Which One is the Best Blogger or Wordpress ?

Which One is the Best Blogger or Wordpress ?

Are you confused with which blogging platform to choose to start your blogging career? The major blogging hosting platforms are no doubt Blogger and WordPress. Now to judge which one is better I have written a detailed comparison chart below that will be of great help in making a smart decision.

Note:- I am not an employee of either Blogger or WordPress. The below chart is solely my personal research.

Differences between Blogger and WordPress

Some of the differences between Blogger (Blogspot) and WordPress are listed below:

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1. Dashboard

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Blogger: It has an updated dashboard design. More features are available, but to make use of all of them, it

is compulsory to enable JavaScript.

WordPress: The Dashboard in WordPress increases the speed for the dial-up users so that they can easily post an entry without facing too much difficulty, or wasting time.

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2. Domain Names

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Blogger: You can transfer your domain for free or you can buy one through the BlogSpot interface. And, once again free blogs are created as sub-domains with URLs

like xyz.blogspot.com.

WordPress: The user has to pay some amount in order to transfer an existing domain in case of the paid service, but of course you can create free blogs on wordpress.com in form of a sub-domain like

abc.wordpress.com.

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3. Languages

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Blogger: Blogger by Google supports only 50 languages.

WordPress: WordPress supports nearly 120+ languages.

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4. Mobile Access
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Blogger: You can access the help pages of Blogger, but there's no mobile-specific version. But you can publish your post by sending SMS or MMS, for more information

read this – http://www.blogger.com/mobile-start.g

WordPress: You can be accessed through mobile on m.wordpress.com.

Note: You can blog from your mobile phones or devices, there are lots of 3rd party apps.

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5. Static Pages
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Blogger: You can create up to twenty static pages, but like WordPress those static pages cannot be placed on the home page easily. If you want to show such static page as homepage, you’ve to edit the template HTML which is painfully complex for many users.

Wordpress: You can create as many pages or posts that can be listed in the home page.

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6. WordPress Vs Blogger SEO
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If you take the suggestions of 100 bloggers on which platform to use – Blogger or WordP ress, then the chances are high that 90 of them will blindly say WordPress. First of all, Google does not consider metatags and keywords. Another point is Blogger owned by Google makes things easier to support the blogger blogs. As there are many more changes to come in future, you will be safe if you are within Google's backyard.

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7.Customizing Themes
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Blogger: There are many blogger templates (themes) that can be customized without any hassle. You can edit the HTML and CSS directly.

WordPress: There are extremely high numbers of free WordPress themes available over the internet. Using the WordPress.com version of WordPress you can not fully customize the template, you can only customize the options available to you or switch to a new template.

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8. Image Storage
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Blogger: When you upload photos to Blogger they are stored in Google’s photo system, Picasa. There you can browse your images and much more. In blogger there is
1 GB of storage space (images under 2048×2048 do not count towards that limit, so it’s actually MUCH more than 1 gig) for storing images. If you required more
space, you’ve to pay for more space.

WordPress: It has 3GB of storage space. But, if you want more space then you’ll have to upgrade by paying some money.