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There are many platforms that allow users to create blogs be it personal, hobby or for business. Creating blogs is a goood idea instead of fulling arround all social medias. Blog keeps you busy, informative and educative. Some create blog as their hobby while some do it for businesses any of the ways you can make money 💰 from Blogging.
I get into arguments with some blogger on a trending post that say blogger is better than Wordpress. I couldn't support any of the two sides, but my response was that "there are many blogging platforms, the one you choose as your favorite will be the best" Before considering a blogging platform as the best you will have to had try all the available platforms and you gonna get your reasons. Those who used blogger and wordpress said they both have advantages and disadvantages over each other.
So, here are different blogging platforms and their speculations - choose your best.
Blogger.com
As we all known that google is a powerful internet network that produce the most widely use services by the world. Google is one produce google search engine, gmail mean GMAIL, Youtube, Adword, Adsense, Blogger, Playstore, Google Drive. Blogger is powered by google which enables users to create website or blog with eye catching desing and also allow users to customize the template for free. Bloggers can show case the template to his or her taste if he or she have html codding experience. It is not advisable for who do not have html experience to play arround his blog template. Blogger also allow to you to use the platform for free even for the rest of your life only that you can not get your own personal domain but a sub domain like www.yourdomain.blogspot.com but is it free to use. Thousand of people are using blogger to share information to the world.
In a sentence: An old-school hosted blogging platform.
Blogger is one of the oldest blogging platforms out there. Currently, it’s run by Google, so all you need to sign up is your standard Google account. Similarly to WordPress.com, Blogger takes care of all the technical heavy lifting, allowing you to just focus on creating content.
Price. $0.
Hosting included? Yes, Blogger takes care of hosting your blog for no additional payment.
Do you get your own domain? By default, you get a subdomain like
example.blogspot.com . You can hook up your custom domain too, but you have to acquire it separately.
Any prior skills required? / Ease of use. Blogger is easy to use, albeit a little outdated compared to some more modern solutions like WordPress.com or Medium. Setting up your blog is still very easy and quick. No skills required to start blogging under Blogger.
Designs available? Just a standard layout editor (content/sidebar). Apart from that, there’s not much you can do in terms of the design of your blog.
Plugins and extensions. No external plugins available.
Who’s Blogger perfect for?
Hobby bloggers and personal blogs.
Maybe 10 years ago Blogger could have been considered a huge hit, but right now it’s a shadow of its former self. I don’t advise using it for anything other than personal blogs.
Pros / Cons
You can get a blog started in under a minute.
Simple interface for content creation.
Hosting and subdomain included.
– Everything else.
WordPress.com
In a sentence: Hosted blogging platform built with the WordPress software.
WordPress.com is a hosted version of WordPress. This means that instead of having to download the software and install it yourself, all you need to do is sign up for an account at WordPress.com, and you can start blogging in a matter of minutes. Used by many influencers, such as Tim Ferriss or even Jay-Z ( LifeandTimes.com ).
Price. Three plans available: $0 – great for basic blogging, $99 / year – great for professional blogging, $299 / year – great for advanced business solutions.
Hosting included? Yes, you get your site hosted for no additional payments.
Do you get your own domain? By default, you get a subdomain like
example.wordpress.com . You can add a custom domain as well (doing so on the free plan costs $18 / year; for paid plans a custom domain is included).
Any prior skills required? / Ease of use. Much easier to use than the self-hosted version of WordPress, due to the fact that you get much of the heavy lifting taken care of (hosting, site setup, basic configuration). You still need to go through the on-screen wizard, but it’s relatively simple. Plus, there’s the official getting started guide. After the setup phase, using this blogging platform on a daily basis to publish your posts is extra easy.
Designs available? There’s a couple of hundreds of themes to choose from, and if you opt for one of the premium plans, you also get the opportunity to customize the design you’re using. Overall, WordPress.com keeps things simple and doesn’t deliver as many design options as self-hosted WordPress.
Plugins and extensions. Popular features like sharing, stats, comments, and polls are included, but there’s no option to install third-party plugins.
Who’s WordPress.com perfect for?
Hobby bloggers.
Anyone who wants to start a blog with no investment at all.
Professional bloggers.
Overall, WordPress.com is a simplified version of self-hosted WordPress. It delivers all of the most essential features, but also leaves a big chunk of them out. If you care only about blogging and don’t want to experiment with your site’s custom features then WordPress.com is going to be sufficient for you.
Pros / Cons
Get started in minutes.
Hosting and subdomain included.
You can use it for $0.
– No possibility to install custom themes.
– No plugins.
– WordPress.com can pull the plug on your blog at any time if they find your actions not in tune with their rules.
Tumblr.com
In a sentence: A hip microblogging hosted platform with a social network aspect.
Tumblr is a great blogging platform optimized specifically for bloggers who want to publish short-form content, such as micro-blogs, quotes, images, videos, and animated GIFs. Tumblr is also a community of users, ready to promote and comment on each other’s work.
