Wordpress is better than blogger

[Randy Cornhole]

I can't understand what all the fuss is about? They both serve a purpose, blogger works for me because its simple and It fits the bill. I don't want to make money from my blog or achieve worldwide fame. I just want somewhere to let family and friends view my travel photo's and see what I'm doing at any given time. Wordpress is able to be manipulated more than blogger for sure. But blogger serves its purpose. They are just different that's all.
I used to build web sites from scratch using dreamweaver, that's the way to go if you are serious about making a web site that exactly fits your needs. Not finding other peoples wordpress/blogger themes and altering them. Programs like dreamweaver allow you to control absolutely everything. All the rest are second best in my opinion...
Whether its wordpress or blogger makes no difference. It just depends on what your individual needs are.

[myqute]

Originally Posted by Cloudine

To be honest I've had a lot of blogs with blogger and a lot of blogs with wordpress and I do like both of them a lot.

However when it came down to it, I chose blogger.

Yes I know wordpress has more freedom with themes
Yes I know wordpress has more (awesome) plugin

However there is one thing about blogger that I like more and is enough to get me coming back:

The lack of distraction.

Most blogger themes are perfectly fine for blogging, as far as plugins go, there are widgets out there to compensate for the most crucial ones. The fact that I don't have to worry about themes, or plugins, or go through a very long menu means I have more time to do what I enjoy: write, make pics, and promote.

I know I seem irrational but.....BLOGSPOT KICKS WORDPRESS BUTT.

and no amount of wordpress coolness can change that.

haha "Wordpress coolness!" I like the term you coined!

I guess it all boils down to how you manage your time. And how you refrain from going to sites or services that distract you.

The one thing I DON'T like about wordpress is the growing sidebars. They always seem to be growing as you place more and more stuff in them.

There's really no fuss for this topic. I see it being asked all the time in other forums. There's been comparison between (or amongst) Drupal and Joomla, and between Joomla and Wordpress.

Blogger does not have free or low-cost plugins that make blogs more CMS (for example, shopping and auction plugins). I may be wrong in this but correct me if I happen to have outdated info.

[styleanywhere]

do they allow ads in wordpress? thanks :-)

[myqute]

Originally Posted by styleanywhere

do they allow ads in wordpress? thanks :-)

Ads! For sure they help me to clutter my sidebars!! lol

I quote this from another thread:

Originally Posted by myqute

Self-hosted wordpress blogs allow ads. In fact, there are many ways to add ads. Take a look at a snapshot below where you can add almost any kinds of ads to you wordpress blog within the control panel (or dashboard) of wordpress (through feeds or by adding raw ad codes):



Also, this free 24-page ebook (along with 2 extra goodies - click on the link that says CARP) shows you how you can add your Amazon affiliate ads to your Wordpress' sidebar or to any part of your self-hosted wordpress blog. Just don't be fooled by the blog title.

Hosting and how to install wordpress
I placed some video tutorials here complete with info on how to activate your domain and set up wordpress.

Alternate no-brainer way of installing wordpress

[dlyons]

I am new to blogging, so I started with Blogger and a friend convinced me to switch to WordPress...I like it much better. I still have a lot to learn about the best ways to use it and sometimes widgets do not show up from other sites. Could that be due to the template I am using? I appreciate any feedback I can get. Thanks

[sadiessay-so]

I use Blogger for Say-So... Skinny has it's own domain. I've never used Wordpress...

[archi-sketch]

i prefer wordpress since there are many beautiful free theme out there...

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by archi-sketch

i prefer wordpress since there are many beautiful free theme out there...

There are an equal number of beautiful free Blogger themes.

[shokhorror]

I found that wordpress was good if you were hosting your blog on a private host, but if you used there free service it had to many limits on it, this could be because I have become to used to using blogger. The one think I did really like about wordpress, was that it had a good free iphone app that worked great!!

[SlapStikSix]

I'm a blogger-er