subject: Wordpress Vs Blogger - Which Is Better In Your Opinion [print this page] Today, WordPress and Blogger are the two most famous and favorable blogging platforms on internet. You can see that millions of blogs hosted on internet on these two platforms. Many people are widely used both platforms to start their own business and share some internet experience through online. But question is that which one is better of them because both platforms have their pros and cons. Here we are going to explain some advantage and disadvantage of WordPress and Blogger that recommend which one is best.
What Are Advantages and Disadvantage Of Blogging Platform?
Advantages of WordPress
Wordpress is free Open Source; you only have to pay hosting costs.
Easy to manage and Updates Wordpress blogs, even non-technical Person can do it
The ability to customize your blog theme, Template, URL and other web resources
Its SEO friendly nature, by using SEO-Friendly plug-in you can quickly get lots of traffic unlike blogger
You can quickly build traffic with WordPress because so many plug-in play important role in driving traffic.
Well-designed internal linking system across all of the WordPress blogs
WordPress allows great customization flexibility, so website owner can customize website as per their needs
Users can edit the stylesheets and HTML, but this feature is only available as a paid upgrade.
Multiple image uploading facility with SEO Image Optimization facility
The hundreds of plug-in are available to improve the WordPress functionality.
Easy to move to self-hosted WordPress, if a user wants more control
Huge community
Disadvantages of WordPress
You have to pay to have your WordPress blog hosted, spend lot of money in Hosting
Frequent releases of new versions
Number of 3rd parties plug-in, themes are not supported by WordPress itself that time create a problem
As Security reasons, its very hard to maintain your security, many hackers use cloning software to hijack your blog
Advantages of Bloggers
It's free, easy to use and its dashboard is easily navigated
Free domain name hosting, free hosting provided by Google
Due to Google hosting it's almost impossible to hack Blogger blog.
1G of free photo space through Picasa
Blogger has thousands of widgets to customize your blog from header to footer.
Advanced users can also edit the HTML and even add CSS.
Its interface is simple to use and very straightforward.
Blogger offers solutions for most mobile providers. You can read about them on their mobile providers page.
Disadvantages of Bloggers
Lack of Hosting, it does not allow you to manage your hosting
Difficult to SEO, you can't do anything to improve its SEO quickly
If you don't post a week you might lose your traffic, which is the biggest disadvantage of blogger
Blogger allows for only one image upload at a time, if you want to add a caption, insert a link or adjust the size of the image then you have go for HTML
Which one is right for you?
The decision over which one is right for you depends on personal preference. Both platforms are free to use. Just set up an own blog with each platform and determine which one works best for your website and your needs.
