Blogger vs WordPress

So, now that you have finally made the decision of stepping into the blogging biosphere, its time now to decide which platform to begin with. Blogger or WordPress? This decision should be made keeping few points in mind. These points are:

1.   How much can you invest on your blog

2.   How much coding you know (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc)

3.   Commitment towards your blog

4.   How much time you can spend on your weblog

Considering the above points, lets dig a little deeper into what Blogger and WordPress actually is :

Blogger.com 

Blogger is very good and easy to set up a blog and is owned by Google. Therefore with Google comes trust. Google servers and website securities are the best in the world. Blogger does everything for you and it’s free. Plus you can also mess with the HTML and CSS codes, which is the best thing about Blogger. Since, Google manages all the security and server related matters with your site, therefore you can focus only on posts. The biggest downside of Blogger is that the templates provided by Google are far from being professional. Therefore in order to have a professional design you have to mess with the codes. But don’t worry! There are a lot of places on the web where you can get professional templates for free. Another downside of Blogger is that when you create a blog on Blogger, Google hosts it. That’s right; it means Google has full control over your blog, including the DELETE button. Yes, Google has full liberty to delete your entire blog. So, be careful!

WordPress 

Unlike Blogger, WordPress is not a website it’s a software. Therefore you have to manage everything including hosting, design templates and other stuffs. But don’t worry! There are a lot of companies which can provide just about anything related to your blog. But to get a professional service you have to pay according to the level of professionalism that company offers. In WordPress you are the owner of your blog as you self-host your blog, this means you have full control over your blog, including that delete button. In short, if you go ahead with WordPress you have to devote a lot of time and money.

Considering the above two options, all I can say is that; if you are short on funds, know coding and have limited time, then go for Blogger. If you know coding, believe me you can design a better looking site than WordPress and that too according to your wish. In WordPress all the technical stuffs are managed through services and plugins provided by other companies. Thus, you won’t get a custom design template or other features without spending some money. If you have money and can invest it on your blog, then the sky is the limit to what you can do to customize your blog. Plugins are available for almost anything related with your blog. All you have to do is to purchase and install that plugin.

In Blogger, the main disadvantage is its design template. You have to design your own weblog or let someone else do it for you. This can turn out to be a big advantage if you know coding. In WordPress you have to buy a template and apply it on your weblog, plus you can’t modify the codes in that template, this limits the customizability of you blog’s design using WordPress. In blogger you can design your entire blog yourself, which makes it highly customizable.

My advice would be to, go for WordPress if you are very serious about blogging and planning to make it your career. But if you are planning to earn extra bucks without quitting your day job, then Blogger should be your first choice.