Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Wordpress vs. Blogger


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I have been thinking about Wordpress vs. Blogger as blogging platforms for the last few weeks.

Which one is better?
Which one works for me?

I am now in a position where I am blogging with Blogger for my personal and public relations blog. Having run my personal blog for over a year now, I'm pretty much up to date with the capabilities and tools of Blogger. Wordpress is another story (and challenge) for me. When I started my public relations blog, I intended to use Wordpress. But after 10 minutes of playing around, I got frustrated and came back home to my beloved Blogger.

Personally, because I'm not much of a techie, I prefer Blogger, as it's easy to use, the templates are a lot easier to change and personalize. But I re-iterate that I have not had any experience with Wordpress, so perhaps my view on this could be differently!

After researching both blog platforms, I decided to make a list of the sites different features:

  1. Blog Import: In Blogger - limited availability to import and export only in the same blogging platform; in WordPress - you can import from several other platforms, including from Blogger.
  2. Image Storage: In Blogger - 300 MB; in WordPress - 3 GB.
  3. Static Pages: In Blogger - not available; in WordPress - static pages can be listed in separate menus.
  4. Post by Email: In Blogger - accepted; in WordPress - not.
  5. Categories: In Blogger - not available; in WordPress - arranged with no problem.
  6. File Uploading: In Blogger - not available; in WordPress - files can be uploaded.
  7. Indexing Time: Here Blogger produces far better results, as due to the tight connections with Google, it can appear in the Search Engines very fast.
  8. Blog Revune: WordPress has serious restrictions on the publishing ads, so if you plan to use AdSense, your preferences will probably lean more to the Blogger.

Let me know your thoughts on what platform you prefer and why?
I'm interested to know what works for others out there.

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