user friendly for anyone and everyone. It is a content management system (CMS) that provides an extremely large amount of styles, themes, colors as well as layouts. Customization could not be any easier than it is with the blog host Wordpress. Wordpress permits its users to set up as many different types of themes as they desire, and plug ins abound at Wordpress.
On the other hand, Blogger is easy to use but difficult to customize. You more or less have to make use of whatever is in front or you as opposed to modifying it to work for you. If you have good computer skills you will be able to make some little changes in style and color at Blogger but the emphasis here is on the word small.
Going back to the area of plug ins, Wordpress is far ahead of Blogger when it comes to plug ins. In fact the site provides new plug ins and themes for users almost on a daily or weekly basis. Blogger does provide some add-ons for its users and templates but there is less to choose from.
When it comes to search engine optimization, Blogger comes out ahead of Wordpress because it is owned by Google and Google is the biggest search engine around. Blogger is a subdomain from the Google domain which helps facilitate easy search engine optimization. The default templates for Blogger are SEO friendly.
Wordpress is lacking in this area and it can be tough for Google to become familiar with a domain that originates from Wordpress. Quick indexing techniques can be put to use for your Wordpress account but search engine optimization is still a challenge for a blog hosted by this service.
As far as the internet marketplace is concerned, Wordpress is more popular and more respected. On the other hand, blogs created at Blogger are often seen as full of spam and it is common for blog directories to reject them.
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