Comments on: Blogger or WordPress.com?

By: b. rahi koh

b. rahi koh — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:26:40 +0000

been using blogger ever-since due to two main reasons: 1.) i’m a big google fan, and 2.) i tried to monetize my blogs.

but honestly, for me blogger is very technical and the way i saw it here, it seems that WP is such.

right here and then, i gotta create my WP to check what i’ve been missing!

By: Turbo Slice

Turbo Slice — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:22:38 +0000

Google’s servers are strong enough to handle demanding loads, that’s why I’ve chosen Blogger.

I have to agree that WordPress is great, but if you lack the technical expertise to deal with the complicated stuff, stick with Blogger.

Also, Google Apps Mail syncs perfectly with Blogger. If you use the nameservers of your external hosting site (where you installed WordPress), instead of your Registrar’s, chances are Google Apps Mail won’t work because you need to use the name servers of your registrar’s. If you use Blogger, on the other hand, you won’t need to change the name servers, meaning you can both run Google Apps mail and Blogger at the same time.

check out http://mail.turboslice.com to see what I mean.

And who said that Blogger themes are inferior to those of WordPress’s? Look at my blog and see for yourself what a little bit of tinkering can do to your interface.

By: Ярослав Карасев

Ярослав Карасев — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:14:45 +0000

Я бы еще кое-что добавил, но по сути сказано практически все.

By: kirby

kirby — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:37:52 +0000

I use wordpress.com coz it sounds better.

By: Василий Петров

Василий Петров — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:21:10 +0000

Прикольно!:) Но есть и минус небольшой! У меня скорость интернета 56 кб в секунду. Страница грузилась около 20 секунд.

By: janey_bei

janey_bei — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:29:27 +0000

i go for wordpress…i started with blogspot though, but moved in to wordpress. i maintain 3 blogs in WP, i love the dashboard specially now that they improved it.

By: Jojo Esposa Jr.

Jojo Esposa Jr. — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:55:51 +0000

WordPress for me.

By: SEO j0ny

SEO j0ny — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:05:53 +0000

yeah unfortunately, you’re kind of blocked in with blogspot, and you can do about anything to and with wordpress these days on your own server. It’s really come up as a pretty good CMS tool now. But in old blogs, I’ve played with similar link structures and content, and the Blogger pages have always tended to get indexed faster and ranked better… really depends what you want to do with it…

By: Professional SEO Expert

Professional SEO Expert — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:31:59 +0000

Off course WordPress is the best as i have also used wordpress in my personal blog, take a look, professionalseoindia.com

well your blog is nice and very infomative.

By: rara

rara — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:07:14 +0000

im using blogger now but of the two, WordPress is much better, hay ang gulo.

By: Chell

Chell — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:40:18 +0000

It’s wordpress for me. I created a new blog in blogger (cause I can use adsense) for our business, still, I wasn’t very thrilled with the experience. I find it less user-friendly than wordpress.com

By: erjan

erjan — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:20:31 +0000

For me, Blogger is better than WordPress.com. Since in Blogger you can make your own template, not like WordPress.com that you still need to pay to access it’s CSS/Theme Editor.

By: Michael Broad

Michael Broad — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:05:03 +0000

I’m a Blogger person myself. I haven’t tried WordPress but seen lots of WordPress sites.

I just love Blogger and Google for me is so good, even if it is a 800lb Gorilla.

It work so well and looks good. It takes no time at all to get it up and running, indexed and analyzed by analytics (about an 45 mins for the whole thing from scratch start – that’s just so comfortable).

I’ve got two sites. The other is

http://alcoholism-victim.blogspot.com/

The second is exposing my soul to the world – every word is true.

Michael

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:51:08 +0000

Check this one, it will help you! http://free-web-template.blogspot.com/2007/05/bloggercon-vs-wordpresscom-between.html

By: Dino

Dino — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:10:55 +0000

So it’s all about monetizing. It’s blogger.com if you want adsense. It’s wordpress.com if you want nicer dashboard.

By: CallCenterVet

CallCenterVet — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:53:57 +0000

Blogger favors the majority. I think it would be better if bloggers, especially new ones and those who have little knowledge in tweaking their templates, would focus more in their content rather than technicalities of the blog itself.

Love the versatility of blogger. I’ve tried to give wordpress a shot at least a couple of times but I got turned off because of the limitations of wordpress hosted blogs. I’ve also monetized my blog probably more than any other wordpress blog out there so I don’t think wordpress is better at monetizing.

