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Which is better, Wordpress or Blogger?
Posted by parentconsensus • 12/31/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogger, wordpress
Which is better, Wordpress or Blogger...
Which platform do you use and why? (What was your thought process--if there was one?)
GRADING SCALE
Please give a grade A-F to each of the areas below for Wordpress, versus Blogger:
Ex. 2) Ease of use WP: B+/Blogger: B-
1) Ease of use
2) Quality of "product" (feature set)
3) Widgets, plug-in's? (Plentiful? Quality? Useful?)
4) Quality self-help resources (books, forums, blogs) that are available to help you use them.
5) Technical help/Support?
6) Promotion/ Tracking Tools?
7) Abiility to monetize or sell advertising?
8) Design tools/ templates?
User Comments
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WordPress, definitely. WordPress isn't just a blog, it can be a fully-featured Content Management System, which could work as a photo gallery, a wiki page, a diary, a journal, a magazine, a social network, et cetera.
1) Ease of Use
WordPress: B+ / Blogger: A
- WordPress is a powerful web software that has a lot of knobs and blinkies. For standard users who only want to write content and not focus on the details, Blogger would suit you best. Additionally, WordPress would require in-depth knowledge of PHP for full customizability, while Blogger would only require XTML at the most.
2) Quality of "Product" (Feature Set)
WordPress: A / Blogger: B-
- Because of the expandability and flexibility of WordPress, it has definitely more features than Blogger. Plus, Blogger can be used as a standalone installation, which means you would not have to depend on the software's parent server for things to work -- unlike Blogger. Additionally, WordPress is very dynamic. Things don't just rely on a single template, it goes beyond the capacity of XHTML. Again, as opposed to Blogger.
3) Widgets, Plugins
WordPress: A / Blogger: C-
- WordPress can do anything you can imagine with its wide range of more than 5,000 unlisted and 3,500 listed plugins. Imagine working with something that begins as a blank tool to do the fundamentals of blogging, and can then be extended into something that could sculpt the web in any way and angle you want. Blogger is very limited on this aspect, as the only widgets it supports are simple HTML codes added to its main template.
4) Quality self-references
WordPress: A / Blogger: B-
- WordPress has an active staff who are ready to aid you 24x7. Additionally, there are TONS of self-references on the web, all you need to do is ask Google. Because of the flexibility and expandability of WordPress, many users have adapted to its environment and monopolized it as far as possible -- producing references based on all their experiences for all the other users to use and enjoy. WordPress is also very easy to use, as customizable with tons of possible plugins. While Blogger has its own repository of references and sites like BloggerBuster.com are there to aid you, there isn't enough to match the possibilities that WordPress has to offer.
5) Technical Help/Support
WordPress: A / Blogger: B-
- As detailed above, WordPress has both its official staff (working 24x7) and thousands of self-taught professional consultants on the lookout of newbies, and are ready to help in all ways possible. References and the system of help is described on item #4 above.
6) Promotion/Tracking Tools
WordPress: A / Blogger: A
- Since both are fully supported by affiliate programs and blogger networks, promotion and tracking isn't really comparable. However, since WordPress is customizable with plugins (I can't stress that fact enough!), you can add more functionality and power to it. Furthermore, it has its own power to track and promote itself through a community/network focused entirely on it -- like WordPress.com
7) Ability to monetize, sell ads
WordPress: A / Blogger: C-
- Blogger requires dirty hacking of the template to add the necessary code for monetizing your blog through revenue and ad networks, while WordPress, through the use of its plugins, can be customized and bombarded with ads without knowledge in coding at all. Plus, there are hundreds of thousands of templates (called 'themes') out there that are AdSense/YPN-ready, meaning all you have to do is click and earn. Literally.
8) Design Tools/Templates
WordPress: A / Blogger: B+
- It is a fact that more than 75% of all Blogger templates in the market are converted versions of original WordPress themes. Because of that fact, it is proven that WordPress is chosen by more designers because of the limitless possibilities in weaving the works of art into its system. Because of the many areas in which you could sculpt WordPress, it isn't a hassle to edit the design at all. Simple chose which part of the site you would like to edit and you're good to go. Unlike Blogger, which depends on a central dynamic XHTML template, once you incorrectly modify the template, the whole site goes down. And it's pretty hard to put it back up.
Conclusion: WordPress earns RANK A, Blogger earns RANK B-
WordPress is more customizable and feature-rich in all aspects. It is very fluid and flexible in all possible areas. But since it has complicated matters of its own, many users end up with Blogger -- but miss the powerful possibilities and limitless variabilities possible within WordPress. In conclusion, WordPress has defeated Blogger because of the unlimited possibilities you can do with it, both in its design and its content. Its own dynamics give you power you can never experience with Blogger. Powerful flexibility, code sculpting, design weaving, and content scaping. All in one tiny box deployable anywhere. Blogger can never work fine outside the walls of its parent domain. Well, FTP on another host works fine, but the core is still in its parent. WordPress has a core of its own.
