Blogger vs wordpress

Discussion in 'Blogging' started by woodley, Aug 19, 2009.

  1. Widespread

    Widespread Peon

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    #381
    I recommend Wordpress. It is very customizable with hundreds of ad ons with one quick automated installation of each of those. :) I'm a blogger and Wordpress definitely is the way to go. Trust me and everyone else. :)
     
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  2. kaiser2011

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    Alright then does anyone know where i can get hosted wordpress for free? I cant host another atm. I cant do on wordpress.com since they do not allow commercial use.
     
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  3. makeit easy

    makeit easy Active Member

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    #383
    Blogger will be the best choice for you since it is reliable, free, unlimited and better than wp for SEO.
    You can edit blogger's HTML if SEO is vital for you.
    If you still want wp, search "free hosting" on google then upload wp from wordpress.org.
    Even if you pay for hosting wp is not better than blogger for SEO. Because blogger is hosted by google. Can you find a better hosting?
     
    makeit easy, Aug 29, 2010 IP
  4. kaiser2011

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    Yeah i was thinking same thing. I can edit the html for SEO. But i was concerned it would not be as effective as it is for wordpress. Especially when it comes to individual meta tags on each page.
    Also i keep hearing that blogger is not that good in getting indexed despite the fact that it is being owned by google.
     
    kaiser2011, Aug 30, 2010 IP
  5. makeit easy

    makeit easy Active Member

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    #385
    Yeah i was thinking same thing. I can edit the html for SEO. But i was concerned it would not be as effective as it is for wordpress. Especially when it comes to individual meta tags on each page.

    No, you can edit the HTML completely. Just turn your blog to the old HTML structure by clicking "Revert to Classic Template" link at the bottom of the "Edit HTML" page. However you are right about the individual pages.

    Also i keep hearing that blogger is not that good in getting indexed despite the fact that it is being owned by google.

    Blogger gives fresh sub-domains. But usually wp users have some old keyword domains with backlinks in their portfolio. Those domains are already indexed by search engines before starting to blog with wordpress. This is normal because the starting point is domain. You can do nothing if you don't have a domain.
    Anyway, even if those domains are not old, a main domain (.com/.net/.org, etc.) will have an advantage for the first few weeks over a sub-domain of blogspot.com. That's why someone might think that wp is indexed better than blogger. But it is not correct.

    You know, you can use your own domains at blogger. If you use the same domain at blogger instead of using it with wp, your pages will get indexed faster than wp. You can not test the difference for a main domain as you can't host a main domain at 2 different hosts at the same time. But you can test 2 different sub-domains.
    Publish the same content at sub1.example.com with wp and at sub2.example.com with blogger then observe which one is getting indexed faster. Of course both of your sub-domains can be de-indexed after a while because of the plagiarism. But this test will prove you that blogger blogs are crawled more frequently because of the google hosting or may be the feed technology of google using at blogger.
     
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  6. kaiser2011

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    Now that really helps.
    Thanks a lot. I think ill go with blogger. Going to use it as a one or two page website rather than a blog.
     
    kaiser2011, Aug 30, 2010 IP
  7. parminders30

    parminders30 Greenhorn

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    #387
    i had started with blogger but now i am transferring it to wordpress
     
    parminders30, Sep 1, 2010 IP
  8. bijender007k

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    #388
    For blog install wordpress is best, but if u looking for web 2.0 i think blogger is best. In blogspot you can put adsense ads.
     
    bijender007k, Sep 1, 2010 IP
  9. Tesarn

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    #389
    I'm using blogger, and you can custom domain freely.
     
    Tesarn, Sep 2, 2010 IP
  10. mrjonesika

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    #390
    For beginners please consider blogger as your plattform. Speccially to learn writing, usability, promotion and all concepts you need to know about maintain a blog. After months testing go ahead with wordpress cause it has no limits!!.
     
    mrjonesika, Sep 3, 2010 IP
  11. mijie

    mijie Active Member

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    #391
    i have a blogspot and wordpress platform, in my opinion sometimes blogspot it's easy to get top rank in google when used certain keyword, get faster crawler and index, seo friendly

    but sometimes, wordpress also realy good in search engine and untill now i'm still using both of wordpress and blogspot
     
    mijie, Sep 3, 2010 IP
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    #392
    i'm using both
    but i'm prefer like wordpress
    i think more powerfull
     
    soerosentiqoe, Sep 5, 2010 IP
  13. Torsten

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    #393
    Do the same. In fact I use a couple of different off site blogs for announcements on my main sites.
     
    Torsten, Sep 6, 2010 IP
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    #394
    Blogger.com is the best choice if you're a blogger beginer, it will be most simple for you.
     
    TheAlkaline, Sep 8, 2010 IP
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    #395
    Blogger is the one I use and it rocks
     
    gastro3, Sep 11, 2010 IP
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    #396
    blogger in the beggining with the purpose to learn the basics to blog like a pro, then everyone has to pass to wordpress in order to achieve their targets.
     
    kenshlipknot, Sep 11, 2010 IP
  17. cyberlight

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    #397
    That pretty much sums it up...Always better to invest the small amount of funding
    it takes to have your own hosted site. All your efforts will not vanish at the whim
    of another.

    Another consideration is that if you build quality sites you will be able to sell them
    at a later time if you choose.

    You can of course use the free site platforms for driving traffic to your own
    site. :)
     
    cyberlight, Sep 11, 2010 IP
  18. digisecrets

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    #398
    I have worked on both blogger and wordpress, for newbies blogger is good and if you want to be professional then i will recommend Self hosted wordpress..
     
    digisecrets, Sep 12, 2010 IP
  19. fayazuc

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    #399
    blogger vs wordpress
    both of them are easy to work
    but blogger is not more tools to design compare with wordpress
     
    fayazuc, Sep 13, 2010 IP
  20. qualitypoint

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    #400
    Wordpress may be good. But stability/performance of shared hosting will be low comparing to the blogger powered by Google.
     
    qualitypoint, Sep 19, 2010 IP