One of the things that often confuse novice bloggers when it wants to start blogging is to choose a blogging service that will be used.
The reason of course, because on the internet there are a lot of blogging platform or blogging services that can be selected, from free to paid.
But when asked where the most good, blogger.com, wordpress.com and wordpress.org normally be three blogging platform most frequently recommended people.
Now roughly a third of the blogging platform which is best?
Kinda hard to determine which one is the best because it all depends on the purpose ngeblognya. Better not look for where the best, but look where that roughly most appropriate for you
There are a great platform for blogging. Blogspot, WordPress, Tumblr, Weebly, etc. But Blogspot.com and WordPress.com or Wordpress.org still dominate in the blogging world today. Then, we have to choose which one is best for a blog ?.
Therefore, the following will try to explain some of the advantages and disadvantages of blogger.com, wordpress.com and wordpress.org which hopefully can help my friend again and not get confused in choosing the right blogging platform.
Blogger.com
Blogger logoBlogger.com or commonly referred to as blogspot is a free blogging service run by internet raksaksa, Google.
This free blogging service was first launched in 1999 by a company called Pyra Labs and acquired by Google in 2003.
Now since acquired by Google, bloggers began to develop into one of the most popular blogging services in the world, especially in Indonesia.
Excess Blogger.com
- free forever
- Very easy to use
- Features quite complete
- without ads
- Can post articles as much as possible, not limited.
- One account can create 100 blogs
- Super Safe because it is managed by Google
- Guaranteed rarely down for using a server owned by Google
- Can change the template and edit templates based keingingan
- Can be used to make money
- Integrated with Google AdSense and Google+
- Can custom domain (domain must be purchased separately) etc.
- We do not have full access to the blog that we manage
- Must comply with the existing regulations
- Blogs can be removed by the blogger.com without notice if caught breaking the rules
Blogger.com is suitable for whom?
- For bloggers who are just learning to blogging
- For blogger who want to learn HTML and CSS code while blogging
- For blogger who want to make money from blogs but do not have much money
WordPress.com
WordPress.com is a free blogging service like blogger.com set up by a company called Automattic.
Because blogger.com and wordpress.com also managed by two different companies, certainly in terms of appearance and also features both blogging service is much different.
But, famous both easy to use for novice bloggers.
Advantages of WordPress.com:
- free forever
- Very easy to use
- No need dizziness technical problems
- Super safe
- Guaranteed rarely down
- There are hundreds of free themes that can be used
- Integrates with several popular wordpress plugins
- Can perform a custom domain (have to pay $ 18 / year) etc.
- We do not have full access to the blog that we manage
- Must comply with the existing regulations
- Can not be used to make money (unless using WordAds, see here for details)
- Limited features, if you want a more complete feature pal had to pay some money.
- Only 3GB of storage media
- There his ads
- For bloggers who just kepengin hobby writing
- For bloggers who just kepengin write personal notes in blog
- For bloggers who do not have the intention for making money from blogs
- For bloggers who want to share information on the Internet but not kepengin complicated technical problems
- Specifically for bloggers who make money from WordAds kepengin
Some of my friend must wonder what is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. Mesipun both have the same name, but actually the two are completely different.
WordPress.com is a place where we can create a blog for free without the need to hire a hosting and domain. While WordPress.org is a place where we can download the WordPress application that we can plug in your own hosting and domain itself.
WordPress application is not only can be used to create a blog, but it can also be used to create such websites in general.
Excess WordPress.org:
- Free and Open Source
- Blogmu like your own house, free like doing aja
- Features super full
- Can use the free and premium themes are scattered on the internet
- There are a lot of plugins that can be used
- Almost no rules that need to be obeyed etc.
WordPress its own free, but to use my friend need to hire a hosting and domain itself
Because use hosting and domain itself must take capital that does little
Is a bit more complicated. Security issues are the responsibility of their own
WordPress.org is suitable for whom?
- For professional bloggers
- For Internet Marketers
- For online business
- For kepengin blogging seriously
- For bloggers who make their blogs as a primary source of income
Conclusion:
After reading the posts above I'm sure now you have been able to determine which is roughly the most fitting for all of you to use. If, for example, still confused, please read over and over again so that more confused.
I'm waiting for my friend the opinion in the comments field.