Comments on: Free blogging platforms – Blogger or WordPress.com?

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:10:33 +0000

Hello,

Where can I find a list of free blog providers like wordpress.com that run on the Word Press platform ?
wordpress.com is one. Any others ?
blogger.com provides us with free blogs but it doesn’t run on the WordPress platform and so I’m dismissing that one out.
I want to create more than one blog but on different domains which I do not own as I don’t want to create all my blogs on a single domain (like create all of them on wordpress.com only) because I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket.
The free blog service provider must be running on the WordPress platform as I’m used to this platform. Hence, on the look-out for free blog services running on the Word Press platform.

Thanks

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:07:45 +0000

You can still use WordPress for your blogging. It would be wise to use an outside hosting like Hostgator. This way you can add anything to it tomake money.

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:56:45 +0000

@Felix, welcome to DollarShower The look part of the blog was highly inspired by CopyBlogger who’s one of my favorite bloggers. When he did this styling on Thesis with the help of Chris Pearson of DIY Thesis, I thought of developing my own theme using similar styling. Mine is a light weight theme and optimized for speed (of course limited by the shared hosting speed now).

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:51:01 +0000

@imyideas, Haven’t updated the post since many changes in blogger. However, WordPress still rocks!

By: BLOGGING ACCESS

BLOGGING ACCESS — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:17:08 +0000

WOw! Good comparison of these two blogging platforms.

By the way, this is my first time visiting your site while I do blog hopping.

Your blog was stunned me because it has the same look of Brian’s CopyBlogger.

Not only that, you also share great content on this blog. Great job buddy and keep up the good work. I was really inspired by you…

I hope we can be good friends.

- Felix Albutra

By: imyideas

imyideas — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:46:42 +0000

Good guide for beginners for choosing the blog platform. The static page option is now available in blogger also.At last they have included it. The ‘ read more’ feature also they have included in blogger.
But word-press looks much better and simple. More over as you said it is well structured. This is the greatest feature i found useful in wordpress. !!

By: Anish K.S

Anish K.S — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:26:16 +0000

I Started blogging on Blogger, then turned to Wp, Wp is better than the best.

By: Sushie

Sushie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:51:29 +0000

WordPress is the best for me, more flexible, we can change what we want, more plugins than blogger, more professionnals bloggers are on WordPress.
Blogger is very easy to use, like it too but i’m not “free” with this platform so i prefer WordPress. ^^
Even if i’m s**k at php language. xD
Good article. ^^

By: Edos

Edos — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:51:18 +0000

When it comes to control panel tools and features for setting up a blog, wordpress is the bestEdos´s last blog post... How to Do Affiliate Marketing

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:20:06 +0000

Masud, it’s a personal choice… but I guess, you are after AdSense as well right? It makes sense to go for blogger in that case.

By: Masud Rana

Masud Rana — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:23:09 +0000

I'll advocate for blogger than wordpress.Masud Rana's last blog post... Earn Money Giving Your Opinion Online

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:12:18 +0000

@Cindy, thanks a lot for your encouraging words

@Brian, congratulations on taking the first step towards creating your self-hosted blog. Though not fully detailed, I had written an article series (8 posts) on setting up a new self-hosted blog from scratch to success! Just in case it helps…

http://www.dollarshower.com/articles/

And thanks a lot for the mention of my blog in your last post

By: Brian T. Johnson

Brian T. Johnson — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:01:45 +0000

UPDATE: I have taken your advice, Ajith, and secured hosting services so I can use the WordPress.org software while still being able to advertise on my site. Thanks!Brian T. Johnson's last blog post... Your latest web questions, answered.

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By: Cindy Logan

Cindy Logan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:08:33 +0000

I found your site and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good articles. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you!

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:48:42 +0000

Yes, and good to hear. That certainly makes it reasonable for me to begin exploring self-hosting options. Much thanks.

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:33:26 +0000

@Brian, When you self-host it means that the WordPress database (containing all your posts, comments, links…), your theme/template, plugins, uploaded files etc. are sitting on a server provided by your paid hosting service (Such as hostgator or hostmonster). WordPress’ administration interface to this server is always accessible by a web browser from any PC that has internet connectivity.

The WordPress blog platform installation can be easily done by the automated tools provided by your hosting service.

Hope this is what you wanted to know?

By: Sire

Sire — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:14:31 +0000

Sure, it doesn’t matter where you are or what computer you use as long as you remember your password to get into the admin area of your WordPress Blog.

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By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:51:51 +0000

Wow, thanks for the quick reply!One more quick question: if I self-host using WP.org can I still post from a computer other than the one on which I've downloaded the WP software and any hosting-related programs?Thanks again! Great site and I have made sure to check out some of the sponsors!Brian's last blog post... Fairness Doctrine

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:03:42 +0000

@Brian, you are welcome.

In fact, keeping your long term blogging needs in mind it’s always better to go for a self-hosted WordPress blog. It may not be as difficult as it used to be in the past because now upgrades are getting more and more automated. This gives you full control over your ad spaces, to add further services than blogs etc. Also, in the future if your blog becomes famous and you want to put private ads, the ad management programs might not work on free blogging platforms. Moreover, many advertisers dont’ prefer advertising on free hosted blogs.

If you still want to go ahead with free platforms and if blogger is not your choice, the other option is typepad.com. Typepad is almost as good as WordPress.com I hear. Though I have not personally hosted anything on typepad please check out the following typepad freehosted blog to get a feel of it. http://bloggingwithbarbara.typepad.com/ . Also it may be a good idea to contact them to see if there are any major issues with that platform.

At any time a free hosted blog (your posts, comments, etc) can be moved to a self-hosted WordPress…but this will result in loosing your backlinks and traffic.

Cheers and Good luck!