I started blogging last year, a friend of mine suggested that I start a blog to write about my life because crazy stuff seems to happen to me. She was blogging on Blogger.com, so I decided to follow on blogger.com as well. I didn’t do much investigation into the comparison subject. After about 8 or 9 months of blogging on Blogger.com, I decided to see what other blog hosting sights were out there. That’s when I found WordPress.com, I fell in love!! I wasn’t love at first sight, I was very accustomed to Blogger.com, it was my home, and wordpress took some getting used to. I had lots of questions. Would my blogs transfer over? Would I loose them forever? Finally, I put my nose to the grindstone and started using wordpress. I am extremely happy in my new home. I feel like I’ve traded up!!
However, there are some pros and cons to both sites. Let me see if I can get them straight.
WordPress Pros:
(1) Detailed Dashboard - I love the fact that you blog stats are soo detailed. You can see how many people viewed your blog as well as your specific posts.
(2) The Page Layout Options – That was the biggest factor when I went on the hunt for a new blog hosting sight. I am a woman of many, many moods. Some days I want my blog to look a specific way, as far as design. Although, I have yet to change the layout. I love love love the layout I have right now!!
(3) The Detailed Blog Posting Options – I love the fact that you not only have tags, but you can “file your posts” under categories!!
(a) Media – I like the fact that you can add media (video, audio etc) to your posts.
(b) The Insert More Option – I really like the fact the you can add a link at the bottom of your post so the viewer can click on it and read more of your post. A kind of like “after the jump” sort of thing!!
(c) Post-Page-Link Option – When you want to write something new, you have the option of writing a new post (like this), a new Page (like a new blog), or a new Link (you can create a new link at the top of you page for your readers to read). For example, if I want to start to write about fashion or something, I can have a link at the top of my blog stating so and you would click on the link and find posts that are all fashion related.
(4) I liked the fact that I could import my posts from blogger.
(5) I like the fact that the spam comments are easily filtered out.
(6) WordPress does a better job promoting other wordpress blogs to you. For example, if you read one of my posts, wordpress will add a list of similar themed posts from other wordpress authors to the bottom of my post. It’s easy to find other bloggers with similar interests, etc…
WordPress Cons:
(1) I don’t like the fact that I have a difficult time inserting a picture into a post. If I have a pic that I have on my computer, I either have to have it hosted on another web site or I can upload it and it can be inserted into my post as a gallery. I wish I could upload the pic, make it any size I want, and place it where I want. (Blogger.com is like that)
(2) I’m having a difficult time getting the time zone correct. I don’t know a lot about HTML coding, and I can’t figure out how to get the damn thing correct!! It’s 8:30am and my blog says it’s 1:39pm. Ugh!!!!
(3) I’m having a difficult time trying to add extras to my blog. If I want to add a list of my favorite books to my blog, it’s a bit difficult to do do. It takes a lot more figuring out to do it here on wordpress than it did on blogger.
(4) You can’t change the font of your post. If I remember correctly, you choose the font on a separate page from where you create your post. So, if you want a Courier font for this post, I cannot do it from the editing buttons provided.
Blogger Pros:
(1) Easy to arrange page elements. They’re all very self-explanatory to the HTML novice.
(2) Very easy to create a post and publish. Easy to insert a pic into your post and place the pic anywhere you want in your post.
(a) Easy to change the font of your post.
(3) Easy to edit and set-up your profile. I like that there fields that you fill-in and they post on your profile.
(4) If you want to keep in touch with someone specific, there is a field where you can input their email address and every time you publish a new post, they’ll be notified that you have done so.
Blogger Cons:
(1) Only a few templates to choose from to layout your blog. Now, I know that you can go and get HTML templates from the Internet and insert them into blogger, but you can loose some of your page widgets if you use a foreign template. 
(2) The Dashboard is not very detailed. The wordpress dashboard puts the blogger dashboard to shame!!
(3) You can’t break up your bog post into 2 pages like you can on wordpress.
(4) There are just way fewer options on blogger than on wordpress. I think you can get a more “professional” looking blog on wordpress.
Conclusion:
I’m happy to be here at wordpress! I feel that more people are viewing my blog and I enjoy reading other people’s blogs. My comparisons above are of my opinion. I’m sure that there are ways to do things that I don’t know how to do, and I hope to learn those. My opinions may change as I learn to become more HTML savvy. I look forward to making my blog more pimped out!! If you have any suggestions, please let me know!
Thanks for reading!
