Blogger Vs Wordpress

 WordPress Vs Blogger

Specifically, we’ll evaluate how they compare in terms of getting started, pricing, design and customization options, and features. There are a number of blogging platforms at your disposal, and we’ll reveal how you should make your decision to ensure you get the best return on both your time and money investment. 

So, stay tuned to learn more. We’ve created a blog post that goes into a little more detail,g. We’ll also include a link to each platform, so you can learn more about each Content Management System, or CMS.  Starting with Blogger. Blogger is a free online blogging platform created by Pyra Labs back in 1999 and was later acquired by Google in 2003.

 You can set up a free blog, which is hosted by Google as a subdomain of blogspot.com. Alternatively, you can purchase your own domain for a fee. It was one of the first mainstream blogging platforms and played a big part in the acceptance and accessibility of blogging. 

It’s one of the easiest platforms to use, and the process to get started is lightning fast. Blogger takes care of all the background processes necessary to host a blog, leaving you with the task of coming up with content to publish. 

What is WordPress? WordPress started in 2003 as an elegant and well-architectured personal publishing tool. From its humble beginnings, it has grown to become one of the biggest blogging and website platforms in the world. 

Powering more than a quarter of all sites online, from hobby blogs to fortune 500 companies. WordPress first and foremost, is a quality Content Management System CMS makes it easy to create and publish content online. 

It is open-source, which means that no single group owns it, and it is free for the public to use, modify, or improve. WordPress has two versions. WordPress.com, which is a hosted version and comes with some restrictions, and WordPress.org, which is a self-hosted option leveraging the WordPress software. 

We will focus on WordPress.org. The biggest difference between these two platforms control. Blogger creates a ‘safe’, but the restrictive environment for blogging, whereas WordPress opens up a world of possibilities. In the following sections, we’ll explore the process of getting started, pricing, design and customization, and features for each platform. The objective being, to give you a clearer understanding of the real differences between them, as well as illustrate how each of these platforms work. 

So, let’s take a closer look at getting started with Blogger Vs WordPress. It really couldn’t be any easier to start your blog using Blogger. The only prerequisite is that you have a Google account. If you’ve signed up for Gmail, then the good news is, that you already have a Blogger account! 

Head over to blogger.com, sign up, or log in, and you can immediately create your blog. When you’re ready, publish your content, and you’re away. You can also purchase a custom domain from within the platform. 

When compared to Blogger, getting started with WordPress will take a little more work. That being said though, it’s relatively straightforward. Firstly you will need to purchase your domain and set up your hosting account. We would recommend Bluehost, which will include a free domain. 

where we walk you through setting this up with either Bluehost, Dreamhost, or Wp Engine - we’ll provide discount links in the description below. The video we’d recommend for setting up your blog with WordPress is our How to set up a WordPress blog video, which we’ll link in the description below. Once you have your domain and hosting ready to go, you have two options.

 Either install WordPress via your hosting provider's one-click WordPress installation feature (as we do in the tutorial we just mentioned). Or, you can install WordPress manually on your domain, or in your local environment, by downloading the WordPress software fromWordPress.org and following the instructions in the readme.html file. 

The round one verdict?  However, the step by step tutorials provided, make getting started with WordPress very easy. Let’s review Blogger Vs WordPress in terms of pricing The biggest advantage of Blogger is that itis is completely free! You do not have to pay to use the service, it comes with free themes and features, and as you host your blog on the platform you don't have to worry about hosting, SSL certificates, or purchasing a domain. 

However, you can purchase your own domain you like. Let’s look at WordPress WordPress itself is free to download and install, but before you get too excited with all these free blogging platforms, remember: While using WordPress is free, hosting your site is not. 

As we explained earlier, WordPress.org is self-hosted, which means that it is up to you to obtain a hosting provider, purchase an SSL certificate if you want to accept credit card payments, and purchase a domain name. For more information, follow the links to the hosting providers in the description below, or check out one of our free tutorials. 

We've put together a full breakdown of the costs, in our article on how much does it cost to make a WordPress website on the Demob blog. The verdict? Free is incredibly hard to beat, which is why Blogger narrowly wins this round. However, there is a real difference between price and value. 

If you are considering starting a blog as a serious and even business endeavor, you will want to invest in the platform that industry professionals use, which is WordPress. Let's take a look at Blogger Vs WordPress when it comes to design and customization options. 

First of all, Blogger has a very limited set of topics to choose from. There are 50 (free) themes available and there are no third-party marketplaces. The themes themselves are not of the best quality and cannot compete with some of the themes available on WordPress, especially those produced by the leading premium WordPress theme providers. 

However, you can edit a topic on Blogger in almost any way you want. Although the technical capabilities are much more limited than the open-source sandbox that WordPress is, you can play around with HTML, CSS, and add a script if you have the skills. 

And WordPress? Well, this is the foundation of WordPress, and very few other platforms can compete with it in this category. Because WordPress is open-source, there is a large community of contributors who create themes, plugins, widgets, and other tools to enhance your blog's design and customization options. 

The sheer number of themes, widgets, layouts, and customization options is unrivaled yet. WordPress itself has almost a thousand free themes, and there are many providers and marketplaces that offer countless third-party themes. Check out our article on the best WordPress theme providers and marketplaces to explore this further. 

The verdict? WordPress is likely to outperform any competitor in this space, due to the size of the active community of designers and developers. This was an easy win for WordPress. Finally, let's look at Blogger Vs WordPress in terms of features. 

Blogger may be a bit lighter than WordPress, but let's not forget that it is a Google project and has been around for a while. It's mature enough to have a decent set of features, and most of what you'll need to run a blog include things like: Google AdSense account integration, easy customization options, and widgets or gadgets (Google's internal widgets). ). list, see Demo blog post. As you will see, Blogger has all the most important functions. 

The biggest difference between it and WordPress is that you can expect a greater variety and variety of options in almost every aspect of WordPress. As you can expect from an open-source platform as large as WordPress, it comes with a wide range of features. 

To some extent, many features depend on the theme you use or the additional plugins you integrate into your site. Simply put, for pretty much anything youngsters come up with, there is a plugin that does it or you can find a developer who can put it together for you. 

Some of the out-of-the-box features include e-commerce, social media integration, contact forms, and much, much more. 

The verdict? Once again, it is a decisive victory for WordPress. Okay, let's put it all together. As you probably already know, these platforms are drastically different. Although WordPress is by far the most comprehensive option,

 it does not necessarily mean that it is the best option for everyone. If simplicity and ease of use are important to you, and you don't want to build a brand or business around your blog, then Blogger will be a great option. However, for any other application, WordPress will be the way to go.

 WordPress is the industry standard and choice for most professional bloggers. Finally, when is Blogger a better option than WordPress? When you have no web development experience and don't want technical worries. 

You want your blog to be up and running quickly without any problems. Or you want a simple blog-only experience. On the other hand, when is WordPress a better option than Blogger? When you have some skill level in web development or are relatively smart and comfortable following step-by-step instructions. You have the time, money, and effort,  happy blogging.

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