Blogging with Blogger or WordPress?
Blogging activities may range from person to person and his technical expertise, but when it comes to customization and pinging, WordPress is a stand out winner. But when judged against Blogspot the latter cannot be side kicked as it is meant for those who just like blogging their content with strings of simplicity attached. Juxtaposing Blogspot and WordPress will help highlight their difference.
The foremost difference is with there installation procedure while WordPress requires you to host your own account it involves downloading of setup files which are to be added to your server than creation of a database and running the configuration script. Whereas, in Blogspot one can setup an account in a jiffy and start posting immediately.
Ownership issues rise up when you are blogging with Blogspot because your content now is owned by Google whereas WordPress makes you the sole owner of your content, your content cannot be removed and modified unless you choose to do so. But for a Blogger account Google reserves all rights to terminate your blog if it finds that the blogs are prohibited in any case. Branding is also an egoistic issue with Blogger your URL ensue form like
”<A href=”http://www.xyz.blogspot.com”>http://www.xyz.blogspot.com</A>”
unlike in WordPress where
“<A href=”http://www.xyz.com”>http://www.xyz.com</A>”
helps to present a sharper brand image.
It is universally know that WordPress provides for great customization options, plugins, templates and advance tools for your blog. In fact you can categorize your content in WordPress and even convert it into a magazine like portal. Whereas Blogger is a confused land where your contents are not pigeon-holed which makes it difficult for readers to track down the article they are hunting for.
Since Blogger is owned by Google it’s a general belief that when searching for topics Google tends to support Blogger more than WordPress. Which is a myth since Google goes in for no such discrimination. If your content is worth its mettle then it’s sure to get indexed.
Well Blogspot does gain a hand on commercialization prospect since one can team up his account with Google AdSense to gain profits whilst WordPress goes in for a complicated theme and plugins for your account to be used as your dough generator. But once again with your Blogger account you can only “ping” a limited amount of sites on the contrary WordPress poses no restrictions in this sphere in fact it also has a “AdSense revenue sharing” plugin that allows you to share ad revenue with other contributors and writers for your blog.
Now Blogger and WordPress serve their own purposes. WordPress with its plethora of plugins and customization can help your blog convert into a nice looking website or forum but Blogger can be used by those who have undemanding appeal and believe in hassle free blogging. Blogger is still the worship platform for people with lesser technical know-how but WordPress endows you to expand your ideas.
