Comments on: One Blogger’s Adventures in Blog Platforms: Which Platform is better? Blogger vs. WordPress

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:29:28 +0000

Hi Doug,

Just found this post from a google search on this topic. Thanks so much…this is what I thought. I haven’t read the How-to post yet, I’m hoping that will tell me that it’s really worth all the hassle to move over to hosting my blog on my new server. It’s very video heavy…so it’s a real labor issue for me.

I appreciate your clarity – great blog!

By: Doug Stewart

Doug Stewart — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:58:53 +0000

Thanks Bryan. Welcome to our blog. Glad you found it. Hope it helps you with your blogging adventures.

By: Bryan Lee

Bryan Lee — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:21:56 +0000

What a good post. Thank you.
I have been thinking about the wordpress over blogger issues for a long time too. I started out with blogger than I had an school exchange in China, blogger was banned that was the first time I got to know about wordpress.com > free hosting, but they do have their limitation. No ads, No customize css… so here I am after much decision I am back to blogger. Because compared to wordpress.com, getting a domain with blogger is cheaper, it offers more customizable css.
But I would have to say the linked between wordpress to the social media is easier. Plus when you do a search stuffs on google blog search wordpress is the first to surface.

thumbs up for thebloggersbulletin

By: Gedi Junction

Gedi Junction — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:22:31 +0000

Hi Doug. Probably I’m a first time visitor on your blog. and I loved this post. Simply because of the honest account of your experiences while migrating from Blogger to WP. Looking forward to more of your posts.

By: Blase Ciabaton

Blase Ciabaton — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:56:32 +0000

I used to use the free version of WordPress, but I switched to the advanced version of Typepad and I love it. I am completely self-service and do not have a background in web design, and I find the Typepad interface easy to use and the few times I’ve need service, they were very responsive. I pay $14.95 a month for ther version I use (there is a free version avail) and have complete flexibility with widgets, plug ins & design. No money needed for a consultant or designer. I think there are trade offs with all platforms, and I do think this is an extremely important decision. Doug, thanks for sharing! Would love to hear comments from any other Typepad users.

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:03:13 +0000

Agree with all the others. If you’re going to go with WP, go with the self-hosted version, warts and all.

Though all the nifty feedburner tools don’t integrate so well with WP since Google snatched it up.

I’m still on the fence as to whether Blogger or WP is better for the basic blog.

By: Doug Stewart

Doug Stewart — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:51:25 +0000

Thanks for all the great comments. Several of you asked questions that require detailed answers. So I’m putting together a blog post with the answers and detailed “how to” information. Stay tuned…

By: Jeannette Paladino

Jeannette Paladino — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:24:06 +0000

I, too, began a blog on WordPress.com, but soon migrated to a self-hosted WordPress.org blog. Learning how to manage your own WP blog is not for the faint of heart, if you are not a technical person, which I’m not. You have to make a real commitment to learning the basics. I still call on a tech consultant when I need help, but mainly I’m making changes and marketing it myself. I know this will attract a lot of negative feedback from its developers, but my blogging coach and others have said that Thesis is not so easy as it is cracked up to be and WP’s new Builder also has its challenges. Be sure you know what you are getting into when choosing a WP template and keep it simple.

By: Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:54:31 +0000

Very nice Doug, I have been at it for sometime figuring out which blogging platform would be best for me. I am a techie and get excited with the cool new geeky things all the time. However, this has always come in my way of blogging and content creation always suffers.

As a blogger, I feel the focus should be on content creation. Blogger.com doesn’t daunt you with an extensive feature list yet provides tools which are required to publish and promote (within reasonable limits).

However, with the fierce competition and content duplication, marketing your blog is essential. I ghost write for 3 blogs and they are all using WordPress for the scalability it offers. You can promote your post as soon as you create from within the system using twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg … you name it. All social media apps are there which makes WordPress an excellent choice for professional publishers.

This brings me to your point – how difficult it could be for guys who don’t have a blog maintenance team. I guess, for all others Blogger.com is still the best place to start and once they find their voice in the blogosphere, they can upgrade to WordPress.

Next, I look forward to an interesting How-To on migrating from Blogger to WordPress.

penisveHarsh

By: Rhona Bronson

Rhona Bronson — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:09:27 +0000

Fabulous post and ironically a topic I was thinking about last night. In a LInkedIn forum, everyone was singing the praises of WordPress. I have a blog on WordPress (www.themarketingplaza.com), so I won’t put it down. But, I do think it’s an advanced (or at least intermediate) platform. I think bloggers work their way up to it. It requires more technical knowledge than the average blogger wants to have in just getting started, the least of which is finding a host. A host? I’m not sure I even knew what that was when I started in 2006.

People like to put down Typepad. I think it’s the ultimate next step up from blogger as people progress towards WordPress, and oh yes, something even newer now called Drupal (oh my). Interestingly, here’s an article [http://bit.ly/6t8qx2] that makes an important distinction between blogging services and blog platforms.