Thread: Blogger or Wordpress?

Which one is the best and WHY?

blogger is easier to use, nice interface but if your a serious blogger then wordpress would be a better option (more plugins,themes and better in seo)

Blogger is certainly great for new bloggers, plus you can create a new blog without having to do a new install etc

I wouldn't really say it's the best because some people would say otherwise but Blogger is my choice since I find it easier to use and saves me a lot of time when blogging.

Wordpress, easier to use, easier to customize, overall cleaner look and feel.

wordpress - better customization possible compare to blogger

I prefer Blogger... but I'm simple!

I think! WP is best due to unlimited plugins & Themes customization

WP looks more professional than Blogger, that's just my observation though.

WP...

There is no comparison possible.

I like Blogger because its easy blog for newbies but I prefer WordPress because it has addon features that allow you to do almost whatever you want with a blog.

Blogger for me. It`s so simple to use it`s almost child`s play. But, for those who do a lot of blogging, and want the more polished look, then WordPress is no doubt the way to go.

Well well..My choice is WP, because it is user friendly and may be no pain in using this blogging platform...! It come out with lot of plugins and widgets wen compared to Blogger...! Common Blogger users..! Have a change.. y go for old things when there are better ones.. ! It will be like choosing a 2nd hand car, than to choose a new one... :|

Start with Blogger.com ....
next step add your own domain in blogger ............
next step change to wordpress.org

That's what I did!!

I am not sure this is an apples to apples comparison,

This is like comparing having dial up AOL, as opposed to having a cable modem!

I guess to each their own!

I love the versatility of wordpress personally. I have tried blogger, only through helping a friends and didn't like it all that well

For newbies, blogger is the best platform with the added bonus of being able to apply and use adsense. If you are more experienced then switch to wordpress

when I'm getting started I use blogger but when I get used to it I like wordpress because of their creative design.

From what I hear, Word Press is better.

blogger for its easy use and fast google index

Wordpress..

Larger user base of contributers, more flexible, more control, more plugins.

KP

I started with Blogger and then quickly wanted more, so I moved over the Wordpress because of all of the features, customizations, etc. Once you got to WP you’ll never go back.

Add this one to my list of "Polls that you know what the answer is going to be before the results are even in" LOL

WP of course!

By Using Wordpress we can make our own blog style. both are easy to use but i like wordpress the most

I would go for wordpress. Many plugins and more advance.
I prefer it and still using it.

Thanks for the poll.

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Wordpress vs Blogger

Wordpress’s biggest competitor is called Blogger, owned by Google this blogging platform became popular virtually overnight, there are several key differences when it comes to these two blogging platforms so don’t be fooled by Google’s/Blogger fame in the blogsphere. A quick comparison of both sites Wordpress.org vs Blogger.com shows you why blogger is preferred by newbies. Blogger provides a clean sign up interface and basically takes users step by step through the entire blog-creating process which is good but something had to be sacrificed in order to keep things simple (you will know what I mean below)

Wordpress.org on the other hand seems to be more complex for new bloggers simply because there are more options, for instance Wordpress offers the script in a .zip or .tar file which has to be installed in your server in order for it to work, you also have the option of creating a blog hosted in Wordpress’s hosting account. With this last option users can do pretty much the same things they can in Blogger’s hosted environment. Wordpress’s home page also offers direct access to several areas within the site which might confuse new users.

Now that we have laid out some differences in the table lets get down to business and talk about the main differences, pros and cons of each blogging platform.

Ease of Use and Simplicity:

Blogger is clearly the most simple blogging platform to use compared to Wordpress, even if you were to know nothing about blogging a quick visit to the site will tech you pretty much everything you need to get things going, there are other customizable areas which might take a little work on your part but the interface organizes it quite nicely. Wordpress is also easy to use once you have basic notion of how to create a MySQL database and how to connect it to the script, from there everything is pretty much done.

Customization:

In this area Wordpress comes on top, the fact that you are able to take the script and host it in your own server using your very own domain is good enough to come on top but what really sets Wordpress apart are the many options the user has as far as plugins, widgets and themes, in fact the Wordpress community has perhaps the largest pool of applications for this blogging platform.

Hosting Options:

Hosting Blogger in your own domain is possible, however it is not very convenient, in order to do so you have to create an FTP account in your hosting account and enter these details in your Blogger admin area, easy enough right? The only problem this process has is that your blog needs to be republished every time you change anything. The dynamic nature of Wordpress which can be hosted anywhere makes it very convenient in this aspect.

Blogger’s SEO Value:

This particular topic has been widely debated among savvy webmasters, some argue that because blogger is owned by Google, the optimization of the platform should be better than Wordpress’s, but what is normally left out of the conversation is that blogger accounts are mostly hosted on Blogger’s servers using a subdomain of the site, since Blogger itself has great page rank and it’s crawled very often new blogs are discovered and indexed in record time, the same would happen if you were to host your Wordpress blog using their hosting and subdomain. Hosting Wordpress in your own server will require some patience since the site will not be crawled as fast as if it were hosted under a high PR domain.

Besides hosting, Wordpress has several plugins which are meant to organically optimize your blog, these plugins often change many on page factors in order to give a better chance to your blog to rank high in the SERPs, some changes are: search engine friendly permalinks, optimized meta-tags, robots.txt to avoid search engine spiders from crawling folders which may have duplicate content, etc.

WordPress obviously, no questions asked. :P

I'm another who started with blogger and quickly moved on to wordpress. Blogger is easier but wordpress has so many options it's hard to beat.

i use wordpress cause it has more plug ins and easy to edit.

I prefer Wordpress in every way, and I believe the search engines like it better too.

yeah... WP still rocks... Has got 78.57% of votes.. To all who are using Blogger... Its a right time to switch to WP.

I also support WP, its having a huge addon list.

I like blogger better.

Dee

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Both platforms have their advantages the plug ins for wordpress as well as the site owner having complete control are very appealing and as for blogger if you have multiple blogs as well as having plenty of other projects on the go then the quick and easy option is a blogger blog.

Originally Posted by Menthol

Both platforms have their advantages the plug ins for wordpress as well as the site owner having complete control are very appealing and as for blogger if you have multiple blogs as well as having plenty of other projects on the go then the quick and easy option is a blogger blog.

Wordpress!!!!!!!

I do use both effectively and each has there own purpose.

Hands down wordpress is my favorite. It provides a huge ranges of options when it comes to blogging. I think that many people avoided the process of installing it, however it has become as easy as a couple of mouse clicks to install if you have a domain that has cpanel. Fantastico Deluxe is a pretty KEWL! part of a cpanel hosting account.

Again blogger does have it's place I use and it is a great way for new bloggers to get experience.

Wordpress has the power and installing wordpress is extremely easy now.

Its all about wordpress. The plugin system is great, and its so easy to make templates for!

Blogger is like the MS Paint of the Photoshop world....its basic, and does the job.

as much as I want to use word press it's getting hard for me to used it so far I prefer blogger for it is easy to use and apply.

I used blogger because it is easier to use (I think)..

I prefer workd press as it easy to use and user friendly.