BLOGGER
Google owns blogger and hence applies its policies to it. One of the biggest advantages with
blogger
is that you’ll take hardly 10 minutes to setup a blog with Blogspot.com
account. It is very easy to use and maintain. If you are done with
setting your blogger account you can start posting immediately. Let’s
discuss some points about blogger as a blogging platform one by one:
- With
blogger it is really too easy to maintain account. You can easily add
new pages and post. It is very easy to switch to different designs using
any of the given templates and layouts.
- Domain name with
blogger account is always like “yourblogname.blogspot.in” by default
(depending upon your country ‘.in’ will be changed). But blogger gives
you to choose your own domain name for $10 per year and connect your
blogger account with your personalized domain name. The biggest
advantage of this is you do not need to bother about hosting cost.
- No
coding is needed. Blogger supports almost all features that a simple
blog should have. If you have an account with blogger then you do not
need to be from technical background. At present blogger supports many
templates and you can use different layouts to customize those
templates.
- Awesome gadgets are offered by blogger as their free
features to all blogger account. You can easily add gadgets like news,
weather reports, currency converter, videos, slideshow, search box etc
by a single click. You can place these gadgets where ever you want in
your blog by changing their position by customizing layouts. If you
smartly arrange these gadgets, you will succeed to create a good blog
without paying anything. You can add your own gadget if you have the
code of that gadget.
- AdSense Integration is very easy with
blogger because both are owned by same company. So those who want to
start blogging to earn some money they can opt for blogger as it gives
you by default option of AdSense to start with. You can integrate
AdSense directly from your blog and after activation of AdSense you can
show ads and make money online. You can use your blog to promote
affiliate products to third party to simply make money. Through Amazon
affiliate program blogger itself allows to generate affiliate revenue.
- With
blogger account Google own all your data. If Google finds you for
anything that is violating its policies than it can shut your account
down without any notification. You would be aware of this fact if you
have ever heard about “Google slap”.
These were
some points about blogger as a blogging platform. If you want a personal
blog and want to share your experiences with friends and relative then
blogger is perfect for you. If you want to share your knowledge with
your friends and you post very rarely then blogger should be your
choice. You can earn money from blogger without spending even a single
dollar. So design your own blog, customize it according to your need,
use gadgets and enjoy amazing blogging experience with blogger.
WORDPRESS
Now let’s discuss about other blogging platform which is also most popular.
WordPress
it is well known as CMS (content management system). It is open source
and hence offers you fully customization. You should not be confused
with wordpress.org and wordpress.com. Both are owned by same owner but
wordpress.com is something like blogger it offers you free hosting and
domain name (yourwebsitename.wordpress.com). WordPress.org is official
site of the wordpress project and we will discuss about the same. You
can download latest version of wordpress from wordpress.org and can
start your website and blog with a domain and server that you own. Let’s
have some look on what wordpress offers us:
- WordPress is
absolutely free. All you need is hosting plan from a hosting company and
a domain name. WordPress also offers single click installation if
you’re hosting plan includes cpanel. With cpanel you can do a one-click
installation, upgrade and removal of your WordPress platform.
- As
you purchase your personalized domain name so it will be like
“yoursitename.com”. If you are planning to have a business website,
professional website or you need a functional website to sell your
products then your domain name should represent an authority and
personalized domain names are best option for the same.
- Wordpress
removes all limitations and is open source so if you are coding expert
then it is best for you. You can make wordpress do whatever you want to.
It offers thousands of themes for almost all niches. You can go for
premium wordpress themes if you need to setup highly professional blog.
- Supports
thousands of plugins and gadgets. You can easily install and activate
any plugin as per your need. Plugins do additional functions that you
want to be added in your website. It makes your websites really
functional and helps visitors in many ways. For example with wordpress
plugin you can add a feature to comment from your Facebook account
directly. Installation of plugin requires a single click. It’s that much
easy to add and use a plugin and you can uninstall them whenever you
want to.
- You can also integrate adsense account with your
wordpress site after activation from Google. If your blog is powered
with wordpress then you can customize it in a better way and make it
search engine friendly. With default installation you need a couple of
plugins and even a better theme to really maximize the Adsense
potential. With WordPress on your own domain you can ping as many blog
directories as you want, and start getting more traffic so can increase
your earnings.
- You own your own domain name and have your own
hosting so you own your content and you have complete ownership and
copyright of content. You do not need to bother that someone can shut
your account any time without informing you.
Now it’s your
turn to decide best for you. First think about the purpose for which you
want to blog and start a website then choose a platform. With wordpress
I can make you sure that you will never be back. You will love
wordpress for what it offers you. Share if you liked this post and
please put your points in comment about which is best among these two?
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