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Blogger vs. WordPress

by twinmom
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Will they both work just as well for articles/adsense? I'm familiar with wordpress, but was just looking around at blogger and wondering why that wouldn't work as well - then wouldn't have to buy a domain, etc?
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  • Profile picture of the author Abledragon
    Blogger and WordPress will both work well for articles, but Blogger is better for Adsense than WordPress.com. With WordPress.org you can do anything you like.

    This article reviews some of the differences:

    http://www.wealthydragon.com/blog/20...-or-wordpress/

    Cheers,

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  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    Here's my side-by-side comparison from a while back: Niche Blog Hosting: Wordpress vs. Blogger

    The bottom line is that Blogger works well for niche blogs, better than some around here would lead you to believe (no, as long as you're not spamming and you're paying attention, you blog won't be deleted). There are some distinct advantages to self-hosted WordPress as well that make it a better choice for a flagship blog though.
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  • Profile picture of the author rtrotter
    Blogger does not allow you to create a ping list. They only allow weblogs.com in addition to Google's own blog directory. That's why many of my users at King Ping are from blogspot.com

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  • Profile picture of the author AlbertF
    With wordpress hosted on your own host, you got more control. Blogger is one way operated and you can only create posts and even more posts.

    Wordpress creates pages in all different ways and the plugins are just amazing. Plugins from Wordpress alone should already convey you to use Wordpress instead of Blogger.
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    • Profile picture of the author discrat
      Cant beat Blogger for Niche Marketing. Its easy to get one up and running in 2 minutes.
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  • Profile picture of the author sam09
    Hi,

    My piece of advice is go with wordpress if you are going host your own domain othewise blogspot is better because of it's user friendliness.
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  • Profile picture of the author kimaroc
    I prefer Blogger.com, because the owner is the great Google
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  • Profile picture of the author yonaswedo
    As far away I just used the free blog services as a dummy blog.
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  • Profile picture of the author virtuali
    Wordpress.org is best of all specially when it comes to customising. However if you looking for free ones, then blogger seem best.
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  • Profile picture of the author Realdeals228
    If you want a long term and serious blog then go with selfhosted wordpress. Otherwise either blogger or wordpress.com is very quick to set up and should work fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author twinmom
    There seems to be quite a mixed bag of thoughts on this. Thanks for the responses. I am currently using self-hosted Wordpress for a couple of blogs, and it's working out 'ok'. I'm just not very familiar with php so I've been a little hesitant installing themes and the plug-ins that aren't auto-installed.

    And yes, it's true - the blogger one can be up and running in about a minute. That's what originally sparked my curiosity about them.

    I suppose I'll stick with the self-hosted wordpress.

    Thanks for opinions.
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  • Profile picture of the author radio
    Plenty of hosts out there, some as low as $10 a year - one click install of Wordpress and you have a self hosted blog and all the power that comes with it. Don't want to spend money on a domain right now... look at a generic domain to begin with and use subdomains (again, very easy to set up in cpanel).
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  • Profile picture of the author debtfreehispanic
    I would go with a self hosted blog is I were you. I tried Blogger and ended up exporting those posts into wordpress. I actually teach people how to set up wordpress blogs over at Websidual. Check it out it may interest you.
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