WordPress or Blogspot? Which One Is Better?

Introduction

We will help you to choose the blogging platform that may suit for you in this WordPress or Blogspot? Which one Is Better? article. Most of us already familiar with these two blogging platform. Both of them among the best and practical platform for blog among the rest. In this article I will share about the main two blogging platforms that widely use by the entire bloggers and perhaps web developers too to create their web applications. WordPress and Blogspot.

In this article we will focus on the very basic functions and their huge differences. I will assume that you came to this article to know more about these two platforms and having issue to decide which one you going to choose to begins your first blog or simple website for your online shop, or many a company portfolio etc. Well I will explain this in this simple short article. Let’s get started!

What Is Blog And Why You Start Blogging?

A blog is generally refer to website. This blog website have one special function where peoples (readers) will read the information on any niche that provided or written by the blog website owners (bloggers) on their blog.

The important thing you need to remember before you start to create a blog is why you start to write and why you need a blog to publish your articles that you wrote. Instead of writing your ideas on a piece of paper, in a notebook etc, then think about why you need a blog. Let’s the answer be with you forever and we will move the next info!

What is WordPress

This is the most popular blogging platform until the present day. WordPress is a free open source content management system (CMS) that allows us to create and manage a blog. Perhaps, a website that have another functions more than blogging purposes. For example, to create an e-c0mmerce website. It is pretty cool doesn’t it?

WordPress Self Host

Have you ever wonder why some personal blog have a custom domain name without blogspot.com or wordpress.com included in their URL? This is what we called as a custom domain name that you will need to purchase it from domain name registrar like GoDaddy, Namecheap and many more.

How To Use WordPress Self Host

In order to create your blog or website using WordPress Self Host, the first thing first is to know about it by learning how it works. Open their official website wordpress.org and read on the information provided.

WordPress Self Host is a script that provided by WordPress to be install on your Web Hosting to create a WordPress website. The only two basic things you need to need to purchase are the domain name, (1) and the web hosting(2) . After you need to download WordPress self host script and upload them in your public_html folder in your web hosting via FileZilla or manually upload via File Manager.

But please not too worried about the technical steps I mentioned above since nowadays every web hosting provide WordPress installer feature that ready in their web hosting interface once you login into control panel/access panel provided by your web hosting.

Once installation completed, you will provided the access wp-admin to login into WordPress dashboard and start writing your content!

WordPress Free Platform

Little bit different from Self Host WordPress, this free blogging platform looks like similar with blogspot or blogger platform provided by Google.

How To Register WordPress Free Platform

To use WordPress free platform you only need an email address. Once the blog/website created the URL or domain name of your blog or website will include wordpress.com before your desired domain name. For example: yourblog.wordpress.com

With limited access to plugins, themes and many more, this platform is suitable for those who want less headache and have passion only in writing content and not for business or to earn online income purposes.

What is Blogspot

Blogspot or known as Blogger is a free blogging platform by Google. Blogspot also an open source Content Management System CMS that allows users to create and manage blog and websites. Similar steps to start your free blog/website like mentioned before.

How To Register Blogger.com

You only need to register an account over blogger.com and you may start your first blog or website for free. There is no features like plugins for WordPress when it comes to blogger platform. Unlike wordpress.com, this platform provided by Google is the most efficient for those who want to start learning programming language. No plugins, no automation widgets like wordpress making this platform preferred by newbies.

The only problem when using blogspot with free domain, the URL include yourblogname.blogspot.com. But I am not sure if this become big issue. As long as you have passion in writing for fun, or just a hobby to brush your writing skills.

Huge Different Between WordPress Self Host & Blogger (with paid domain name)

The huge different when you want to have custom domain name for your blog. With Blogger you will only need to buy a domain name. Blogger will host your domain name and you also can buy custom domain name from Blogger dashboard!

While using WordPress self host you will need to pay extra cost for custom domain name  + webhosting. You may purchase a webhosting and a domain name from the same company like Hostinger, HostGator and many more. Or you may purchase them from separated domain and webhosting provide.

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Conclusion

There are two blogging platforms that you might consider to start your first blog are WordPress (either free or self host) and Blogger (either free or with custom domain name).

The main or the core function of both platforms is to allow you to create a blog or website. Depending on your intention why you should have a website, WordPress self host might suitable for those who want their website become multipurpose websites such as a company profile or an e-commerce.

If you are intended just to write a blog to share information, to write a story for educational purposes,  to share about your personal life with limited budget, then Blogger will be the most suitable for you.