WordPress vs Blogger Review: Who Would Win?

What is the difference between Blogger and Wordpress? - Have you ever seen the people talking about WordPress and Blogger? Yes, you might have heard most people think that Blogger has fewer features as compared to WordPress. So, Why people lack the power of BlogSpot platform? Is it their technical fault or something else? Whatever the reason may be, but to my personal experience, Blogger is one of the best platforms for everyone to start a killer blog.

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BlogSpot offers many SEO and theme customization opportunities as compared to free WordPress and it is a blogging service offered by the giant search engine Google. But it does not mean that BlogSpot is 100% SEO ready. You have to pay attention to the site elements manually. Okay, so you want to know the major differences between Blogger and WordPress?

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Kindly note that this comparison Chart is between WordPress.com and Blogger, not WordPress.org vs Blogger.

WordPress Vs. Blogger - Difference and Comparison

FEATURES	BLOGGER	WORDPRESS	CHAMPION
Launched Date	‎August 23, 1999	May 27, 2003	Blogger
Owner	Google Inc.	WordPress Foundation	Both
Registeration	Free	Free	Both
SSL Certificate (HTTPS)	Available	Available	Both
HTTPS On Custom Domains	Available For Free	Paid	Blogger
Custom Domain	Available	Available on Upgrade	Blogger
Categories & Tags	Only Tags are available	Both are available	WordPress
Post Editor	Advanced	Advanced	Both
Supports Schema.org Markup	100%	Available on Upgrade	Blogger
Theme Customization	Available	N/A in Free Version	Blogger
Coding Required	HTML, XML, JSON, CSS & JavaScript	Advanced coding required like PHP, MySQL & JavaScript	Blogger
SEO Plugin Installation	Allowed	Not allowed in Free Version	Blogger
Custom Widgets	Available	N/A in Free Version	Blogger
Default Templates	Available	Available	Both
Custom Templates	Allowed	Not allowed in Free Version	Blogger
SEO Optimization	Need Technical Skills	In Paid: Install & Activate	WordPress
Video Storage	Files under certain size limits don’t count towards this free storage limit	Only 3GB More space on upgrade	Blogger
Image storage	Files under certain size limits don’t count towards this free storage limit	3000 Megabytes. More space on upgrade	Blogger
Stats System	Powerful Default stats system	Same here	Both
Advertisements	No advertisement of its own	Remove Ads on Upgrade	Blogger
Blog Monetization	Available	Only sites with a custom domain can apply	Blogger
Google Adsense	Available	You can not run Google Adsense or other advertising programs to serve ads in Free Version	Blogger
Writing Paid Posts	Allowed	You can not write paid posts, sell links, review products, etc.	Blogger
Monetization Opportunities	As much as you'd like	In Free Version, you can only apply for WordAds	Blogger
Account Suspension	Suspend blogs suspected of activities prohibited in their terms of service	Same here	Both
Blog Migration	BlogSpot blog to another Platform	WordPress to another Platform	Both
Number of Authors	Up to 100 members per blog	You can have as many authors as you'd like	WordPress
Custom Permalink	Available	N/A in free version	Blogger
Comment Blacklist	Not Available	When a comment contains any of word, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, that you have blacklisted, it will be put in the trash	WordPress
Blog Administrators	100 Administrators per blog	Only 35 Administrators per blog	Blogger
No. of Static Pages Allowed	Not Confirmed (I currently have 31 Pages)	There is no limit on how many pages you create	Pending
AMP Supported	YES	YES	Both
Alexa Rank (March 2018)	‎168	54	WordPress

Wish to do all of the above mentioned features from one platform such as Blogger or WordPress? Sorry, no may do. But as I described the comparison chart, you can calculate the rating score by yourself. I am not against the WordPress or Blogger neither employee of these services. Both have pros and cons to some extent and the above chart is solely my personal and honest review. Want to share yours? Write your opinion in comments.

Conclusion:

If you are serious about starting a blog and can develop your future make money blogging, starting your favorite blog is the best way to go, and that requires investing small to large money for setup.

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