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Why do people hate on blogger?
Posted by davidrosen • 1/26/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blog, blogger, blogging, wordpress
Should I be moving my blog over to wordpress or something? What is so wrong with having my blog on blogger?
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I dont know, many ppl love the Wordpress platform but I have all my blogs on blogger...to me its the best, so easy to use and gives me just what i need. -
:S it posted my reply twice!
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Nothing is wrong, as long as earning money with AdSense is not the main purpose of it. Focus on providing good, original content. -
I don't know anyone who "hates" Blogger. I know many people who are quite happy there. It's a free hosted blogging platform that allows blogger initiated advertising, whereas, wordpress.com is also free hosted does NOT allow blogger initiated advertising.
The blogging software you choose and the web host you choose ought to be based on your requirements, expectations and skills. If you feel hosting and advertising are requirements then Blogger is a natural choice.
If you expect to establish a professional blog and become a full-time blogger then take a look around and see which software how many most full-time professional bloggers are using. What I see is that most have hired web hosts and are using the free blog sofware and plugins that can be downloaded from wordpress.org
Note that wordpress.com and wordpress.org are different en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-read-me-first-before-posting?replies=1
This topic has been discussed on this forum many times so here's the link so you can read what others have said. If you look hard enough you will find my comments in those threads where I point out some obvious benefits that wordpress.com provides that Blogger doesn't such as custom widgets, global tagging pages, volunteer supported support & off topic forums, and the soon to be integrated buddypress, which will result in wordpress.com becoming a very large social network
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/search.php?q=wordpress+versus+blogger-
You don't know anyone who hates blogger? You must have somehow missed these:
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/blogger-blogspot-sucks-move-while-you-sti...
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/why-i-hate-blogger-blogs
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/enough-arguing-blogger-vs-wordpress
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Nothing at all if you like it. I'm happy with my site on Blogger, too. I understand Wordpress has some additional features, but then it's also a bit more difficult to work with and requires somewhat more technical knowhow.
So it really depends on your needs and how much time you want to spend blogging versus programming.-
Right. Wordpress is a big pain. Blogger works. -
I've been trying to set up a WP blog this past week or so and have finally given up.
I am not a programmer. I don't want to be a programmer. It is too damned complicated and it seems that all the changes I want require programming expertise.
I don't want to program, I want to write. I have devoted WAY too much time trying to find instructions how to do something as simple as changing the colour of a heading...time I could have been writing, There is no easily-found "manual" to walk me through what are surely very ordinary customizations. All in all, I found that this, my second attempt to set up a WP blog (the first was a couple of years ago) was frustrating and fruitless.
Maybe someday WP will have the basic common sense to put a button in the top of the page that says "Help," a button that leads to a basic manual (understandable by those of us who shudder at the thought of having to become programmers in order to blog) on how to do ordinary things like change background or font colours in the themes, how to change fonts...all those things that Blogger has built-in. When that happens, I'll give it another try. Until then, I'd rather write than waste time hunting down instructions that should exist but obviously don't.
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I dislike blogger, a lot of the sites on there look the same and that really bothers me for some reason... I know the same is true if you use a template... but when you're on a blogger site, you usually KNOW you're there.
Even if the content is good it makes it harder to appreciate it
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Yeah that is the comment I have been seeing a lot of powerkor. what would you recommend?
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I recommend getting your own hosting and wordpress app if you ever want a chance to be considered an influential site. Blogging on blogspot will rarely get you noticed. If you do it just as a hobby and have no goals to do anything else with it besides blog, then blogger is fine.
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That's true, but a bit of tweaking can make your Blogger site more individual and there are lots of templates available. Of course it's helpful to have a little bit of knowledge of CSS to really do a good job, but the same is true of WordPress.
I've used both WP and Blogger and each has its advantages. WP definitely has more and (in some cases) better/more sophisticated features and for a stand-alone website I prefer it. Blogger is simpler in many ways and I've grown to like it with my current blog, but it lacks some essential (to me) features-- like, in order to have a sophisticated comments ability you have to farm it out to an outside source like JS Kit, and I'm still fighting to get a good cascading horizontal menu going that actually works with the new template I'm tweaking. Also, WP's category system is better than Blogger's labels; it's more efficient, less bulky.
But overall I'm not unhappy with blogger. With a little bit of work you can learn to modify things to your satisfaction, and they say that learning new things helps keep alzheimer's away so I figure it's good for me. ;-)
Oops. Meant this as a response to roguedeals. Sorry about that. Maybe I haven't learned my quota of new things today to keep my brain from shriveling, lol.
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"Blogger has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that certain content in your blog infringes upon the copyrights of others. The URL(s) of the allegedly infringing post(s) may be found at the end of this message.
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Please note that repeated violations to our Terms of Service may result in further remedial action taken against your Blogger account. If you have legal questions about this notification, you should retain your own legal counsel. If you have any other questions about this notification, please let us know.
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Affected URLs: surfingonsteam.blogspot.com/2008/11/blur-reunion-in-2009-damon-albarn-says.... -
I have a blogger blog and just started a wp blog. WP seems like it's designed for 'tech' pros only. And you have to pay so you can save your style sheets you might edit?
