Blogger vs Wordpress

Blogger

If anybody been on the internet for any length of time, then you've certainly run across many blogs. Maybe you've even read a few blogs consistently. You might be thinking that starting a block could be a great asset for your business. It could help you to connect with customers, share information about new products or services, and enable you to do some free or low-cost advertising. If you've gotten this far in the thought process, you've probably realized that there are two basic options when it comes to blogging. You can choose to use Blogger, which is owned by Google. Or, you can choose to blog using Wordpress, which is open source software. Each of these choices has advantages and disadvantages, but as usual one comes out ahead when you consider all of the factors involved. Blogger is a blog storage service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. The service itself is located at www.blogger.com. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at sub domains of blogspot.com. Until May 1 2010 an FTP service allows pages edited through Blogger to be published to other hosts. Like everything else that Google touches, Blogger has been instrumental in bringing a practice that was the privy of the technologically savvy into the mainstream. In this case it is the habit of keeping an online journal. Blogger's advantages are that it is extremely easy to use and very quick to set up. Because it is owned by Google, Blogger integrates well with the full line of Google applications.

Wordpress

Wordpress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world. Wordpress is an Open Source project, which means there are hundreds of people all over the world working on it. Wordpress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. Wordpress started as just blogging systems, but has evolved to be used as full content management system and so much more through the thousands of plugging, widgets, and themes. Wordpress has a templating system, which includes widgets that can be rearranged without editing PHP or HTML code, as well as themes that can be installed and switched between. Wordpress is completely customizable and can be used for almost anything. The PHP and HTML code in themes can also be edited for more advanced customizations. Wordpress also features integrated link management; a search engine-friendly, clean permalink structure; the ability to assign nested, multiple categories to articles; and support for tagging of posts and articles. Automatic filters that provide for proper formatting and styling of text in articles are also included. Wordpress also supports the Trackback and Pingback standards for displaying links to other sites that have them linked to a post or article. Wordpress has a rich plug in architecture which allows users and developers to extend its functionality beyond the features. If you're considering starting a blog to promote your business, you've probably realized that the choice mostly comes down to using Blogger or Wordpress. Blogger is a great option for beginners since it now offers the option of registering your own domain name. However for flexibility, professionalism, and ease of use Wordpress still comes out on top.