BLOGGER VS WORDPRESS

Blogger_Vs_WordPress
There is an age long argument on which blogging platform to use by bloggers. While some prefer blogspot, others prefer blogger.

The reason for this blogpost is to guide the newbees in the blogging industry. Sometimes, what you want to blog about will get more success in a particular platform. We have taken out time to set this masterpiece.

When you decide to choose a platform to blog about, the following should be considered.

1. Ease of use.
2. Monetization option.
3. Search Engine Optimization, SEO
4. Flexibility
5. Cost comparism
6. Design options
7. Support

Of the top one million blogs in the world, WordPress has 35% of the users  while blogger has only 1% users.
Blogger was topping the chart until WordPress beat blogger in 2005.

Now, let's take a quick overview on what the two platforms are about.

WORDPRESS
WordPress has two packages, WordPress.com and WordPress.org. It allows you to create a website, an online store and a blog. It always sounds a bit complex in the beginning but later on, it becomes so easy.

To get started, you need to purchase a domain name and an hosting plan. You can get it cheaply for as low as $3 monthly.

You can also set up your WordPress blog for free.

BLOGGER
Blogspot was developed by the Pyra labs in 1999 but acquired by Google in 2003. Here, you can set up your blog completely free of charge using but you can still buy a domain name if you want to.

It is not advisable to use blogger when you want to build an online store. But it is a very great blogging platform.

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Now, let's enter our comparism proper. When you want to choose between  Blogger and WordPress, we listed above that you should have some conditions in mind. Next, we are going to highlight these conditions and they will serve as a base for our comparism.

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EASE OF USE
Do you find it easy to navigate your way through your blog? This question is very vital especially for non-techy bloggers like me.

A blogger should be able to do some basic things easily on his blog such as uploading a blog post, replying to comments and setting up pages. 

WordPress
WordPress was designed to be a very simple and quick process. All you basically need is the ability to point and click on a computer system. No sort of coding is needed. So, you can handle a WordPress blog even if you are 12 years old.

You can also create content easily here, add images and even videos.

The pace at which you can set up a Wordpress blog is very fast. Spend 30 minutes on a beginner's guide and you are there already. You can then choose a blog theme and also install a WordPress plugin.

• Blogger
You only need to spend a few minutes here. The only thing you need is a Google account (gmail).

To set up a blog account, visit www.blogger.com or www.blogspot.com and sign in with your Google account. Then click on the 'create new blog'. Navigate your way through. It is very easy and then insert your blog title and address. You are done!

Here, you can also configure blog settings and do some SEO settings, edit your blog layout l, insert some pages and add great blog posts.

But, unlike WordPress, you cannot change much of Blogger designs or layouts unless you are very good at HTML.

Winner: Tie

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OWNERSHIP
Another thing to consider is the ownership of your blog. Do you really own your blog? Is it for another company that can close it down at anytime?

Having full ownership gives you the power to do just anything you want to do on your blog.

• WordPress
Here, you are the complete owner of your blog. You can do just anything you want to do on your blog and won't get any sanctions.

No one can shut it down or limit your access to it.

• Blogger
You don't own your blog on blogger. The owner is Google and can do anything they choose to do with it. Google can do just anything to your blog without even giving you any warning.

This puts you at risk because your blog can be shut down just anytime and anyday.

Winner: WordPress

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SECURITY
In anything you want to venture into, security should be one of the things to bear in mind. Everything you have spent hours and years to work for can disappear in split seconds.

You can lost everything if your blog is back listed or even hacked.

•Blogger
Because blogger is owned by Google, you stand the chance to enjoy Google security rebust.

 But there's a very big risk here. An entire service downtown can make you lose your blog.

• WordPress
WordPress is quite secure. Here, you are responsible for everything as stated earlier. You can learn more about securing your blog from the WordPress community.

You can also back up your blog by using VaultPlus and there is Securi,. Web firewall application that will help secure your blog too.
Winner: Tie

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SUPPORT
No one is an asset. Whether you like it or not, every blogger must run into trouble. You need to check out for a platform with a very good support system. A very reliable system is needed to help us get out of trouble quickly.

