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In the recent articles, we talked about
What is blogging?
and
Domain Names
Today, we would touch something more on blogging.
Blogging
As, you know blogging is something, article written in reverse chronological order. Its a type of online diary which is readable by audience over the internet.
To have your blog you need some platform to publish your article on the internet. To have your blog, there are multiple option available to get your post published.
Two most favorable/advice-able platforms preferred are
- Blogger
- WordPress
There are many other platform for blogging which are not that popular, but they exist and used among some bloggers.
Blogging on Blogger.com
Blogger provide a free platform for blogging on blogspot.com. If you are new in blogging and wants to start a blog you can very well opt for blogspot.com. No worries about any cost.
Blogspot provides a subdomain as
EG: http://krazypost.blogspot.com
There are multiple theme available for blogger which you can select one for your self. Blogger also provides a feature of pointing custom domain domain to your blog free of cost.
Pros of Blogger Platform
- Free service
- Use of custom domain name
Cons of Blogger Platform
- Customization is difficult and sometimes not possible
- No access to codes
Blogging on WordPress
There are two option with wordpress
wordpress.com
and
wordpress.org
Free blogging on wordpress.com
Similar to blogger, if you want to have free platform for your blog on wordpress go for wordpress.com. Here you can select your own blog name for your blog and you get a free sub-domain for wordpress.com for your blogging.
Eg: http://thisismyblog.wordpress.com
Also, similar to blogger, wordpress does give pointing custom domain name to your blog but its not free but platform is completely free.
So, if you are newbie in blogging, you can opt for sub-domain on wordpress. WordPress also give a feature of having mutiple plugins from the directory to be used in the blog.
Also there are multiples themes available. The community of wordpress developers is vast to have support for it.
Pros of WordPress.com
- Free Blogging service
- Huge directory of plugins and themes
- Updated automatically
Cons of WordPress.com
- Custom domain pointing is not free
- No access to codes
Paid blogging from wordpress.org
Paid blogging here, doesn’t mean you have to pay for publishing, but for the setup of your blog. This blogs are also known as self hosted blog. From wordpress.org you can download the source code of wordpress which can be hosted on your server(web hosting) and can have your own custom domain name.
The wordpress is built on PHP-MYSQL, so can hosted on windows and linux environment depending on your requirement.
Pros of wordpress.org
- Source Code avaiable
- Custom domain name and brandable
- Self hosted
Cons of wordpress.org
- Self hosted, so need to maintain it manually
- Need to update manually for new updates
- Pay for domain and hosting
Choice is Yours:
Now, choice is your, which hosting platform to be selected for your blog which depends upon your seriousness in blogging and dedication.
Suggestion:
If you are newbie: go for blogger.com
If you have some technical knowledge: go for self hosted blog
In the upcoming post, I will help you to setup your blog on all the respective platform.
Give your suggestion on blogging platform in the comments section below.
Hi Sahil,
Great Post!
Very well explained… This is Quite Helpful For Newbie Bloggers.. Great Job.! Great Going keep it up the good work..
Mosam
Thanks Mosam, you like the post and it was helpful.
Please do visit again.
In my opinion, WordPress is the best blogging platform as it gives more flexibility to bloggers. you have access to all of your files here which is not possible in blogger. Plugins of wordpress makes a huge difference. Its the best one.
Thanks Riya for the suggestion
I had started blogging last January using the Blogger platform and I migrated to WordPress in October. WordPress is good when it comes to all sorts of plugins which the Blogger platform doesn’t have. After learning from Blogger, it is much better to shift to a professional platform! Moreover, blogging on a professional platform like WP can be a good leverage on the job resume.
Some people say that Blogger is more SEO optimized than WP. What do you think about it, Sahil?
For newbie bloggers, blogger platform is good as to cut cost and once as you said have exp and want to bring some professionalism, WP stand out there
You can optimize WP using plugins available. I think this clears your doubt.
Thanks for visiting the blog, do visit again
The best blogging platform to get started with blogging is WordPress. It has unlimited number of plugins, scripts, themes to customize a blog and moreover the options are very clear which is easy to handle for the new users.
So kick start your blogging carrier with the no.1 Blogging platform in the world. 🙂
Thanks Adam, WP is the best platform for blogging which carries various themes and plugins
Hi Sahil,
That’s a great post explaining the difference between the Blogger and the WordPress blogging platforms. For me, I use the WordPress platform since I started blogging and I like it so much and I agree with Riya about the plugins in WordPress are great and make it so easy for the bloggers.
Thanks for sharing a great post Sahil!
Be Blessed,
Neamat
Thanks Neamat Tawadrous, for stopping by my post and appreciating it.
WP is good platform to start blogging with multiple themes and plugins
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Yes WordPress is better for professional blogging. Self hosting is the biggest issue to make your blog 100% yours. Blogger provides free hosting so, you can start blogging with blogger but you should move on WordPress after reaching a stable point.
Thanks Hossain for visiting. Yes self hosted wordpress blogs are much better in terms of utilization
Great post!
well i have been using WordPress last 3 months, its feel great work with it..
WordPress is great 🙂
Nice post Sahil.
Self explanatory and empowers a newbie to decide the perfect blogging platform. There are tons of pages about various blogging platforms but we know that mostly nobody will like a long list and your list is a short and accurate one with just to-the-point discussion.
Great writing.