Among many blogging platforms the two that stand out are
Blogger and WordPress. One of the main reasons for this is that both are free
and offer a lot of features. But then one faces the dilemma of choosing between
the two.
Blogger is owned by google and one of the major advantages
of using blogger is that you can set it up in less than 10 minutes and start
posting. Furthermore, it is very easy to maintain and you can easily switch
between templates and designs. You blog web address will have “.blogspot.in” in
front of it, but you can opt to have your own domain name for $10 a year and
you don’t have to pay any hosting fees. You can also use gadgets offered by
google like news, videos, currency convertor and more. The location of these
gadgets is fully customizable and you also have the option to add customized
gadgets using the code of the gadget.
Apart from its numerous advantages using blogger also has
some disadvantages, like using templates makes all blogs look the same and your
blog will not stand out. Another disadvantage is that your blog is owned by
google and any violation can lead to deletion of your whole blog.
When it comes to WordPress it is also free to use and it has
far more customizing options. There are two versions of WordPress,
wordpress.com and wordpress.org. Wordpress.org is the paid version and offers
much more options. The downside of WordPress is that it only gives basic
functionality options in its free blogging site and encourages user to switch
to its paid platform.
For casual bloggers blogger.com is a better choice but for
businesses WordPress is the better option and with WordPress you own the
website and unlike blogger no one can just delete your whole website.
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