Blogger or WordPress, Which is better?
There are many free blogging platforms but only two have won every one’s heart. People always love that platform for blogging which provides all the features for free of cost; you got it right I am talking about wordpress and blogger. Usually every new blogger create their website with either wordpress or Google’s blogger and there is a huge competition between these two. So let’s see a brief comparison of both and decide yourself which is best for you to start with. There may be different reasons to start blogging and choosing best among these two also depends upon the reason for which you want to start blogging. Here I will cover both of them one by one so let’s start with blogger:
BLOGGER
Google owns blogger and hence applies its policies to it. One of the biggest advantages with blogger is that you’ll take hardly 10 minutes to setup a blog with Blogspot.com account. It is very easy to use and maintain. If you are done with setting your blogger account you can start posting immediately. Let’s discuss some points about blogger as a blogging platform one by one:
- With blogger it is really too easy to maintain account. You can easily add new pages and post. It is very easy to switch to different designs using any of the given templates and layouts.
- Domain name with blogger account is always like “yourblogname.blogspot.in” by default (depending upon your country ‘.in’ will be changed). But blogger gives you to choose your own domain name for $10 per year and connect your blogger account with your personalized domain name. The biggest advantage of this is you do not need to bother about hosting cost.
- No coding is needed. Blogger supports almost all features that a simple blog should have. If you have an account with blogger then you do not need to be from technical background. At present blogger supports many templates and you can use different layouts to customize those templates.
- Awesome gadgets are offered by blogger as their free features to all blogger account. You can easily add gadgets like news, weather reports, currency converter, videos, slideshow, search box etc by a single click. You can place these gadgets where ever you want in your blog by changing their position by customizing layouts. If you smartly arrange these gadgets, you will succeed to create a good blog without paying anything. You can add your own gadget if you have the code of that gadget.
- AdSense Integration is very easy with blogger because both are owned by same company. So those who want to start blogging to earn some money they can opt for blogger as it gives you by default option of AdSense to start with. You can integrate AdSense directly from your blog and after activation of AdSense you can show ads and make money online. You can use your blog to promote affiliate products to third party to simply make money. Through Amazon affiliate program blogger itself allows to generate affiliate revenue.
- With blogger account Google own all your data. If Google finds you for anything that is violating its policies than it can shut your account down without any notification. You would be aware of this fact if you have ever heard about “Google slap”.
These were some points about blogger as a blogging platform. If you want a personal blog and want to share your experiences with friends and relative then blogger is perfect for you. If you want to share your knowledge with your friends and you post very rarely then blogger should be your choice. You can earn money from blogger without spending even a single dollar. So design your own blog, customize it according to your need, use gadgets and enjoy amazing blogging experience with blogger.
WORDPRESS
Now let’s discuss about other blogging platform which is also most popular. WordPress it is well known as CMS (content management system). It is open source and hence offers you fully customization. You should not be confused with wordpress.org and wordpress.com. Both are owned by same owner but wordpress.com is something like blogger it offers you free hosting and domain name (yourwebsitename.wordpress.com). WordPress.org is official site of the wordpress project and we will discuss about the same. You can download latest version of wordpress from wordpress.org and can start your website and blog with a domain and server that you own. Let’s have some look on what wordpress offers us:
- WordPress is absolutely free. All you need is hosting plan from a hosting company and a domain name. WordPress also offers single click installation if you’re hosting plan includes cpanel. With cpanel you can do a one-click installation, upgrade and removal of your WordPress platform.
- As you purchase your personalized domain name so it will be like “yoursitename.com”. If you are planning to have a business website, professional website or you need a functional website to sell your products then your domain name should represent an authority and personalized domain names are best option for the same.
- Wordpress removes all limitations and is open source so if you are coding expert then it is best for you. You can make wordpress do whatever you want to. It offers thousands of themes for almost all niches. You can go for premium wordpress themes if you need to setup highly professional blog.
