Blogger or WordPress?

The most used hosted blogs  are WordPress and Blogger – if you search the web or aks experienced users these two are rated the highest.

So which one is better?

Basicly, these both services will offer you a solid base to blog from, but there are a few differences between Blogger and WordPress.

Blogger

Blogger is owned by Google  and is designed around ease of use. You can ‘ftp’ your blog onto your own site, or host at a domain (yourblogname.blogspot.com) of your choice. Blogger doesn’t use plugins, but does let you use your own theme, within certain limits.

A huge community has been built around Blogger, but unlike WordPress.com they allow commercial based blogs as well as non commercial, which means they are more prone to spam.

WordPress

WordPress hosted services are not designed to be used for commercial purposes – nevertheless, most people do. You get a choice of themes (and without paying, you can’t design your own theme) and a choice of plugins. You can ‘map’ your domain to the site, for a fee, giving you the appearance of hosting it yourself.

WordPress is almost identical to hosting it yourself, other than the obvious ‘bonus’ of not actually needing to look after your install. But its disadvantages include being at the mercy of a third party site, and needing to pay for additional ‘services’. These still cost less than buying hosting and setting the blog up yourself.

Conclusion

If you really can’t host your own blog at your own site, play with both WordPress and Blogger,  because in the end, the main difference will be between which one your more comfortable with and that’s the one you should use.

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