I will try and tinker around a little more with WP...but I will still use blogger... -
Are you kiddin me? I just moved my blog over to wordpress and to a housewife with no "formal" education,it is wonderful. It gives you itemized stats. It even tells you how someone was referred to your blog. I love it.
I still have a whole lot to learn but so far so good.-
FYI, Statcounter/Sitemeter does that for Blogger with far better tracking and control. Cheers!
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I love my blogger blog. But I'm stubborn and resistant to change
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When it comes to free hosting I like blogger cos' I can tweak around plus I'm more familiar with it. I'll go wordpress only if i get into paid hosting. -
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That came off as a bit harsh but I personally look forward to her replies she's always accurate concise and knowledgable...
Most people just give their opinion but she backs hers w sources and blog posts. that's something that can't be said for a lot of people.
Your comment alone suggests that you know this but I'm not sure why you're cynical about it. I'm a professional designer and I still value her replies here...
She is one of the few where I can improve if I take her advice into consideration... Which leaves me no room to be cynical and plenty of times to be grateful.
Case and point: if more people on BC were like her we'd have many more meaningful conversations and we'd learn a ton more than we do now.
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@rileycentral...EXACTLY -
@hatingtherain
I choose to call your 2 shouts sent to me containing hatred, name calling and obscene language as "grunting". What's disappointing is that a you would choose to post yet another obscenity here. -
LOL, you two are funny. Lighten up everyone and get happy Life is too short to be arguing over the internet with people you wont meet in real life
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What the hell does any of this have to do with the original question. Christ go to your separate corners and stop talking to each other.
Riley it was a douche move to start talking shit in what was a plain thread. Timethief don't engage them all if it is round and round crap.
This is starting to get f'ing ridiculous.
You guys have a problem take it up privately. -
You're right sensico...I love you all!
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@powerkor I found stuff online that shows it's been happening for over two years so I don't feel special. When someone tries to discredit YOU and shows the audacity to look up all your PR's and post them to that end, you'll understand why it was harsh. Having said that, we all live with the consequences of our words ... I'm still waiting for an apology but not holding my breath:
... now back to the topic. Blogger is fine! I'm over my little diatribe against it. I see its value now. The important thing kids is that you BLOG! Long live bloggers on all platforms. Now I'm off to work on my new Wordpress.org theme. sayonara! -
rileycentral....I fully agree and I know exactly what your talking about.
Copying and posting a bunch of crap nobody asked you to is really not what we are here for, most of which is harassment which should be stopped yet clearly it's allowed to continue.
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I love Blogger, even when it's being temperamental! -
hmm, I don't think all people hate blogger, If you want to blogging on a free platform so Blogger is the right one, but if you want full control of your blog so go for self hosted with wordpress as the platform. I think people don't hate Blogger but they more recommend Wordpress but the way their talk like they hate it... huhu -
I love Blogger a lot. But I'm just scared of my Google account being phished/banned one day and I'll end up having no access to my email, blog, my documents etc. Backup regularly people.
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As long as you find it convenient for you, keep using it. This always happen, Mac vs PC, Iphone vs G1 and now blogger vs wordpress. -
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I started on blogger and hated it. It was horrible for me, it had absolutely none of the features I wanted. Even Livejournal had more to offer me than blogger. But I am picky, blogger is simple so some people appreciate that. I just really like to be able to customize my stuff 100%, if I want to block an IP, I can, if I want to add commentluv I can, if I want people to be able to comment me without having to jump through hoops, they can. There are several blogger blogs I would love to comment on, but it is not set up to be all inclusive (IE: only some allow name and URL). As the others have said, it depends on what you are looking for and I was looking for wordpress.org because I haven't found anything better yet that has every feature I want (including myspace cross posting) and has other sites that are compatible with it. -
It all depends on how serious you are going to take your blogging and what your goals are for your site. I would never set up a blogger page.
However if my mom or aunt wanted to start a blog where they were going to share stories with other friends it is perfect for them.-
Focusing just on free hosted wordpress.com and blogspot is okay I guess. But there are other free hosted blogs available too. Some bloggers have taken to Tumblr micro-blogging these days and a lot of them are also wordpress bloggers and blogspot bloggers.
A Tumblr blog is a great place to keep a wide variety of what have you. My tumblr scrapbook blog contains my blogging notes and other bit and pieces. Tumblr blogs are easy to set up and there are nice themes to choose from that allow for tweaking and much more. You can also get additional free themes from several sites on the net for tumblr blogs too. So why not consider having one?
www.tumblr.com/
Features:
(1) Mobile posting - Post text, photos, MP3s, or videos (if you have Vimeo enabled) directly from your mobile phone. You can use the Subject line to attach a caption to photos. Remember that anyone can use this address, so keep it private. If you need to, you can reset this address.
(2) Mobile browsing - To browse your tumblelog on a phone or PDA, just add “/mobile” to the URL
(3) Tumblet widget - Mac users, install the Tumblet Dashboard Widget to quickly post text blurbs from your desktop. Mac OS 10.4 or newer required.
