The question as to which blogging platform is better, Wordpress or Blogger, is raised time and time again. As a Wordpress and Blogger user, I find some advantages of using Wordpress over Blogger, and vice versa. For today’s Sunday Link Love, I compiled a list of posts comparing Wordpress and Blogger.
Blogger Versus Wordpress
- Blogger vs. Wordpress by OneStoryEveryday.com
- Wordpress.com vs. Blogger.com by Jaya
- Battle of the Blogs : Blogger vs. Wordpress by Adnan of Blogtrepreneur.com
- Blogspot or Wordpress - Which is which? by Dexter of Techathand.com
- Blogger or Wordpress : Better Blogging Platform by TechnoJuice.blogspot.com
To help you choose which blogging platform is best suited for you, read Darren’s post on Choosing a Blog Platform. Meanwhile, here are some posts that compare Wordpress and Blogger as blogging platforms.
- Why Wordpress is the best blogging platform by Shonnie Lavender.
- 5 Reasons Blogger is better than Wordpress by Adtracker.
- Reasons Why Wordpress is Better than Blogger by Nick of ClickforNick.com.
The comment is now open for your reactions. Or you can vote which blog platform is better.
What do you think is the better blogging platform?
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Dexter | Techathand.net responded on 17 Feb 2008 at 8:19 pm #
I love to vote for Wordpress but the voting system. recognize me as proxy. I don’t know why.. Anyway thanks for the link
Frank C responded on 18 Feb 2008 at 12:35 am #
I wrote a post about this a couple of weeks ago from the perspective of niche marketing blogs. My conclusion was the Blogger was a great, no/low cost way to create niche market blogs but it lacked features for those who wanted something more than just the basics.
JHS responded on 18 Feb 2008 at 2:38 am #
My article on the topic:
“Thirteen Reasons Why WordPress is Superior to Blogger”
http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/19/thursday-thirteen-30/
C-Squared responded on 18 Feb 2008 at 6:16 am #
Honestly, I don’t know why so many people think Categories are great. If you’re smart enough with your tags on Blogger, there’s no need for Categories. They’re basically the same thing.
Then there’s the argument that Wordpress has a lot more plugins. Yeah? Well a lot of them are useless. There are also many Blogger versions of Wordpress plugins, with the exception of Comment Luv.
People say there are “so many more” themes for Wordpress than Blogger. Ever done a google search? You’ll find thousands.
There’s also complaints about the XXX.blogspot.com URL. Get your own domain and you can very easily redirect. They’ve even got the feature built in for you. PostSecret, one of the most visited sites on the internet, does it successfully.
I’ve used the Wordpress text editor and I have to say that it’s clumsy and cumbersome. It eats my formatting randomly and is very static.
Honestly, I think using Wordpress is just wasting a lot of your time on technical stuff you don’t need. Blogger has it simplified and does it much better. You shouldn’t be wasting your time on coding and getting plugins- you should be writing good content, which is what really matters.
C-Squared responded on 18 Feb 2008 at 6:18 am #
Also, @ the argument that Wordpress has better spam filtering- Blogger has Capcatcha. What more could you honestly need? It’s simple, effective, and proven to work. No need to add twelve numbers or type a paragraph to verify that you’re a human.
Blogging Mix responded on 20 Feb 2008 at 1:52 am #
@C-squared,
I’m glad you joined Move Your Blog To Wordpress Contest. In case you win, you’ll know the difference of moving to Wordpress. Good luck.