Sunday, September 21, 2008

BLOGGER vs. WORDPRESS

I have reviewed both blogging sites and have come up with similarities and differences. Below I have listed each. While searching both sites to compare their features I may have missed something, so please forgive me if I say one has the feature and the other doesn't and I am wrong! Thanks!

Both BLOGGER and WORDPRESS have:
  • both are FREE AND EASY
  • simple to use interfaces
  • auto save
  • add labels
  • custom domain option
  • blocks spam
  • readers can choose to subscribe to your blog's feeds, so they're notified whenever you publish a new blog post.
  • add photos and videos to your post
  • feedback from your reader

BLOGGER has:

  • HTML editor
  • 16 design templates (drag and drop feature)
  • add powerful gadgets such as slide shows, user polls, or even AdSense ads
  • you can login to Blogger with your Google Account
  • currently available in 41 languages

ADVANCED FEATURES of BLOGGER

  • supports mobile blogging. You can post to your blog via email.
  • Group Blogging-You can create a team blog, allowing multiple bloggers to contribute to a single blog
  • To see what others are posting, they have Blogs of Note and Blogger Play
  • They have the Blogger Help site and discussion group

WORDPRESS has:

  • 24/7 support
  • 3 gigabytes of file storage
  • over 60 themes/design templates
  • gives you up-to-the-minute stats on how many people are visiting your blog
  • If you already have a blog and would like to move it over to WordPress.com, you can import your content from Blogger, LiveJournal, Movable Type, TypePad, or an existing WordPress blog.
  • currently available in over 50 languages
  • tag surfer feature makes it easy for you to find bloggers interested in the same topics as you and connect with them
  • you can have as many blogs as you want
  • you can add “widgets” to your sidebar
  • track replies to your comments
  • has a feature called “pages” which allows you to easily create web pages
  • you can leave WordPress.com any time you want and your content isn’t "locked in"

ADVANCED SERVICES of WORDPRESS

  • you can remove ads from your blog for a low yearly fee
  • you can upgrade your blog
  • it has a feature to help translate WordPress.com for international users
  • you can access your blog from your cell phone or PDA

2 comments:

NBC Music Library said...

Lots of good points! I definitely agree WordPress has lots more features...but I think Blogger suits us novices just fine for now! And besides, all the important features are free anyway, so what's better than that?!

MichelleW said...

I agree too! I had the same impression of WordPress. For me, Blogger is still the better website...and I probably couldn't figure out the advanced features for a while anyway!