From Blog Godown - Why You Should Convert Your Blogger Blog to Self Hosted Wordpress provides an argument that I don't see often:
Gautam, the author further explains in his reply to my comment:
Multi-Author Blogs and Guest Blogging
Guest Blogging and Multi Author blogging is a mess in Blogger, because there is no way to moderate posts submitted by other authors. In comparison to this, Wordpress has the ability to moderate posts and also assign roles to content submitters as Authors, Contributors or Admin. This way you can easily control and decide which authors should be moderated and which should be allowed to have full control.
That is because i have faced problems with guest blogging in blogger and wordpress has a lot of features that make it a better platform for guest and multi author bloggingAnother point from Gautam's post addresses the issue of SEO which enables your blog to be found by users of search engines like Google and Bing.
In Blogger, you can do SEO for images and Posts by adding the the meta keywords and alt tags for each post manually.For those that are familiar with meta-tagging, please let me know how that is working for you.
In a post from Robert Bravery of Integral Web Solutions Which is better Blogger.com vs. Wordpress.com? cites ease of blog importing as one of many reasons to use WordPress.com
Michael Aulia of Craving Tech wrote an article for NuffNang Australia called Better Blogging - Wordpress vs. Blogger offers another free Blogger vs. paid WordPress comparison. However, he points out something worth mentioning, about adding "static pages" which is also true for the free version of WordPress.Blog Import: In Blogger - limited availability to import and export only in the same blogging platform; in WordPress - you can import from several other platforms, including from Blogger.
I'll end this post on a lighter note with an argument from my friend Kissie, from the Ohhh.... K!
- Static Pages
With WordPress, it’s easy to add custom pages such as “About me”, “Contact”, and other pages. All WordPress themes automatically display all pages so you don’t have to do anything to display your new pages on the blog.
in a post called What November Taught Me. Let me explain first that in this excerpt is taken from Blogger and she is talking about...well see for yourself.
I purchased business cards to announce a vision, promote this site, aim for an audience, and have my contact information handy to share. What I didn’t consider when I added the site was everyone who gets the card could very well visit the site….that means I can’t WRITE ABOUT THEM and boy do I have some things to say. Of course I dedicated this page to my grandchildren so I have to be nice and sweet and try to always share a nugget of wisdom. So, the lesson is to start a new blog and not tell my friends and family about that one. It’s on now! (That’s slang for I am going to let it rip.)I'm looking forward to Kissie's move to her new home at WordPress.com. Feel free to share any insights on the Blogger vs. WordPress issue in the comments below!
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Hey Ileane,
Nice post. I do see advantages that Wordpress has. But for beginners, part time bloggers or bloggers who do not need all the features that Wordpress has, blogger is great. I think they both appeal to different audiences.
BTW, THanks for the mention.
Robert, I'm still holding on to this blogger account for that very same reason. It's so easy to manage. You are welcome for the mention. I try to highlight all the great articles I find on this subject.
Thanks for the comment.
I know it's hard to move from something that you are already familiar with :D (It happened to me too 2 years ago)
So I guess it's all depends on what you want to do in the future. If you really want to take your blog to the next level, then go for WordPress. If you just want to blog for fun and never thought of making it into something else, it doesn't hurt to stay free on blogspot.com :D
I actually switched to wordpress more so because SOOOOO many people were saying it's the place to be. Not even because of an overwhelming feeling I'd do better. Although if I can get it converted to the paid account the plugins will be so fun to use!!
Michael and Angela, Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the comments and Blog Engage votes.
If anyone reading this would like to know more about Blog Engage, please visit blogengage.com
Though I can use blogger.com better than wordpress.com, I think WordPress.com wins the free service crown for now. Why? Because it's developend in the same framework as WordPress.org , and the org version gets better and better.
Btw, here's a simple opinion of mine regarding blogger vs wordpress: http://www.goblogger.net/2009/07/blogger-wordpress/
Hi Isaac, Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I will take a look at your post, because a certainly want to hear all sides of this debate.
When I'm done with my comment, I'm heading over to Isaac's post.
For the record, I don't plan to make a complete move to WP.com. I started a blogsite there to say what I can without offending those who already follow or have the address to read the Blogger posts.
I know you WP.com folk rave about how much better it is, but I have to tell you with all of the flaws on Blogger, I can manage. And since I don't have that much time to invest in learning the WP.com features I need, I have to stay with Blogger to get what's in my heart on to the screen.
Glad I found this blog, its got along of information that I haven't been able to find quality content like this in a while. It good to see someone who takes pride in their work, ill follow along with your posts from now on.
I completely understand that. With how Wordpress is doing and the many features and functions of the platform, I am not surprised Blogger may be lagging behind.
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