Do Any Professional Bloggers Use Google Blogger?

12 years ago

I can't say with any certainty who is and who isn't a professional blogspot blogger, however I have seen some blogspot blogs with very high PR and traffic.

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Bentley74 12 years ago

Interesting question!

Like nm5419, I have seen some very impressive blogger blogs in terms of SE rankings, PR etc - but my suspicion is that most pro bloggers would want something self-hosted like WordPress. It's important to have full ownership and control over your online assets.

I remember watching in horror as a friend of mine walked away from a PR 7 Blogger blog when he realized he wanted something using an actual domain name etc etc (although, you can use domain names with blogger now right?). He wasn't all that well-versed in IM, but regardless, that blog was never really HIS.

Just my 2 cents
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GPLPress

12 years ago

Originally Posted by nm5419

I can't say with any certainty who is and who isn't a professional blogspot blogger, however I have seen some blogspot blogs with very high PR and traffic.

Are you sure that the PR and traffic you're seeing is not the aggregate PR and traffic for ALL of blogspot, not just the blog you're viewing?

I, personally, would never use any solution for professional-grade blogging other than a self-hosted WordPress installation (not WordPress.com).

I'd also be reluctant to take seriously as a professional anybody blogging on blogspot...but that's just me...I feel like if a blogger doesn't have the dedication to their site, their content, and their personal brand to get their own domain and do the work it takes to set up their own site, their content appears less valuable to the reader.

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Joshua Rigley

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by GPLPress

Are you sure that the PR and traffic you're seeing is not the aggregate PR and traffic for ALL of blogspot, not just the blog you're viewing?

I, personally, would never use any solution for professional-grade blogging other than a self-hosted WordPress installation (not WordPress.com).

I'd also be reluctant to take seriously anybody blogging on blogspot...but that's just me.

Then you're making a mistake. There are lots of blogspot.com blogs out there that get way more traffic than most self-hosted wordpress blogs. To name just one:

A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

That blog has a PR of 6 and gets over 1 million visitors per year. You'll notice though, that blog has been around since 2005, so this didn't happen overnight. It also disproves that blogger is an unreliable host that randomly deletes blogs for no reason.

IMHO, you only need to worry about that if you're doing affiliate marketing or blogging about internet marketing.

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nm5419 12 years ago

Originally Posted by GPLPress

Are you sure that the PR and traffic you're seeing is not the aggregate PR and traffic for ALL of blogspot, not just the blog you're viewing?

Blogspot PR and traffic aren't 'aggregated.'
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- capitalalchemy 12 years ago
  
  I remember a few years back that the highest visited blog was a blogspot blog, and it was simple (even then for blogspot standards). It was about current music industry news. It dominated. It might still. Regardless, it's nice to host your own blog via Wordpress, but the majority of my blogs are blogspot blogs personally. That's because they are old ones that I honestly had no reason to transfer over.
  
  There are a lot of professional blogs hosted on blogger, but I'm not personally no professional blogger.
  
  It's an OK platform, but you have to do some major tweaks to get started, especially for SEO benefits.
  
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nm5419

12 years ago

Originally Posted by GPLPress

I'd also be reluctant to take seriously as a professional anybody blogging on blogspot...but that's just me...I feel like if a blogger doesn't have the dedication to their site, their content, and their personal brand to get their own domain and do the work it takes to set up their own site, their content appears less valuable to the reader.

Just so you know, some people regard even WordPress blogs with the same attitude, and then snub their bloggers for not personally programming their own CMS. But those people are usually C++ geeks (the know it alls!).

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KrisOlin

12 years ago

I have read so many good reviews about WordPress that I would not use anything else for blogging. I use it myself and I can highly recommend it.

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seoglobalexperts004

12 years ago

Well wordpress and Blogspot both are my favorite ones...... Well in my view blogger is good because some times i have seen i made two blogs and blogger's link indexed first ..... and wordpress takes time to index.........

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JCorp

12 years ago

I use both. Google blogger obviously has its advantages, but wordpress is easier to customize to your specific needs. Overall both are great platforms in my opinion.

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pramwebninja

12 years ago

all the way i am using blogger and i found blogger is very good for seo ...it get index very fast then wordpress blog..
mostly it take 17 hour to get index on the other hand wordpress can take more then a week

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MarkJonesCBDoctor

12 years ago

There are many benefits of using a wordpress blog and there are also benefits of using a self-hosted blog.

With blogs like wordpress and hubpages, you can post blogs and start to see traffic relatively soon. However, with a self hosted blog, it will take more time and determination to get ranking and visitors.

If you are thinking long term, self host is definitely the better alternative. It gives you more credibility as well as functionality and less user restrictions.

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