Price. $0.
Hosting included? Yes, Tumblr hosts your blog for no additional cost.
Do you get your own domain? By default, you get a subdomain like
example.tumblr.com . Hooking up your own custom domain is possible too (you need to get the domain elsewhere)
Any prior skills required? / Ease of use. Absolutely no skills at all required to start and run a Tumblr blog.
The interface is the most user-friendly one of the 8 blogging platforms we’re reviewing here. Tumblr blogs are easy to set up and easy to run afterwards.
Designs available? There’s a lot of designs you can choose from, although many of them paid.
Plugins and extensions. None.
Who’s Tumblr perfect for?
Hobby bloggers.
One-topic blogs.
Microblogs.
Blogs publishing different types of content (quotes, posts, images, videos, etc.)
Tumblr is the blogging platform for you if you’re not planning to turn your blog into a business project, or if you don’t care about advanced features and extensions. Great solution for small blogs with not a lot of content and irregular posting schedule.
Pros / Cons
Community aspect – Tumblr is a social network as much as it is a blogging platform.
Free.
Hosting and subdomain included.
User interface that’s ultra easy to use.
Built-in styles for various types of content.
– No extensions or plugins.
– Limited features compared to the other platforms on this list.
Medium.com
In a sentence: A publishing platform for your blog posts, stories and articles.
Medium has grown in popularity a lot during the last couple of years (more than a million people have joined Medium). In short, it’s a community of writers and bloggers, all using the same looking site design to share their opinions and stories on various topics.
Price. $0.
Hosting included? Yes, Medium handles it completely.
Do you get your own domain? Not included. Everybody gets to publish under their profile (e.g. medium.com/@name/ ). However, quite recently Medium enabled its users to hook up their own custom domains to individual stories on Medium. Again, this means that individual stories can now use custom domains, not individual user profiles.
Any prior skills required? / Ease of use. Not at all. Medium is extremely easy to use. All you need to do is sign up, and you can start publishing your stories/posts right away. No learning curve at all.
Designs available? None. Everybody gets the same design.
Plugins and extensions. None. Although Medium has some great publishing and typography features built-in.
Who’s Medium perfect for?
Writers looking to build their brand. Medium is great to get instant readership for your stories.
Hobby bloggers.
Company blogs hosted outside of the company’s website.
In the end, Medium is great if you want to publish individual stories that aren’t necessarily related. Medium helps spread your content by using custom algorithms as well as editorial curation. If you just want to “experiment with this blogging thing,” Medium is the way to do it.
Pros / Cons
Very easy-to-use interface.
Other users can help you work on your content.
Free.
Great typography settings.
– No custom designs. Everyone’s profile looks the same.
– Medium has control over your publications.
Ghost.org
In a sentence: Downloadable blogging software, and a hosted blogging platform.
The main idea behind Ghost was to make it a simpler version of WordPress …
something that would be just a blogging platform, without all the advanced content management features that have been introduced in WordPress recently.
Price. The downloadable version is free. The hosted – pro – version stands at $8-$200 depending on the number of blogs you want to run and the traffic volume you’re expecting.
Hosting included? If you get the downloadable version, it’s up to you to find a webhost and install the software there. For Ghost Pro, hosting is included.
Do you get your own domain? No, you don’t get a domain with your plan, but you can hook up an external domain easily.
Any prior skills required? / Ease of use. The answer’s two-fold here.
If you’re getting the downloadable version then setting up your site will take some time and skill around web servers and such. For Ghost Pro, the setup is quite simple. Using the platform on a daily basis is very easy to grasp too, although the interface is a bit “geeky” – with the
Markdown split-screen support and all.
Designs available? Nice library of themes to choose from, many of them paid though. There are also premium themes available on the web.
Plugins and extensions. Things like SEO, social media, comments, etc. are already built-in. Apart from that, no external plugins for Ghost.
Who’s Ghost perfect for?
Bloggers who want to use the newest and freshest technical solutions available.
Hobby bloggers passionate about web development.
Bloggers who like to experiment with new platforms.
With all of Ghost’s awesomeness, it’s still not the best platform to build a pro-blog or a business blog with. It lacks some important features, and is more of a beta project overall.
Pros / Cons
Designed as a blogging platform above all else.
Very clear writing and publishing interface.
Fast, and optimized for SEO.
– Not as customizable as WordPress.
– No plugins or extensibility available.
Squarespace.com
In a sentence: User-friendly online website builder and website hosting service.
Squarespace is one of the best all-in-one website building solutions out there. You can use it to launch blogs, business sites, e-commerce stores, and much more. Fun fact, Squarespace is the only platform on this list that invested in a Super Bowl ad (twice).
Price. Subscription-based, $8-$24 / month.
Hosting included? Yes.
Do you get your own domain? Yes, you get a custom domain.
Conclusion
If you've not yet started our blog till this moment you are dulling because blogging is easy and fun. Im sure this will give you overall spec. you need before choosing a blogging platform as your best.
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