When you decide to Start A Blog, So As a beginner, you’ll want a blogging platform that’s easy to set up, has a low learning curve, and doesn’t require any coding skills.
You’ll also need to think about what kind of blog you want to create, now and in the future.
As your blog grows, you may want to change the look of your site and add more features for your growing audience. That means it’s important to choose a blogging platform that’s flexible, with room to grow.
There is a lots of blogging platforms available but you need to choose any one like WordPress, Wix, Ghost, Medium, Blogger, Tumblr etc.
Two Best Blogging Platform
- Blogger (Also known as BlogSpot)
- WordPress
What Is Blogger?
Blogger is a free blogging service from Google. Started in 1999 by Pyra Labs, it was acquired by Google in 2003.
Blogger is a free blog hosting service that lets you create a blog without paying anything at all. You also get a free Blogger subdomain.
Your blog’s address will look something like this:
www.yourname.blogspot.comWhat Is WordPress
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system, referred to within WordPress as Themes. Wikipedia
Blogger vs WordPress
Blogger and WordPress both are two most popular blogging platforms on the internet. They both let you create a blog easily. However, they work quite differently, and each has specific pros and cons.
Many users like blogger because blogger not much technical and many users love WordPress because of its lots of power and features. When someone asks me. Which platform did they choose for Start A Blog? Here is my answer:
Why Blogger?
If you want to start a blog for
- Share your thoughts,
- Starting with 0 Cost
- Not for money
- Or need a simple platform that doesn’t require much technical knowledge.
If you are OK with the limited features of the Blogger platform, then this is a great choice.
But if you are blogging for money, building community, for Brand yourself So, blogger is not the right choice. Because Blogger gives you limited controls over visibility in search engines. If you choose the Blogger so you need to make a backup of your Blogger Blog daily because due to many privacy policies by Google, your blog can be terminated at any time.
Why WordPress?
Note: TheBigBrains uses WordPress (Self-hosted WordPress).
WordPress gives you complete control over your blog, and you make any changes in your WordPress blog as per requirement. You need good technical knowledge to do anything you want.
WordPress gives you many advantages, you can create your themes, plugins, and much more do with WordPress.
You can make your WordPress Blog more SEO friendly; you also get complete control over the SEO, including adding SEO plugins. You can always acquaint the latest SEO tips like “Star Rating” using a plugins Rich Snippets.
You can add the many useful plugins that improve your WordPress performance
If you want to create a blog with the mind of making it much accessible and make money from it, you must go with self-hosted WordPress Blog.
Conclusion
WordPress platform is much better choice over Blogger platform.
It’s important to figure out why you want to start a blog and then go from there. Blogger has many limitations that WordPress doesn’t have. In terms of functionality, there’s no question that WordPress is far superior.
Do let me know: What’s your verdict on WordPress vs. Blogger? Which platform do you prefer and why?
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