Bloggers around the globe are familiar with blogger/Blogspot and WordPress.If not,then they are certainly missing a huge opportunity of awesome blogging service provided by these two.In this post, I will try to give a brief difference between blogger and WordPress.If you are not familiar with these two,you can read following articles from Wikipedia.
Blogger Pros :
- Blogger/Blogspot is free.You don't need to worry about hosting nor about a software to setup your blog.
- Blogger is hosted on a top level domain Blogspot.Its uptime is very good,i.e 100 %
- You have your own search engine ranking using Blogspot subdomain, not like other subdomains which have a ranking of their domain.
- You can create many blogs on a single Gmail Account(I think no one can manage more than 5 blogs at a time)
- HTTPS availability in blogger along with HTTP which ensures data encryption.
- Strong Security,for instance, XSS protection.
- Cache by google and also minification of javascript,CSS, and HTML.You don't need to worry about these things when you are blogging on blogger.
WordPress Pros :
- It's not just a blogging software,it is actually a content management system.There are options available for you that you can create the blog,website or a forum.
- A large number of plugins about 44,000 +.
- A large number of Awesome and eye catching themes both premium and free.
- People can create an account or can submit a guest post.
- Permalink structure changing features and also you can set a custom URL.
- SEO friendly posts and greater option for creating lovely posts.Moreover, you have a lot more control over typography.
- Both Labels and Categories are available for classifying.
- You are the boss of your own business.You are not dependent on WordPress.
- In WordPress, you can edit any page according to your choice.
- WordPress has labels as well as category classification system.
- Recommended :How to install WordPress Theme
Blogger Cons :
- No plugins ,only widgets which are based on CSS,javascript, and HTML.
- In the past,blogger allowed people to become members of a blogger powered site using google friend connect.But now this feature is not available(I request blogger to reintroduce this feature).
- Free templates are not many.But premium templates are available,which have some more features than the free ones.
- Lesser Options to Control SEO. Lesser control over typography.
- No Categories,only labels are used for classification.
- Your blog is dependent on google.Although you are the admin of your blog;but the master admin is google,which can suspend your blog for violating the content policy of blogger.
- In blogger, you cannot edit each page according to your choice.If you make any change the template every page will be changed according to it.
- Also read :How to submit blogger to search engines
WordPress Cons :
- It's not free.You have to get a good host for your site and should have a monthly budget of 3-10$.
- The free subdomain is also provided by WordPress but it lacks the features of free blogger.For instance, changing a template.
- Too many plugins can slow down the site.
- Security issues of WordPress.
- Good for medium traffic sites.But when your blog starts receiving high traffic you need a good host with adequate resources and hosting plan.
- Check what wp beginner says about WordPress vs. Blogger – Which one is Better? (Pros and Cons)
Conclusion :
After comparing blogger and WordPress,I couldn't place anyone on the top.Because both of these services are equally famous among the people.So I leave it for you to decide which one is better;WordPress or blogger.I personally like Blogger.
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