Blogger vs. Wordpress?

sasirekha · Feb 2, 2015

Hello,

Can you tell me which platform is good to work for the SEO beginners??:sad_no:

elcidofaguy · Feb 2, 2015

Hi Sasirekha!

As long as you're not using the free version (wordpress.com ,blogspot.com etc) - and its a self hosted CMS then I would say they are mostly pretty much the same... i.e. CMS for WP, Blogger, Joomla etc

For me its a personal preference... I prefer Wordpress - it has a larger user base, more themes, plugins etc.. e.g. on-page SEO use the yoast plugin or all-in-one seo plugin... But saying that on-page SEO still requires manual effort e.g. keyword on title/heading tags, meta description (CTR), url format, canonicalization, website silos etc... so take the time to understand basic on-page SEO.

I also think Wordpress is probably the easiest too for beginners... There are so many free tutorials, videos online - that you should be up and running in no time....

On that note - Best of Luck with your decision!

Cheers,

Sid

Hassan · Feb 2, 2015

If you're a newbie and want a simple, intuitive platform where you can just write as much as you like, without a care for customisation or that your blog may look like thousands of other blogs, then Blogger is perfect. Especially if you run with the notion that Google provides you with better security and easy access to all of its products. If however you're a bit more serious about blogging in the long-run and have an eye on future growth, WordPress is the platform for you.

blueclcl · Feb 2, 2015

I would choose Wordpress.

There are plugins that you can use that make SEO pretty simple, even for the complete newbies. Most of them are free and there is lots of free tutorials floating around the web on how to set them up correctly.

My advice would be to choose the Yoast SEO plugin.

You can further enhance your SEO by choosing a theme that has been built properly with proper SEO in mind.

Again the Genesis framework would be my recommended choice, although there are a few other frameworks that are really good as well.

Randhal007 · Feb 2, 2015

I prefer the blogspot, because I still do not quite understand about wordpress

hpisback · Feb 2, 2015

I Think Wordpress is better than Blogspot as there is everything that can be done using wordpress easily using plugins and also it is having A good market where you can buy Seo optimized Themes.

boognish · Feb 2, 2015

WordPress (self-hosted) installed on a web hosting plan is the best option. You can do pretty much anything you can think of with WordPress which is not the case with Blogger.

ClassifiedWarrior · Feb 11, 2015

Blogger and Wordpress are both free. However if you are looking to customize the look and feel of your blog, you may want to go with Wordpress. There is more of a learning curve to use it, but you will catch on fast after playing around with the dashboard. Blogger on the other hand is nice for beginners and doesn't require much technical knowledge to customize it.

Blogger is set up for a drag and drop feature where you are limited on the layout. Wordpress on the other hand, you can custom code, design, and do whatever you want to it. It also has templates that are built for newbies so you don't have to code anything yourself.

GeekGoddess · Feb 12, 2015

Even when I was still a newbie, I still went for Wordpress. It's like the best training ground for aspiring bloggers and website builders-it gives you almost everything you need especially with the plug-ins. I suggest that you explore Wordpress more

If you intend to maintain just a personal blog though, then Blogger would do.

wmguides · Feb 8, 2016

As regarding to the SEO purpose they both perform well in search engines. But for other reasons it depends what type of website you are planning to build, whether it is a only article based site and require very small image files then Blogger with private domain name is good. But if you are planning for a huge site that contains a lot of high resolution pictures, video files etc. then I prefer you go with Wordpress private domain name and private hosting.

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