Bloggers: Should You Use Blogger.com or WordPress?
Blogger.com (also known as Blogspot) and WordPress are the most widely used blogging platforms today. Blogger.com has been a pioneer in the blogging industry, allowing users to set up free accounts and blogs since 1999. Blogger.com was acquired by Google in 2003, which enabled it to grow using Google services. Today, Blogger.com has an undisclosed number of millions of users who blog on their system.
WordPress started in 2003 as a follower of another (now unknown) blogging program. Since then it has become the blog of choice for many blogging professionals. There are currently over two million active WordPress.com users, and there are millions of others who have downloaded various versions of WordPress code.
By using Blogger setup guidelines for getting your blog hosted on their own servers. In contrast, WordPress' site-operated blogs can be hosted on WordPress.com, or WordPress software can be downloaded and used for your choice of web hosts. Below are some of Blogger.com's key features as opposed to two versions of the WordPress setup.
Features of Blogger.com
Free hosting for up to 1 GB of space
Blog content is stored on Blogger.com web servers
Ability to select and customize templates (limited flexibility)
Easy to get started; easy to use
Upload and save image files and video files
Features of WordPress.com
Free hosting for up to 3GB of space
Blog content is stored on WordPress.com web servers
Ability to select and customize templates (limited flexibility)
Easy to get started; easy to use
Upload and save image, video, and other file formats (limited).
WordPress Self-Hosted Features
Blog content is stored on user-selected web hosts
Almost unlimited ability to select and customize templates and widgets
It takes a certain technical skill to set up and prepare
File support is limited to a web server only, which means it is almost unlimited
Who Uses Which
A quick review of a few different blogs running on the Blogspot.com domain compared to those using WordPress setup (WordPress.com accounts and hosted blogs using WordPress software) shows that Blogspot.com is mostly used by people who write about their families, pets , and other personal types of topics. Compared to WordPress users, Blogger.com users are generally not “professional” bloggers, although there are plenty of Common Joe bloggers who make money through their Blogspot blogs and make a living by doing it.
Hosted WordPress blogs rely heavily on professional companies with an IT person or department in charge of their care. They are usually organized. Because WordPress.com is similar in its work with Blogger.com, blogs that use WordPress.com are similar to Blogger blogs in content, naturally more common or personal than the WordPress blogs they host.
Easy to use
For an inactive blogger, starting a blogging site is the easiest task. Simply create an account, select a template, and start writing it. Visual connector for Blogger users. WordPress.com is the same, a little more complicated. WordPress hosted blogs require the user to download the software, upload it to a server, adjust the website settings, and run the installation program installed with the software. This process is aimed at someone with IT knowledge, but for many people it is a little scary.
Once a blog has been activated for any of these forums, using it is easy enough no matter which one you choose. However, of all the links, Blogger.com is probably the easiest to understand and direct.
Security and Updates
WordPress has a history of being vulnerable to hacks. To reduce that risk, it is recommended that WordPress users be careful about maintaining their sites. Specifically, WordPress blog owners who host their blogs are encouraged to keep up to date with the latest updates.
Blogger users can allow the Blogger developer team to worry about hijacking. Because blog data is stored on Blogger servers, it is very unlikely that Blogger sites will be hacked.
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