Blogger Vs WordPress..

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Hey Warriors!

I have not started a blog yet and i was wondering the Pros and Cons for each one.

I heard Blogger Seemed to Be searched faster by Google since they own it

What do you Think?
What do You Recommend?

I Plan to Embed Videos, try get some organic traffic, sell affiliate products, and put an opt in form on the blog.

Thanks
#blogger #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author joshril
    You should download and install the the Wordpress.org version of Wordpress on your own server or hosting account. It will give you the most flexibility and control.

    I have some tactics that normally get mine indexed within a day or so...
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    • Profile picture of the author JoelMatthews
      I am a WordPress.org user, being able to self host your own blog is really worth it, because you can add what ever you want on it.
      And you can change anything at any point, without having any worry if your gonna get slapped for the content.
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      • Profile picture of the author joshril
        Originally Posted by JoelMatthews View Post

        I am a WordPress.org user, being able to self host your own blog is really worth it, because you can add what ever you want on it.
        And you can change anything at any point, without having any worry if your gonna get slapped for the content.
        Took the words right out of my mouth... The biggest worry, especially if your blog is intended to make you money, is the issue of having your blog shut-down because of a TOS complaint or violation...
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      • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
        Originally Posted by JoelMatthews View Post

        And you can change anything at any point, without having any worry if your gonna get slapped for the content.
        Try getting your blog on a shared hosting account hit with a big Digg or StumbleUpon day and you'll get 'slapped' by your hosting company. In fact, several TV show related blogs stay on Blogger to prevent this kind of thing.

        Bottom line, there's always a 'worse case' scenario.
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        • Profile picture of the author joshril
          Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

          Try getting your blog on a shared hosting account hit with a big Digg or StumbleUpon day and you'll get 'slapped' by your hosting company. In fact, several TV show related blogs stay on Blogger to prevent this kind of thing.

          Bottom line, there's always a 'worse case' scenario.
          True, but most decent hosts won't shut you down permanently. If you're getting enough traffic to cause problems it's time to upgrade to VPS or dedicated anyway... much better than being shut down indefinitely.
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        • Profile picture of the author reapr
          Do yourself a big favor. Just get a hosting account and install wordpress on it.

          Here is what can happen. You do it all on a free account and develop all your backlinks links and whatnot to your free blog and start making some decent money.

          Then one day the site gets flagged for some real obscure reason ... and your back at square one.

          If you think you will be making money with it put some money up front and get a host.

          If it gets to the point you are getting huge spikes in traffic upgrade to a virtual server.
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          • Profile picture of the author joshril
            Totally agree. I don't like surprises and this is the way to avoid them. Plus, with Wordpress.org, you get access to thousands of plug-ins and themes free! You can't go wrong, and if you're technically challenged (not saying you are), many hosts have an easy install option for Wordpress using Fantastico.


            Originally Posted by reapr View Post

            Do yourself a big favor. Just get a hosting account and install wordpress on it.

            Here is what can happen. You do it all on a free account and develop all your backlinks links and whatnot to your free blog and start making some decent money.

            Then one day the site gets flagged for some real obscure reason ... and your back at square one.

            If you think you will be making money with it put some money up front and get a host.

            If it gets to the point you are getting huge spikes in traffic upgrade to a virtual server.
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  • Profile picture of the author reapr
    Originally Posted by actionplanbiz View Post

    Hey Warriors!

    I have not started a blog yet and i was wondering the Pros and Cons for each one.

    I heard Blogger Seemed to Be searched faster by Google since they own it

    What do you Think?
    What do You Recommend?

    I Plan to Embed Videos, try get some organic traffic, sell affiliate products, and put an opt in form on the blog.

    Thanks
    I had to reread your post because it troubled me deeply because I would not want to see anyone go through what I did.

    You want to develop organic traffic, sell affiliate links and have an opt in form.

    A private hosting account can be had for about 100 bucks or less a year. As one other poster said fantastico install WP quite nicely on your domain.

    Most accounts will allow you to have multiple domains. Mine allows 20 and each domain is about 10 bucks. I know you can find em' cheaper.

    In all honesty what I have mentioned is dirt cheap for trying to make any money online and it gives you a little more control than putting it on a free host or free blog. A very costly mistake and something I have been dealing with on a few free accounts. Many of the free sites do not like affiliate links and even if they allow them now once they get popular they often make further restrictions and this is what cost me.

    Yeah yeah what ever even a paid host can shut your account down but it is much much less likely to happen.
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  • Profile picture of the author Abledragon
    WordPress.org (self hosted) is definitely my pick for my primary blog - i.e. the one I focus on most.

    The question of being shut down for TOS violation (happpened to me with WordPress.com) and not having control of your content is a big one.

    But Blogger and WordPress.com do have their benefits. This article compares Blogger, WordPress.org and WordPress.com:

    http://www.wealthydragon.com/blog/20...-or-wordpress/

    Hope it helps,

    Cheers,

    Martin.
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  • Profile picture of the author Elliott
    If you're new to blogs, Blogger is very much easier to use from scratch. The problem with WP for me, is exactly it's "virtues" - thousands of themes, hundreds of plug-ins, none of them doing exactly what I want...

    But, I will say this - get ONE step-by-step tutorial on setting up WP and use that until you know that tutorial thoroughly. Don't get several WP tutorials. It's very easy to info overload yourself with WP, and then waste hours trying to figure out how to do what you want to do, because you're still missing a key piece of information.

    It's a BIG learning curve.

    If you want to get some sites up quickly, use Blogger while you're working your way through your WP tutorial, to build a more permanent site.

    Elliott
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