When creating a blog, it is important to know the details of each and make the right decision. In this first article we will try to answer the question: Wordpress or Blogger ?.
Much has been written about these two fantastic blogging engines, so today there are opinions for all tastes. There are advocates of both Blogger and Wordpress.
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The comparison we are going to make is based on Wordpress.com and Blogspot.com , not the Wordpress.org modality, that is another matter.
There are some opinions based on the fear that Google will stop supporting Blogger, however the same could happen with Gmail, and that's not why people stop using it.
Both wordpress.com and blogspot.com are free CMS and self-hosted in the cloud, have no cost, and we do not need to buy any hosting.
The first important decision that must be made before choosing Wordpress or Blogger is to think a name for the domain.
Actually you can configure a name for the subdomain, since the domain will be wordpress or blogspot.
The name of your blog would go before the domain , of the style " myblog.wordpress.com " or " myblog.blogspot.com ".
Of course in Wordpress or Blogger you can associate your own domain. But that carries an extra cost for the purchase of the domain.
Anyway, if you are interested in buying a cheap domain, I leave a link to a very interesting article on how to buy a cheap domain .
Perhaps, when starting to create a blog we will not think about buying a domain, but to learn how it works and to develop blogging techniques.
Next I will detail the features offered by Wordpress or Blogger.
includes a statistics module. It is basic but still allows you to view visits by days, weeks, months, traffic sources, page views by entry, by country, by browser, and by operating system.
allows to publish entries and pages. You can label the entries.
allows you to associate an Adsense account. This is a Google advertising product, which allows you to earn revenue by publishing ads on our blog.
It allows to add gadgets for blogger. Gadgets are specific functionalities that can be embedded in our blog. For example: popular entries, list of tags, blog file, visit counter, etc ...
allows you to apply templates for predefined bloggers. Blogger includes more than 30 totally configurable free templates, without having to program code. Although it includes an option to edit the HTML of the template for users who already know HTML, CSS and Javascript. It does not include payment templates, so you have to buy them on other websites.
allows you to define user profiles as administrators or blog editors. We can also configure the blog as public (for everyone), or private (only for blog authors or for specific users).
allows a very natural integration with Google Plus , the social network of Google.
It allows you to integrate Google Analytics very easily.
allows imports of other blogs and backup copies of the blog.
includes a statistics module. It allows viewing visits by days, weeks, months, traffic sources, page views by entry, by country, by browser, and by operating system.
allows to publish entries and pages. You can label and categorize the entries.
allows you to apply predefined wordpress templates. In Wordpress, these templates are called Themes. You can find more than 100 themes for free and others for payment.
allows integration with several social networks , such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Linkedin, Tumblr.in a simple way.
allows associating users with several profiles (administrator, editor, collaborator, follower, author and follower).
allows to add free predefined plugins and payment for wordpress. The plugins add specific functionalities to our blog. For example: SEO tools (payment), etc ...
does not allow to integrate Google Analytics in the free version of wordpress.
allows to import and export the blog (backup).
Which platform do you use?