- Supports thousands of plugins and gadgets. You can easily install and activate any plugin as per your need. Plugins do additional functions that you want to be added in your website. It makes your websites really functional and helps visitors in many ways. For example with wordpress plugin you can add a feature to comment from your Facebook account directly. Installation of plugin requires a single click. It’s that much easy to add and use a plugin and you can uninstall them whenever you want to.
- You can also integrate adsense account with your wordpress site after activation from Google. If your blog is powered with wordpress then you can customize it in a better way and make it search engine friendly. With default installation you need a couple of plugins and even a better theme to really maximize the Adsense potential. With WordPress on your own domain you can ping as many blog directories as you want, and start getting more traffic so can increase your earnings.
- You own your own domain name and have your own hosting so you own your content and you have complete ownership and copyright of content. You do not need to bother that someone can shut your account any time without informing you.
Now it’s your turn to decide best for you. First think about the purpose for which you want to blog and start a website then choose a platform. With wordpress I can make you sure that you will never be back. You will love wordpress for what it offers you. Share if you liked this post and please put your points in comment about which is best among these two?
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good post..helpful for newbie bloggers. i appreciate this post as good work
I have a professional website, which is wordpress, and there’s a blog in it. I’m just thinking, would it make sense to set up a blogspot to duplicate the blog posts, for the purpose of SEO, as you said blogspot is owned by google?
That would imply duplicate content and Google does not like that.
Hi, just wanna say thanks for such a helpful post! It seems like you prefer WordPress. Will have a look.
Very honest and direct approach. Thanks
I have just bought a new domain name, can I use it for a blog as well as for a website?
I have yet to build the website yet, but if I use the site builder, can I Also build the blog using wordpress?
No doubt WordPress is better. It has bigger variety of plugins, templates, etc.
Can not say anything bad about Blogspot but I honestly prefer WordPress.
Thanks for the good post.Very useful information with simple words.Now i understood clearly about wordpress and Blogger.
Blogger just told me that Firefox, “Your browser is no longer supported by Blogger. Some parts of Blogger will not work and you may experience problems. If you are having problems, try Google Chrome.” No way in hell I’m using Google Chrome that feeds browsing data straight back to Google.
Im a noobie to blogging ill be honest, but I had the same issue, and thought the same thing I have used chrome to set up my blog but now find myself on chrome all the time and was worried about the browsing all getting sent to google and then thought well if I only blog on it could it be beneficial for me in a way?
how can i use plugins and gadgets in wordpress.com for free?
are you talking about wordpress.com or .org? .com is limited as we know and .org if you want you pay and you have.
Very good topic for newbie, by the way, Google after doing Panda Update, Blogspot site get preference, is it right?
East or west wordpress is the best, i have left blogger while i learned about wordpress…..
Hey, these are interesting points you raise. I use both and seem to like them equally. thaks
I had a free blog in Blogger and posted some posts there for about last 2 years. Suddenly after June 2012 my blog is not found in search engines so I have switched to free blog at wordpress.Will my free blog in wordpress remain active for ever.How can I switch to premium blog and is it necessary to go premium?What will be better Blogger or WordPress to go premium.
Sir, welcome to WordPress… First, want to answer your question, Yes your blog with wordpress.com will remain active forever, as long as you don’t violate their terms of conditions and Blogspot is also free forever, but dont know what went wrong with your blog.
