Blogger Or Wordpress: That Is The Question

Blogger Or WordPress: That Is The Question

There’s a raging debate going on even until today as to which blogging platform is better. I searched the above title in google and came up with 6,590 hits on the exact phrase. Clearly this is a debate that is foremost in the hearts and minds of anyone who has blogged and even those who are attempting to blog.

The most informative discussion I came on this whole blogger vs wordpress thing is from Pulsed. He’s got a chart lined up comparing the features of these two giants of the blogging industry.

I find it very refreshing that these two platforms, while going after generally the same market, still offer very unique and distinct features when it would have been really easy for them to copy from each other. Instead, they try and develop more and more features that can only benefit all bloggers which is a very good thing. By trying to outdo each other, they are raising the bar for all future blogging platform entrants. This is textbook competition and we all should be very thankful.

So which one is better?

As safe as it may sound, the answer really is– it depends.

If you are a would-be blogger looking for something that you can fully customize to express your individuality, Blogger wins over WordPress in spades. While WordPress also allows you to customize its templates, you need to shell out some cash to be able to do so. This negates the philosophy of the whole free blogging thing.

With Blogger however, armed with a sufficient knowledge of CSS, you can knock yourself senseless customizing its templates to shreds. For some bloggers, myself included, this is a huge, huge come on.

What it limits in customization however, WordPress makes up for it with features and plug-ins and templates. Hands down, WordPress offers the most beautiful templates that Blogger users can only dream of having. It’s no wonder that we see a lot of Blogger templates that have been converted from WordPress, and none from Blogger to WordPress. If there are, then I’m not aware of it. It also has a growing community of developers who are only too willing to contribute to WordPress’ growing number of features and plug-ins.

Some say that when you have outgrown your Blogger phase, eventually you’ll be joining the WordPress bandwagon. And that sooner or later, the allure of WordPress will get under every bloggers’ skin.

Aces Under Their Sleeves

While WordPress may be limited in terms of customization for those who use their free platform, once you decide to have your own hosting account and domain name, you will be able to unleash WordPress’ potential. With the WordPress platform safely tucked in your hosting account, everything is fair game; customization, plug-ins, features, all of these things become readily available to you as the owner.

Blogger on the other hand is owned by Google. Need I say more? Can we really say that in terms of indexing, Google will play no favorites whether a blog is using the WordPress or the Blogger platform? Will the Google crawlers really turn a blind eye to these things? Your guess, as they say, is as good as mine.

The Verdict

In line with my ‘it depends’ answer, I say that if you are a new blogger and you want a blog that you can mold to show the whole world how special and unique you are; if you value individuality but frowns on paying to do so, then Blogger is for you.

But if you are an intermediate-to-advanced blogger and you want more zings and dings to your blog; or even if you are a new blogger but you don’t want the temporal nature of a free blog because you are aiming for the big leagues thereby you want your own domain name and paid hosting, then you should go for WordPress.

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