I always make my sites using WordPress, and never will I depend on Blogger for professional work. WordPress just gets things done and going, all within a place you can reach.
~FrankZ0509
Proud and Happy WordPress Blogger
Visit his site at kixtrix.com-
Great reply! Great job. And very helpful. Thanks.
FYI, I did a search on this, but no discussions I saw provided the detail I was looking for. And I did scan the sidebar of course before posting. -
I take it you are referring to pay site wordpress.org rather than free wordpress.com? -
um...yeah, what s/he said except in my case I'm using the wordpress.COM blog, either way its all good...but only with wordpress, blogger sucks. -
Very impressive report card on both of the blog companies. As an ecommerce site holder I need my blog to add value and weight to my website and from what I've learned from many sources is that Blogger, owned by Gooogle, does not take their own blogs seriously. I am on Blogger now but have made the decision to move to Wordpress. Now I need to discover how! -
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The videos on this site will help you to make the transition to becoming a self-hosting wordpress blogger.
www.becomeablogger.com/video-1.html
Video 1 - Why You Should Use WordPress
Video 2 - How To Get Your Own Domain Name
Video 3 - How To Get A Web Host
Video 4 - How To Install WordPress
Video 5 - How To Upload Files To Your Webhost Using FTP
Video 6 - Choosing A WordPress Theme For Your New Blog
Video 7 - How To Install And Use WordPress Plugins
Video 8 - How To Create Your First Blog Post And Blog Page
Video 9 - What RSS Is And Why You Need It
Video 10 - How To Use Feedburner For Supercharging Your RSS Capabilities
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Do a forum search. This topic has been covered a billion times, here, often rather heatedly.-
Thank you.
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Actually, clicking on the 'Related Blog Posts' or 'Related Discussion' links on the sidebar would help. =]
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Also, this was a starting point for me, the side by side comparison by Top Ten Reviews: blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/
What I am trying to do here is hear from BLOGGERS, how they would rate the services using distinct parameters. (Also the top ten info above seems dated--some things they say about blogger I know are not true anymore) I knew bloggers would give the straight "dope" here. -
You can find about two million other threads on this topic, if you use BC's search feature.
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So we've heard...see my post above...
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I've only just beginning to blog.
I first used Wordpress (free Wordpress, to be exact), but then I moved into Blogspot/Blogger
Need to note that I'm not interested in paying hosts.
Here's my problem with (free) Wordpress:
1. I cannot customize my template/theme... since customizing it needs payment. Therefore, as a free member I can only use the available templates
2. I cannot add any javascript in the sidebar... no shoutbox etc... or I just don't know how to do it, maybe.
3. Loading time for dashboard is quite frustrating
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@amenohi
(1) Purchasing the CSS upgrade at wordpress[dot]com amounts to paying $15 per year or 4 cents per day to edit your stylesheet. If you don't want to do that then there are 74 blog themes you can choose from.
(2) Javascript is not allowed and the software will strip it out to preserve security. But there is also a version of feedjit available for wordpress[dot]com blogs. And as for a shoutbox there is a meebo shoutbox widget you can use.
(3) I have no trouble with dashboard loading time. I do know that if you install Google Gears then the page load time speeds up considerably.
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Wordpress is better. 100% better. -
wordpress is easier to use
blogger is ugly and i hate the comments section
i use wordpress
bonus: creating my own favicon -
Gosh ... do we really need to revisit this again? Click this link and check it out. www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/search.php?q=wordpress+vs+blogger
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Maybe there should be a sidebar scoreboard -
Blogger 10,052 vs. Wordpress 9,956
Yes God 12,732 vs. No God 13,157
Disclaimer: The numbers listed here in no way represent a true score, but are listed merely for demonstration purposes. -
... lol
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Thank you very much for this link, I shall spend a good amount of time there tonight...thank you for your time (timethief...HARDLY! Timegiver more like.)
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@parentconsensus
Thanks
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Well I shifted my blog to wordpress from blogger a few days ago but I guess I'll stick with blogger. Too much work to get used to a new format and as I plan to get my own domain name that wud eat up time as well. So I hope blogger will improve it's features.-
I did the same thing. You know I am standing on the precipice. I am torn. I love that Wordpress has so much "help" out there, from people like timethief to so many others--good people honestly trying to help others. And, for example, I really like problogger and some others who's insights I really trust--but they so often speak the language of wordpress, you know? Anyway...thanks people for helping me weigh this decision.
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Hi Timethief saw u on Wordpress forums too ...
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@Jhangora
Hi there,
So you did and now you know where to find me ... lol
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If you don't know much about computer like html, etc...then blogger is better. It's easy to use... -
I use Blogger.
Free weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video. -
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WOW! It amazes me that anyone would got to the trouble of digging this old thread out of the searchbox and then add just one word to it.
And the fact that a 22 year old male would choose to have a female avatar is likewise amazing. I'm actually researching a post I intend to write on this writing a post on this phenomena. www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/male-bloggers-baby-sexy-female-avatars
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i am a huge huge fan of wordpress. blogger used to freeze my computer.
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