Blogger vs WordPress: Blogger is best for those who dont have technical knowledge, so is wordpress.com and both are giving free blogging opportunity. But, if you want to take your blog to a next level, then you should Join wordpress.org, which requires you to host your site by yourself –you can choose BlueHost or Hostgator for this purpose– The biggest disadvantage of free blogging is that you a sub domain e.g. yourname.blogger.com or yourname.wordpress.com, which is annoying for a visitor, these types of URL are difficult to remember and type… The biggest advantage with wordpress is their skins/themes/templates, which gives your site a professional look to your site. You can add custom themes, which can be bought from different sites, and this custom theme feature, only works on wordpress.org, with wordpress.com you can only use those free themes or premium themes, which are features by wordpress.com — main advantage of wordpress.com is that you dont like technical knowledge.. but i recommend you to start with wordpress.org, bcz its give you freedom to do changes to your blog, themes, categories, comments, you can use several of free plugins and much much more…
Hi everyone,
I have a doubt, is it better to develop our own blog in the website or to use word press/ blogger ??
its a nice info i was searching for i am trying to come in this field as a seniour blogger i need your help here so please when you get timke please visit my site and give me some advice thanks
I agree that WordPress has more appealing themes. Even the non-premium ones will suit your blogging needs. I just made a blog on WP though I’ve used Blogger for years. I’m liking WP better.
I agree that we should switch to WordPress. Because basically you can customize your web by putting up a wordpress theme.
There’s no doubt that WordPress is the best!!!!!
but… blogger very good in google search. many people use google for searching anything. its fact.
i think blogger is better
i agree with you
I think Blogger is better as I usually face virus via wordpress plugins or if i don’t do the updates. It effects the site most of the time.
What if I choose to have blogger as blogging platfrom and switch to custom domain? “anything.com” instead of “anything.blogspot.com” ? Do it will benefit??
Hi
Very clear and information, this article is a boon to creative persons all over the world who are waiting for a right platform to showcase their talent
I agree with you, wp is better
I have created a blog in blogger.com & use advance domain name & create sub domain but it’s not working could u plz tell me that what i need to do.
like an address. if you change your address name, and people who usually go to your home, they can’t found it. because you have change your address. so, you should resubmit your new domain to search engine provider.
Nice post! I‘ve been using WordPress.com and I‘m about installing my first wordpress software for a new website. But Blogger is great for adsense! Please, I plan to register a domain name with GoDaddy and use it as my own domain name on a new blog I am about to set up with Blogger. Do I need to pay for web hosting with any web host to enable me do this? I actually intend using the domain name and still enjoy free web hosting on Blogger. Pls I need help. Thanks!
Thank you for wonderful review!
Hi Neeraj
That is a great post and a simple and great comparison of the two major blogging sites, kewl.
sir i created my blog on blogger.com. My question is can i use google adsense without custom domain,simple is that can i earn money without any investment?…before this blog which i mention above i create a blog but that was not accepted by adsense why?sir i hope you understand what i am saying.i am waiting for ur help thanks!
Great tips. very well-written, keyword-oriented and incredibly useful. its really interesting to many readers. I really appreciate this, thanks
Very nice and useful comparison of Blogger and WordPress. I also love reading the comments. I think there are useful too.
Thank you for sharing.
Great post! Straight to the point. Both blog platforms have their strong points and depends on the reason one wants to start blogging. You have discussed the most important ones a beginner needs in order to choose the right one.
True, you can make WordPress do whatever you want. For that I’m very grateful! I’ve played around with Blogger a bit but I find WordPress easier to develop. Thanks for the post, it was interesting
Thanks for the post! I have a question. Can I use a blogger theme on WordPress? Or not.
Hi,
you compare apples to oranges.
You can’t compare Blogger as hosted service with WordPress [org] as blogging software. You had to compare Blogger with the service of the hosted wordpress COM.
That would be interesting. How does WordPress.com as service compete with Blogger in cases like maintaining, themes, widgets, cost.
Greetz
LCS
It’s really nice sharing.. Thanks
there is no doubt that wordpress is most preferred CMS in todays’s market for small or medium website in terms of google SEO.. I recently did a plumbing wordpress website for a client in london.. In 2 weeks that website was ranking on first page on major keywords like plumbers london, plumbers west london etc..and obviously in 2 weeks how many backlinks can you make? and eben if you make quite a few backlinks how quickly they get approved or get cached from google.. so think wordpress is a big yes in terms of SERP..
