Normally the
beginners who are going to write a blog will face some questions and difficulties such as can
I write a blog for free of charge, how many blog services are available, what is
the mostly used blog services, what is the most facilitated blog service available, etc
When you go through these questions one by one you will be able to find two
main services available. They are Blogger and Wordpress.com. These two platforms are the most popular among blog writers.
Now another question might have arisen. That is what the most suitable blog service out of
this two is. This would give you a good
analytical answer by comparing the quality of these two services. Here I will do
compare between blogger service and wordpress.com service. Do not make
confusion on wordpress.com with wordpress.org.
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Facility
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Blogger.com
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Wordpress.com
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Best One
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Ability to change Template
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You can do this freely. Can change
template layout and CSS as your wish.
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You cannot do this free of charge.
Should have to pay a fee.
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Blogger
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Tutorials/ Help
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You can find massive help tutorials
through internet.
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Less than blogger.
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Blogger
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Usable blog themes
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You can find many good blog themes/
template through internet freely.
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Rare chances on getting good blog
themes through internet.
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Blogger
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Essential coding parts
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Can use HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, and
JAVASCRIPT. These are easy to learn.
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In addition to HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML,
and JAVASCRIPT you need the PHP knowledge which is harder than other languages.
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Blogger
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The outfit of the dashboard,
easiness to use and the speed.
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Very simple, easy to use and more
speed.
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Complex and slower than blogger.
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Blogger
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Recommended quantity of themes/
templates and their situation.
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Less quantity of themes and are not in
good appearance.
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Provide nice set of themes over 100, which have really good appearance.
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Wordpress
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The ability to replace themes/
templates
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You can do this replacement freely
and many times by using self made theme or an external one.
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You can do this only for themes
which provide by the wordpress. Cannot use external themes.
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Blogger
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Ability to use Widgets and plugins.
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Both can use widgets and plugins
which provide by the blogger or external party.
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Cannot use external plugins.
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Blogger
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Comments System
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Only has facility to delete a
comment under comment moderation. Cannot edit the comments. As well as no spam
protection. You cannot reply directly to the comments. That means there’s no
threaded/nested commenting facility. There is Captcha facility and can build using
external commenting system.
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Can edit comments and has a spam
protection. Has threaded/nested commenting facility. And can build using
external commenting system.
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Wordpress
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SEO optimization
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You can do SEO techniques as your
wish.
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Can use within a limit. This will
be change the used theme's Symantec Structure from user’s side.
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Blogger
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Blog Privacy
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You can limit a one blog for 100
owners and 100 readers. This is allowed for people who has google accounts. You
cannot use passwords for the posts.
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This will be limit for 35 readers.
You can use a password for the post as well as can create post which is
visible only for you.
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Blogger
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Comment Restriction
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This can be limit under the type of
google accounts. OpenID account and Anonymous.
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This cannot be limited. Any one can post a comment.
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Blogger
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Blog Import
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A Blog can be import only for
another blogger blog. (There are external
services available.)
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Import can be done for another
wordpress blog and for Type pad, LiveJournal, Yahoo!360, MovableType
accounts.
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Wordpress
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Posts and Comment Notification
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This can be done by using email.
Most probably Google Feedburner will use for this purpose.
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Same as blogger
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Both
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Comment Verification
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Can be verifying a human by using
captcha facility.
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There’s no that kind of service.
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Blogger
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Video Storage Limit
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If you upload a video through this
service then allow 16GB. Also can use unlimited service through google video.
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Only allow for 3 GB. If you want
more then have to pay.
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Blogger
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Image storage limit
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You can own 1GB size of space
through Picasa Web Album.
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Only allow for 3 GB. If you want
more then have to pay.
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Wordpress
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File type Storage
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Limit for PNG, GIF, and JPEG file
type.
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Can use PNG, GIF, and JPEG file
type. In addition can use ppt, .doc, .odt and .pdf file types.
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Wordpress
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Blog Stats
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Include a system for that purpose.
Also can use google analytics service.
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Less descriptive compared to
blogger. Update will be done after 2 days. Not allowed for the use external
services.
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Blogger
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Advertisements
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Can use advertisement freely.
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Cannot use advertisement. If you
need you can get this service by paying some fee but a part of the
income will be shared by them.
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Blogger
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Posts by email
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Can be done
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Can be done
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Both
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Post Feed On Mobile Phones.
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Will support
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Will support
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Both
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Hope this
comparison give a better idea on the difference between blogger and
wordpress.com. So it's up to you to select the best blogger service which optimize your requirements.
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