• Blogger
Remember that most things about blogger are very basic and the support system is not left out of it. Blogger has a very basic documentation and no strong users' forum.

Google cannot always provide adequate support since it is a free service.

• WordPress
WordPress has a very good support system. Remember I told you that if is basically point and click. However, despite it's easy nature, it also has a very active community support system where answers to your questions can be answered with ease.

Furthermore, every single theme and plugin in WordPress has questions and answers forum. This will make it very easy for you as you locate those who have encountered similar problems with ease and find solutions in no distant time.

You can get dedicated support when you apply for paid services on WordPress.

WordPress also has online documentation, community forums, Facebook groups and IRC chatrooms.

Winner: WordPress

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APPEARANCE AND DESIGN OF THE BLOG
Designs and appearance play vital roles in attracting audience/customers and also engaging them. Bad designs drive people away and they may never come back.

You need an elegant blog design to reduce bounce rates, engage users and improve the time spent by visitors on your blog.

Time spent by visitors on your blog helps in improving your Google ranking for a particular topic.

• Blogger
Again, blogger has very limited functions. The templates to create designs heard are few and majority of them are used in thousands of blog and thus have lost their uniqueness. In blogger, you can modify the colours of templates but you cannot create your own template.

Blogger has only basic configuration options. The layouts are very few and templates too thereby making your blog to lag behind when it comes to designs.

• WordPress
Thousands of WordPress users have professional designs and appearances in their blogs. There is a common belief in the WordPress community that there is a theme for your blog no matter the niche you pick on Earth.

There are over 7,000 themes for over 2,000 blogs.

You can also get themes from stores and add to your blogm you can get such themes from Elegant themes, Astra themes and Themify.

Winner: WordPress

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CONTROL AND FLEXIBILITY
Here, the big question is if you can control the functionality and the appearance of your blog. The appearance of a blog matter a whole lot.

• Blogger
The tools in blogger are very minimal and they cannot be extended by the blogger.

Blogger also has built in gadgets  that cannot be worked on and very limited in functionality.

E-commerce features are completely absent in blogger. This means you can't create an online store with blogger. Same applies to pop ups.

• WordPress
Remember WordPress is an open source software which means software engineers are always working on it, making changes, adding new stuffs and removing outdated ones.

WordPress has thousands of plugins for instance, social shares buttons, making popups or creating a portfolio.

Winner: WordPress

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PRICING
One of the things to consider also is the pricing of a blogging platform. You need to also consider your pockets. 

• Blogger
Blogger is a free blogging platform. You can create your blog anytime, anyday with zero amount.

• WordPress
This is free but you need to pay for hosting (blue host can serve) and also for your domain name.

Winner: Blogger

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PORTABILITY
What happens when you are tired of using a particular platform? You switch to another platform. If you read this blog post before opening a blog, you don't need to change again because you might have chosen the one that is abest for you.

• Blogger
Moving away from blogger is difficult. It is like moving away from a lover who is too attached. However, it is not impossible to move away from blogger to another platform.

When you move away from blogger, you lose subscribers and followers and also, your SEO ranking decreases. This can be linked to a very wealthy man divorcing his wife.

Even after exporting your blog to another platform, your data still remains on Google server for a very long time.

• WordPress
Here, their flexibility comes into play once more. You can move your blog wherever you want and when ever you want.

Unlike blogger, you won't lose your SEO ranking and WordPress provides better SEO than Blogger.

Winner: WordPress

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BLOGGER VS WORDPRESS: THE FUTURE
 Whatever you chose to do, have the future in mind. In blogging, you should have the future in mind too. 

If you choose to use blogger, you have to bear in mind that it may not be updated. Blogger has not been updated for a very long time.

Unlike WordPress, blogger can kill any of her services without even prior warning. For instance, Google reader, Google AdSense for feeds and feedburners were killed by Google.

The future of WordPress is not in the hands of one company or individual. It is being handled by a community of programmers.


Above, we have successfully analyzed blogger vs WordPress and we hope you make the best choice.