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Does Google Favor Blogger over Wordpress?

by Jaysmyne
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Hey!

So I just kinda noticed that my blogger blog out of all my blogs is doing the best in terms of traffic. I take a completely different approach with it and it is promoted through Social Media versus SEO work. Google seems to absolutely love it...

I was just wondering what your thoughts are on this???
#blogger #favor #google #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author imfusa
    Well, it should, because Blogger is a part of Google, wordpress is the competition.
    I think always it favored them. Too bad the Blogger has a bit hard and non-intuitive coding platform. In this case Wordpress outranks them.
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    • Profile picture of the author LanceThompson
      Try split testing on the same keyword to see which ranks better. It would seem that a site with wordpress installed on your own domain wins.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by imfusa View Post

      Well, it should, because Blogger is a part of Google, wordpress is the competition.
      Unless you're referring to wordpress.com (which has nothing to do with marketers anyway, since monetization isn't allowed there), how a site ranks on Google has very little to do with what software it's made from. And with all Google's current international legal problems over allegations of "favoring themselves", they're hardly going to take a chance on that, anyway? :rolleyes:

      It's true that Wordpress has available some "extras" which can help with SEO.

      Originally Posted by imfusa View Post

      I think always it favored them. Too bad the Blogger has a bit hard and non-intuitive coding platform. In this case Wordpress outranks them.
      It doesn't matter, anyway.

      "Blogger" isn't safe for marketers to use, and that ought to be the end of the discussion (I know it won't be, because inexperienced marketers apparently love to be dependent unnecessarily on dangerous third-party services, but it ought to be the end of the discussion).

      Google Suspended My Innocuous Blogger Blog
      Squidoo/Blogger as primary website
      Blogger and deleted blogs?
      Blogger blog removed
      Wow Blogger Deemed All My Hard Work Spam
      Is blogger blogs worthy?
      have blogspot energy?
      is Wordpress really a better choice than Blogger in my case?
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  • Profile picture of the author Sushiman1111
    That's interesting. I've always heard the opposite, but admittedly without any real proof being offered. Just guys who "know what's going on"...
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  • Profile picture of the author sketchaddict
    Well, i dont know whats the truth., But i have also seen my blogger blogs doing well in terms of traffic and rankings as compared to other blogging platforms like Wordpress.
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  • Profile picture of the author cooler1
    Originally Posted by Jaysmyne View Post

    Hey!

    So I just kinda noticed that my blogger blog out of all my blogs is doing the best in terms of traffic. I take a completely different approach with it and it is promoted through Social Media versus SEO work. Google seems to absolutely love it...

    I was just wondering what your thoughts are on this???
    Im pretty sure they do favour it. Page one is full of loads of blogspot blogs with no original content. Put up a self hosted WP site even with original content and you find it's much harder to reach page 1.

    The problem is though that Blogger blogs get deleted too easily because the spam system is flawed and it's got even worser in recently months, they must have been tweaking the algo. I decided to give blogger one last try this year, but my blog got deleted after just 4 posts after new years day so I decided that was the last straw. Im never using it again unless major changes are made.

    I don't know why Google doesn't just implement a spam system similar to Squidoo's as it that platform seems far more robust. Im guessing it's because blogspot is more of a target for spammers because it doesn't require original content like Squidoo does. Google's war on spammers has ruined what was a good service.
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  • Profile picture of the author MrDay
    Heck yeah, I've been noticing this trend lately too.

    The Blogger blogs seem to really be kicking some butt in the search engines lately.

    Have you seen the infamous make money blog created on Blogger, yet?

    It was outranking everyone in search engines for coveted keywords like "make money online" and just about all the others.

    But here's the kicker,
    they had NO content on it whatsoever. And it still was outranking everyone. Crazy.

    BTW, that blog now has a little content on it and adds plastered all over it. I think an SEO Jedi is messing with everyone's heads, including Google's.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Ralph
    Bloggers tend to rank quickly and get indexed super quick, blogger can be useful for creating powerful backlinks and driving traffic to your main website. Wordpress has a lot of flexibility and options. I'd use blogger as a funnel for traffic and send it to my main site.
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  • Profile picture of the author napoleonfirst
    Well, it is no wonder as Blogger belongs to Google, however they just reward your efforts. They would play with fire if they plain just give more importance to Blogger than Wordpress.
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  • Profile picture of the author troy23
    Yes it should be favored by Google and the way you have tested it is the best way to prove this. Also it is fine for marketers. Keep within the rules of Google and you will be fine.

    Anyone with any worries then keep copies of your posts - if they do remove anything then you can start it elsewhere - it's not rocket science.
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  • Profile picture of the author jgetsmoneyy
    i dont think anyone knows, some people say yes blogger is better because google owns it, others claim wordpress is better just in general some claim its better because it has better seo plugins and things like that.
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