Wordpress or Blogger for an adsense site? You might be surprised!

[Jeremy Banks]

I will likely rub a few people the wrong way here but I actually recommend blogger for an adsense site under the right conditions! Here is why

note: These recommendations are for using blogger with a TLD

With blogger you can host your site with google, that means you don't actually need a hosting account. If you are brand new to making niche sites you can just pay for the domain ($10 bought through your blogger dashboard) and that's it, hosted free by google

Blogger is owned by google so it seems they favor domains hosted with them. I certainly did notice that my site got indexed VERY quickly

Blogger offers an adsense widget for EASY integration, good for newbies, but I recommend inserting your own adsense block into the code for the best CTR

Good for set and forget sites! I built a site on blogger about 8 months ago (one of my first niche sites) and have not updated it since, I average about $650 per month off this site! If I had this site on wordpress I would have had to update it to the newest version every few weeks!

Summary
Blogger is good (I ONLY recommend blogger if you get a TLD with it) for

• A site you want to build and let it sit
• A site where you don't need A LOT of options
• If you are just going to put adsense to monetize
• If you are newer, and just want to build a small site without buying a new hosting account

For most of my new sites I am using wordpress because I am building them out and like all the options, but I have 3 sites hosted on blogger that are making me good money.

Have you had success with blogger?

[yukon]

One of my best earning Adsense sites is 100% blogger (no TLD).

The site is 4+ years old & is absolutely FREE money, is doesn't get any cheaper than blogger.

The haters will chime in soon, about how blogger will delete your site. I say BS because out of 10+ blogspot sites I have never had a single site deleted (never!)!

The #1 rule (live by this, no joke) with blogspot is, NEVER comment on another blogspot site that you don't own.

BTW, I don't care that I don't own the site/domain, I have no intention of ever selling even If it was self hosted. Why would I sell, it's free money.

[paulgl]

No hate here. My free bloggers rock.

Paul

[simonbuzz]

I also use blogger to target small niches...

[Jeremy Banks]

Originally Posted by yukon

One of my best earning Adsense sites is 100% blogger (no TLD).

The #1 rule (live by this, no joke) with blogspot is, NEVER comment on another blogspot site that you don't own.

BTW, I don't care that I don't own the site/domain, I have no intention of ever selling even If it was self hosted. Why would I sell, it's free money.

Thanks for your comment

Just curious, why do you say to NEVER comment on another blogspot site that you don't own? I am curious what your reasoning is.

[Greyhounds]

Considering Google owns Blogger, I know for a fact that it is easier to get ACCEPTED into adsense if you have a blogger blog. As far as maintaining it and comparing it to WordPress... I'm a WP guy

[gtk29]

Well, honestly I have never had any luck with blogger sites. On the other hand Wordpress with hosting has worked wonders for me. So...

[AMiRU]

If you need more than just HTML, then you've no choice but to use Wordpress. If you don't mind using third party apps to cater your need then Blogger is a good option.

[yukon]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Banks

Thanks for your comment

Just curious, why do you say to NEVER comment on another blogspot site that you don't own? I am curious what your reasoning is.

I get plenty of other blogspot owners posting comments on my old blogs. Most of them are just plain spam. I mean really If my site is about technology do they really think I give a crap about their IM site (lol). A quick once over of the comment while in moderation, then comes the blogspot Admin. Spam button, I'm a trigger happy fool, lol.

I'll sometimes check those blogspots that I delete a few days later & the site will be deleted.

I can't prove this, but I'm 99% sure the Spam button in the blogspot Admin. is helping get blogspot spammers deleted. Maybe sends that spam site into a manual review after so many spam reports?

My point is, I don't comment on anyone elses blogspot (ever). I think that Spam button is tied into blogs that get deleted.

Hope none of you guys/gals happen onto one of my blogspot sites, that Spam button has a hair trigger, ha, ha.

I do allow a few real comments on those old blogspots, still the comments are easy to spot.

[rypher21]

i get good adsense return on my blogger site..

[paulgl]

Originally Posted by AMiRU

If you need more than just HTML, then you've no choice but to use Wordpress. If you don't mind using third party apps to cater your need then Blogger is a good option.

I have no idea what you are talking about. Blogspot allows you to do most anything.
For free. With wordpress, you have to pay.

Paul

[Jeremy Banks]

Originally Posted by paulgl

I have no idea what you are talking about. Blogspot allows you to do most anything.
For free. With wordpress, you have to pay.

Paul

I feel WP is easier to tweak and customize and there also seems to be a lot more support. Blogger tends to be reserved for mommy bloggers, families and people who like to pretend their dog is the one writing the blog

If you love to tweak and mess with your site go with WP. If you want to bang out a 5 page site and pop up some ads definitely go with blogger NO MAINTENANCE!

[yukon]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Banks

I feel WP is easier to tweak and customize and there also seems to be a lot more support. Blogger tends to be reserved for mommy bloggers, families and people who like to pretend their dog is the one writing the blog

If you love to tweak and mess with your site go with WP. If you want to bang out a 5 page site and pop up some ads definitely go with blogger NO MAINTENANCE!

I think that's what the average person would think about blogspot.

Let me show you a couple of sites that might change your mind, granted these two sites are an exception.

[site #1]

hxxp://www.deluxetemplates.blogspot.com/

I've personally watched this site a couple of years ago. At one time this site was earning $2,000+ per month from buy-sell-ads, looks like sales have dropped (less than $200 per month) since I last checked about a year ago.

View the source code at the bottom of the page, you'll see the blogspot widgets code + If you use the blogspot url it will redirect to the paid TLD.



[site #2]

hxxp://www.medicalbooksreview.com/

The same person that owns the site above owns this blogspot.

Again, look at the source code to verify this site is hosted on blogspot.


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Still think blogspot is for silly 5 page sites?

BTW, one of my own blogspot sites is 550+ pages.

Easy $$...

[pbrite]

Impressed with the medical book review site. The guy doesn't even spell the word "source" correctly and he's makin' bucks!

[hireseowriters]

Thanks for the information everyone. I've setup two self hosting WP sites recently and added around 40 pages to one site. However, it's not picking up excellent traffic and the earnings are barely reaching $10.

I am not saying its a mistake of WP self hosting but I can't see any significant SEO advantage on WP compared to my free blogger site which pulled in more traffic in the same time frame.

Now I will give it a shot to 2 blogger sites too and check how they are performing.

[jacksite]

wow, you can earn $650 per month from one blogger site, have you done any seo work? I mean off-page seo

[Iain Key]

Just to chime in here. For throwaway sites I also find Squidoo to be pretty good, yes even for adsense

[paulgl]

Old thread that I missed, but..as usual, when one digs up an old
thread, normally the nonsense will follow...

Originally Posted by Iain Key

Just to chime in here. For throwaway sites I also find Squidoo to be pretty good, yes even for adsense

Yeah. Sure. And can you please explain how squidoo has anything
to do with what this thread is about? Like putting adsense on
a site?

Squidoo profit shares. But that has nothing to do with anything
about adsense. And if your site is not ranked in the top
couple of thousand, you will get zero.

My squidoo sites are NOT throw away sites. I do quite well.

But since you can't add adsense to them....

Paul