Blog Creator

WordPress is one of the most famous open source blog publishing tool and content management application widely used on the Internet. Out of “top 1 million” websites 14.7% websites are powered by WordPress with over 25 million users across the globe. WordPress was first released on May 27, 2003. As of December 2011, version 3.0 has been downloaded over 65 million times. WordPress has rich plugin architecture which can brought any imagination into reality. There are a lot of WordPress themes in WordPress theme directory which allow users to change the look and functionality of a WordPress website. This infographic designed by “BayDesign” features some facts and information about WordPress.

This video from Learn How To WordPress (http://www.learnhowtowordpress.com) is designed to enlighten you with some facts and information about WordPress.

Having tried both these great blogging platforms, are you totally confused as to which blogging platform is superior – WordPress or Blogger? Well, both of them are great blogging systems used widely all over the world and if you are a beginner trying to discover the successful platform among the two for running a blog, you might be wondering and waiting for an answer as to which one is the best bet for you.

Running a site is enjoyable, but you have to determine certain things for yourself from a professional perspective. If you are a started, it is always suggested to opt Blogger. If you are serious about your blogging, then you are suggested to choose WordPress Self-Hosting domain and there are many other WordPress Hosting services available. You can enjoy the power of WordPress with these Self-Hosted blogs.

WordPress is the father of all blogging platforms today, though Blogger gained more recognition early on; moreover, it is also one among the best CMS available on the internet. Bloggers can create free blogs on wordpress.com or run their blogs on their own domains, by making use of the WordPress CMS.

Some of the differences between Blogspot and WordPress are listed below:

Blogger: It has an updated dashboard design. More features are available, but to make use of all of them, it is compulsory to enable JavaScript.
WordPress: The Dashboard in WordPress increases the speed for the dial up users so that they can easily post an entry without facing too much difficulty, or wasting time.

Blogger: Blogger by Google supports only 50 languages.
WordPress: WordPress supports nearly 120+ languages.

Blogger: You can transfer your domain for free or you can buy one through the BlogSpot interface. And, once again free blogs are create as sub-domains with URLs like xyz.blogspot.com.
WordPress: The user has to pay some amount in order to transfer an existing domain in case of the paid service, but of course you can create free blogs on wordpress.com in form of a sub-domain like abc.wordpress.com.

Recommended Reading: How to Create a Free Website or a Free Blog

Blogger: You can access the help pages of Blogger, but there’s no mobile-specific version.
WordPress: You can be accessed through mobile on m.wordpress.com.

Blogger: There are several collections of themes that can be customized without any hassle.
WordPress: There are extremely high numbers of free WordPress themes available over the internet.

Blogger: There is 1 GB of storage space for storing images, but Blogger does not have any separate interface to browse through all the uploaded images.
WordPress: It has 3GB of storage space. But, if you want more space then you’ll have to upgrade by paying some money.

Blogger: There is an option called Labels, which serves as a tag, and posts are archived in monthly and yearly manner.
WordPress: It has an option to upload categories and tags.

Blogger: Only 2 types-either Administrators or Non-Administrators.
WordPress: Various accounts for Editors, Authors and Contributors can be created.

Blogger: You can create up to ten static pages, but like WordPress those static pages cannot be placed on the home page.
WordPress: You can create as many pages or posts that can be listed in the home page.

If you take the suggestions of 100 bloggers on which platform to use – Blogger or WordPress, then the chances are high that 90 of them will blindly say WordPress. First of all, Google does not consider meta-tags and keywords. Another point is Blogger owned by Google makes things easier to support the blogger blogs. As there are many more changes to come in future, you will be safe if you are within Google’s backyard.

Recommended Reading: Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blogger

For your information, there are tons of Blogger Blogs ranking in the top page in Google for various keywords, but you won’t see too many wordpress.com blogs ranking high (of course we aren’t saying that there aren’t any, but rather we’re saying there aren’t many!). On the other hand, there is literally millions of blogs set-up with the WordPress CMS.