I’d go for WordPress. Not because that it sounds more pro. It has features which are way better than the other and other reasons more. Others would agree, I bet.
I couldn’t find the comparison between these two platform. I wish you can explain more in term of its disadvantages compare to each other. For example, blogspot somehow is better in SEO (Just example)
Nice information, may i ask something? we have website http://www.marudhardentalclinic.com, kindly suggest which will be the best option to opt between these two and does it impact on SEO better if we choose blogger and mostly using google as search engine and blogger belongs to google it self. thanks
thanks for the analysis. i am going with wordpress and should have it up and running later today
i never want to feel the google slap!
Hi. Very great article. Very informative. I am just starting out. Practice for writing a book really. You said on Blooger, Google owns all data. Does that mean everything I write is technically theirs?
Nice article. Blogger vs WordPress, i will lean towards Blogger. I find it somewhat better, at least in my experience.
Hello George,
Blogger has it own specialty and at some point it is Good.
Hello i really appreciate your post. I heard about WordPress and i was willing to set a blog so i chose it but i now want to use cumtom template i got from site other then WordPress how can i use that template and u said you can code so from where i can code myself ? And if i use WordPress beta so i have to buy a domain name or only hosting and can i use ixwebhosting.com for hosting.
I am using both with parallel run. Enjoying money..
WordPress is kind a boring for me for this time.. I want to move to blogspot asap.
I like the design from blogspot, more modern and minimalist.
thanks for the info, I’ll try to learn it,,
Thank you for your post. I’ve been trying to decide which one is better for my blog. I found an amazing Blogger website today, it links to a 3rd party shopping cart!
i Always Appreciate WordPress.
I think that own independent website on WordPress is best choice if you want to run own business website.
If site be on blogger, customers may be confused about business, which can’t spend a few dollars for own domain name and hosting.
On blogger you can use you’re own domain name as well.
The closest I come across as a best of both worlds of Blogger/Blogspot.com and WordPress.com is en.Altervista.org.
1) It is a free host like Blogger and WordPress.com,
2) Uses WordPress platform, so you can use WordPress themes which are in my humble opinion, better than those available in Blogspot.com
3) Able use Adsense which WordPress.com DON’T allow
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I did a comparison of these free web hosts for blogs in one of my post.
Own website on WordPress with original own domain is the best choice. You may add a lot of plugins, customize own design, be independent from Blogger limitations.
When user develops site on blogger- this user promotes Blogger brand first, but when user develops an own WP website- user promotes an own site brand and recognition.
Also if user wants seriously to present own business online, free Blogger platform may be a not so good choice, because it may tell users that business is short of money to maintain own website. IMHO.
I guess for beginners, choosing blogger over wordpress is a great choice.
I prefer to use WordPress for self hosted because it’s more complete than blogspot.
Sir i want to start my blog on film review can u suggest which is better Blogger or WordPress.com or wordpress.org
I think wordpress is much better, with plugins you can set up and do anything you wish. Thanks for the great article!
personaly i find wordpress more flexible, especialy if you need a mix of homepage and blog.
But blogger vs. wordpress is a religious war :-/
Very Nice post.
I think WordPress is better.
“With blogger account Google own all your data. If Google finds you for anything that is violating its policies than it can shut your account down without any notification. You would be aware of this fact if you have ever heard about “Google slap”.”
As someone researching the best way to begin blogging, this information is terrifying. Thank you so much for letting me know! Rest assured, your post was invaluable! I’m off to buy my domain!
If you have both does anyone know if you can link your accounts.
When you’re considering blogging, which platform is right for you? Make sure to get the facts to determine whether to use blogger or WordPress!
I just started my blog page with blogger, so far i would say its user friendly but i notice there isnt much plug ins. Can anyone recommend how I can maxize my site? http://www.ricaskitchen.blogspot.com
your points was very good but I was looking something for seo purposes.. Can you please post some points regarding SEO??