By: ernesto

ernesto — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:17:43 +0000

I love blogger that’s all

By: jepoy

jepoy — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:06:25 +0000

@john cuneta – agree. I’m still using html-based templates on blogger and still have no idea on how i would convert my templates to XML )

By: benj

benj — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:30:29 +0000

I hate the way blogspot sounds, so I went for WordPress before buying my own domain.

By: Em Dy

Em Dy — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:04:34 +0000

I find that blogger is best for newbies and those who are not computer savvy. WordPress is more difficult to use but with better templates. I prefer user-friendliness over beauty anytime.

By: julia

julia — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:12:25 +0000

as they say you can do “almost” anything with your blogger blog except for the commenting system, bu now my blog
http://julia-aquino.blogspot.com
is integrated with haloscan
so i dont have to worry anything

By: Goe D

Goe D — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:28 +0000

If I am going to choose between the two – I’ll choose Blogger b/c of big “G” is on my back . I have one blog off Blogger and nothing on WordPress.Com. But, this is the thing – I stopped using Blogger when I got my own blog (hosted) using WP in 2006. My experienced in Blogger is all positive so, I go with Blogger.

By: Luis Cruz

Luis Cruz — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:23:33 +0000

Simply because of the way it handles comments, Blogger loses out to WP.

In terms of functionality and scalability, WP again beats Blogger.

I’d say they’re even in terms of ease of use with the slight edge probably going to Blogger.

When it comes to SEO and monetization, Blogger might have an edge – it is, after all, owned by Google.

Lastly, and most importantly, if you ask me what I prefer, I’d say WordPress. That’s what I use, and I doubt I’ll switch to another platform.

By: normanski

normanski — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:04:11 +0000

wordpress! what’s the other choice again?

By: Macnerdzcare

Macnerdzcare — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:27:00 +0000

mas ok wordpress kasi pwede install sa paid hosting

By: JC John SESE Cuneta

JC John SESE Cuneta — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:08:15 +0000

wordpress – advance users
blogger – beginner

- I disagree. Check out how many blogger/blogspot these days are using the google-provided themes or using some other old-blogger theme out there.

I only know a few blogger/blogspot hosted blogs that created their own theme or ported over a theme from another source. The reason is, many knows how to use HTML (and to some extent CSS) but many fails when it comes to XML.

Blogger/blogspot is now using XML for its templates. Majority of the bloggers in the world are HTML-based (again to some extent CSS). If they see the new blogger/blogspot template system, they easily give up, especially when you submit it and it returns errors that “it is not a well-formed XML…. yadda…. yadda….”

So, I can say that blogger/blogspot is more advanced than any other FLOSS blog application out there to date.

If you want to convert a skin from another platform to blogger/blogspot, drop me a mail Let’s discuss the fees

Check: http://aisieletr.blogspot.com (I converted from MovableType; original design by a Filipina).

Ok lol… ’nuff haha

By: JC John SESE Cuneta

JC John SESE Cuneta — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:06 +0000

I think many are confused with ‘wordpress’ vs ‘wordpress.com – free’ vs ‘wordpress.com – paid’.

Blogger/BlogSpot vs wordpress.com “free” = definitely Blogger/BlogSpot

I cannot judge on wordpress.com “paid” as I haven’t tried that (I’m not even sure if it exists – I’m not a wordpress fan).

Now if the question is free-blog hosts vs self-hosted blog = hands-down self-hosted blog will win.. be it b2evolution, MovableType, or wordpress.

In other words, FLOSS is better than proprietary. I consider blogger/blogspot as proprietary as we do not know anything about it, can not “build on (top of) it”, etc.

PS
Blogger is the same as Blogspot

By: sherwin

sherwin — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:27:26 +0000

Hello! Blogger.com is so much more flexible because you can customize every part of the blog. I tried WP when I was starting out but I didn’t really bother since I didn’t have as much freedom as I had with Blogger.

Hosting your own WP is another matter though. Been exploring it the past few weeks and I’m really impressed. I’m just wondering though. Why did someone say WP is better as far as raising your PR is concerned? How does that work exactly?

Thanks!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:22:47 +0000

You can’t tinker with blogspot that much

Horrible.

By: marhgil

marhgil — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:50:46 +0000

i haven’t used wordpress.com. just signed-up for them to get the akismet key for my hosted wordpress blog.

but if I have to choose between wordpress.com and blogger.com, i’ll choose blogger.com. it’s easier to monetize. mukhang pera talaga ako. LOL!