(4) Post via Instant Message - To post to Tumblr through AOL Instant Messenger, just add TumblrBot to your buddy list.
(5) Embed your tumblelog - If you want to incorporate your tumblelog on a web page other than Tumblr, you can use the following code to embed your posts as basic HTML that you can skin with CSS
(6) Bookmarklet - Drag the button to your Bookmarks Bar to quickly post content to your tumblelog.
(7) Feeds (cannot be used as spammer and splogger tools) - Feeds let you actively import your posts from up to five other sites and create an aggregator blog. You may only import content you create. If you import other people’s content, your account will be suspended. For more information on feeds, check out their help section.
(8) “Public” or Private” groups - A full-featured tumblelog with the special ability to invite others to post. Once invited, members share full control.
(9) Domains - Use a custom domain name with Tumblr and use Google Analytics to measure your traffic.
(10) Customizable themes - Several customizable themes are available and there are other free themes available on the net but, if you prefer you can create a custom HTML theme for your tumblelog.
(11) Build your own apps with the Tumblr API.
(12) Clear terms of service, content and privacy policies
www.tumblr.com/terms_of_service
www.tumblr.com/privacy_policy
Here's an example of one:
The Tiger Beat
tigerbeat.blogcatalog.com
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Here's my point of view why i hare Blogger
- you cannot set a tag for your post
- You can't see from which post your visitor are commenting
- You can't delete comment directly from your admin panel which mean you have to go to your blog page and find that comment from every of your blog post
- You can't delete multiple comment as easy as wordpress
- You can't edit multiple post
- Having useful widget for blogger is hard to find
Thats it, and now i'm happy with my wordpress-
You got like 3 things wrong and one other just requires you click your mouse 2 extra times.
Meh..whateverz!!
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I like Blogger...I have 2 blogs there. Wordpress is okay, but I guess I've been at Blogger longer and just like it better.-
I think there are many other bloggers who feel the same way. They are happy with their blogspot blogs. The software is set up for point and click operations that can be very easily learned. Once we humans have learned something we feel comfortable with it, and we aren't keen on changing.
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That's interesting since I have been a computer person for years! I love the challenge of new programs, etc. I have to admit my Blogger accounts get more traffic than the Wordpress one as my primary reason for liking Blogger better overall.
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Wow! I experienced the exact reverse. I got more traffic from the wordpress .com global tag pages.
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Time Thief,
I wonder why you get more traffic on Wordpress, while I get more on Blogger? Hmmm...
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I don't think that anyone hates blogger. but there might be some limitations to it.
I love blogger and i am sticking to it. -
I am for:
It's not about what I like. It's about which is better and more help. With Wordpress self hosted blog 80-90 SEO are taken care. Google's Matt Cutt recommend Wordpress blogging platform not blogspot (blogger). -
why move? create a copy and keep them interconnected, so that one visiting the first will visit the second.
i like blogger very much, and i know lots of co bloggers. blogger is a dream come true for non techies like me.-
You like but most people don't like and that's the difference. Now blogspot blog looks very cheap. No matter how good the blog is.
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weblogian, I don't think blogger-hosted blogs necessarily look any cheaper than most self-hosted WP blogs (how many use the Kubrick theme without making any changes?) For those who use only the few templates offered by Blogger without tweaking them I pretty much agree, they look maybe not cheap but definitely nonprofessional. That's fine for what most people use their blog for, but it's noticeable.
I don't think my blog looks cheap, but maybe that's because it's mine? rptides.blogspot.com I use a modified Minima Stretch template. (But of course I'm in the process of majorly modifying a different template that is, itself, a modification of a WP theme-- so maybe I'm all wet here.)
Blogger templates are getting better looking, with hundreds of new ones available nowadays that look much better than the old ones.
"Mish", Michael Shedlock, has hosted his "Global Economic Analysis" blog with Blogger for years. It's not pretty and it's so cluttered up with ads it's hard to find his content, but that doesn't seem to have made any difference to the growth of his audience or the fact that he's regularly talking about economics on the radio and TV. Maybe in some cases the message is more important than the envelope? -
@LaHuerita
I am talking about general peoples' opinion on blogspot blog. The reputation is gone.
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I have attended a course on how to blog using wordpress and I find blogger to be more user friendly. -
Im really having a hard time figuring out wordpress. Im contented with blogger because its easy to use. -
The same can be set for wordpress. I started with wordpress but then navigated to blogger. You can change you template and design it how you want it to look. Its simple and easy. The platform is what you make it as a good blog is the content you put in it. -
I agree wordpress has a more beautiful 'feel and look'. I both have blogger and wordpress...but I am still on the testing ground as to what I will have with me in the long run. -
The problem persists in CSS layout and validation -
Under "Setting" blogger can be set where anyone can easily comment. I find blogger very simple and colorful. -
You want wordpress because it is more customizable and, if self hosted, you own the domain name and the web space. As long as you do not violate your host's TOS, you can put what you want on it.
There is a pretty steep learning curve, but it has gotten a lot better with the last few wordpress updates. It used to be a real headache.
Plus, there is a plugin for everything. You really need to know very little programming, although it really helps.
Douglas Manning
Successhound.com
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