Thanks for the info! You’ve done a great job of summing up the pros and cons; exactly what I needed to make a decision.
I have a WordPress website to promote my health clinic (a few websites actually) Yet I have my blog on blogger, my question: Would it be better for SEO rankings to move my http://brainbasedtherapy.blogspot.com and put it on my main website http://LifeChangingCareHouston.com so that it would be adding pages and depth to my main site? I have 5 other websites that are self hosted and feed off of as well as to the main site.
I agree It’s Very great topic
I hated wordpress and i know how to code, it was a serious effort customizing my wordpress blog to my liking, i thought “it will be worth it” but then plugins start to misbehave, updates break stuff, has very few customization options (for those that don’t know how to code, but i would like not having to code for once) and in general it just has a gigantic amount of clutter and it’s pretty heavy, unfortunately, blogger is not a very good option, wordpress.com is even worse and a lot of the other cms’s aren’t as good as wordpress, so i’m pretty stuck with something i don’t like to have to keep the blogs that i like, working correctly.
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I have several blogs with WP and several with Blogger. In almost EVERY case, the Blogger blogs do better than the WP blogs (all my blogs have my own domain names – so no dot.blogger or dot.wordpress).
I’m now in the process of moving all my WP blogs to Blogger as that automatically saves me money on hosting charges every month AND they’re likely to make a lot more money on Blogger as Google simply ranks them better.
You should create a compare table for these two.
thanks a lot. i really read usefull, helpfull an article.
i think we dont to pay host money and want to edit our theme and side bar we should use blogspot. so we can put adsense code in theme.
out of the above, wordpress is really powerfull against blogspot.
Your post is rather informative and very helpful to me. I am bookmarking your site on my browser and I am seriously thinking about your ink themes for WordPress. Please send me more information on it. Thanks.
It is really help me, a good information for newbie. Thanks.
Really very good article on blogs i’m a newbie for blogging and i want create my own blog.
This information fetches me a lot.
thank you great job.
Could you please let me know how to make my blog more visible in search engine ??
There are any tools and tips for that??
please let me know thank you.
I’m using wordpress and blogger. I get no traffic at all. from either one of them. I was wondering does anyone know how to get traffic to these sites. BTW great post.
I enjoyed reading the information on your blog. Nice title you chose, Blogger Vs. WordPress. It is true, as both blog platforms have some great features while being different. WordPress is best for me because it is free and an open source blogging tool. The features are nice in WordPress and you can share your work with the world or connect your website with social networks like FaceBook, LinkedIn and Twitter etc. If you are new to WordPress check out http://www.openwebsitetutorials.com , It’s a practical site for beginners so it will provide knowledge and confidence to begin.
Thank you so much for the easy to understand comparison of WordPress and blogger!
i’m using blogger because it no need for hosting (free)
thanks for this interesting articles. Till now I only tried wordpress, but it will be interesting to create a blog with blogger, too.
Awesome post… Honestly i wont lied to you, this is my first time of hearing about google slap, I use wordpress for most of my site though, id never consider blogger, Thanks for sharing
I enjoyed reading the information on your blog. Nice title you chose, Blogger Vs. WordPress. It is true, as both blog platforms have some great features while being different. WordPress is best for me because it is free and an open source blogging tool. The features are nice in WordPress and you can share your work with the world or connect your website with social networks like FaceBook, LinkedIn and Twitter etc. If you are new to WordPress check out http://www.openwebsitetutorials.com , It’s a practical site for beginners so it will provide knowledge and confidence to begin.
I’m using wordpress because it’s interface is simple easy to use
I have decided to start with a blog on my own website, with my own domain and my hosting provider (one.com) offers a blog feature. Would I have any advantage from having the blog on WordPress instead of the blog provided by my host?
Would my website be more searcheble / visble, if the blog was on WordPress?
My host offers also Statistic feature, so their blog would show up there. Would WordPress visits statistics show up in the same Statistics of my host or would I have to go and see it somewhere else, e.g. in Google Analytics?
Now google is Prioritize Google Hosting Blogspot Over WordPress! Sadness!
Thanks, you have helped me to make intelligent decision…..
Thankyou, very insightful! I was wondering if you know whether blogger is faster at getting your tags to google? I know that wordpress can take some weeks to get the data updated in google’s records, which can affect your ranking in their search algorithm.
I have to use both of platform for blogging.
but i think wordpress is more better then blogger, i don’t know how but wordprss is the best platform for CMS.
Hello Inktheme, I tried more than 100 free themes in my wordpress learning time, but I was unable to get full response. Thank you very much Inkthemes!
Dal Saru
Id read peoples comment here, and i must say the vote for wordpress superseed blogger. majority cant be wrong… so i will opt in for wordpress for my next blogging platform
Hey,
I used to think Blogger would rank better with Google… but then I read that Google were being taken to court for being bias!!!
So who knows… lol
Great info!
Craig
Very Good reviews, ranked No 1 on google search !
I might add that Blogger being Google owned I think would be ranked faster and higher on google, which is worth a lot. Blogger can be used more for personal matters due to its simplicity while WordPress is more for businesses due to the later having many plugins and CMS, makes sense?
I think Blogger is better to get ranked in Google. Besides it provides better features. But its True as well that WP has more customized features as per SEO perspective.
One more thing I want to ask. For WP paid hosting, we can active different plugins. But Can we do it for Free WP blog? or its just available for paid hosting.
can we have edit HTML / add HTML Gadgets in WordPress like blogger
will we do hard work is it also sure both service are of lifetime
also tell me can we make business blog from blogger
if i know everything on blogger . can i work easily on wordpress
Can I put ads on my free wordpress blog?
1. WordPress free blog cant edit HTML code and Css .
2. Can’t change colors
3. Can’t Add Extra Plugin and Widgets
4. Free themes had only fixed theme options
5. if u want change color or font type u play price
6.Can not put ads on free WordPress blog … if u use (text Widgets) and apply google ad-sense code.. that is not added …
if u want possible above all — use wordpress development ( personal domain ) wordpress + php
or
if u want possible above all ( Free Blogger …. this 100 % Good ….. )
i am wordpress developer so …….
Blogging is necessary for growing traffic of website on search engines.
I have blogger is it allowed to have wordpress as well for making money.
I have a blog, can I also have wordpress at the same time/.
Nice info blogs share
Hmm is anyone else having problems with the pictures on this blog loading?
I’m trying to determine if its a problem on my end or if it’s the blog.
Any feed-back would be greatly appreciated.
Great website you have here but I was curious about if
you knew of any community forums that cover the same topics discussed in this article?
I’d really like to be a part of community where I can get suggestions from other knowledgeable people that share the same interest. If you have any recommendations, please let me know. Appreciate it!
thanks so much for simplifying blog language for us first time bloggers! when i blog something, is it automatically being published to the world wide net?
Thanks for sharing such a good thinking, article is good, thats why
i have read it entirely
Very good article. I will be experiencing a few of these issues as well.
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Though I am using WP I guess blogger is still fine for a newbie.
Keep it up!
I use Blogger.com but they recently changed their algorhtm to identify spam and they have been ID-ing a lot of good blogs as Spam, freezing them for no reason. I’m a professional writer and have used Blogger.com for years to create topic-focused blogs with lots of traffic and now I am seeing all kinds of problems.
The worst part is that they claim to review their “mistakes” in identifying Spam in 24-48 hours but it has been a week. The process to contact and complain to them is non-existent. They are dictators. And if you are a writer, you don’t want to be there.
I also have a blog at WordPress and have never had any problems. So, I think Blogger.com has ruined their reputation.
RAY HANANIA