Comparison of Google Blogger and WordPress.com Blog

May 3, 2008 · 15 Comments

As a new blogger, you probably like to choose a Free blog service to get started. Both Google blogger and WordPress.com provide this kind of Free service you can get. However, you may want to find out the similarities and differences between them before you decide to pick one. Since I own both Google Blogger and WordPress.com blog, I can tell you what the similarities and differences between them:

Google Blogger	WordPress.com
Requires minimal HTML knowledge	No need to know anything about HTML
Allows CSS edit	Don’t allow CSS edit unless you upgrade it
Allows Google AdSense	Don’t allow any third party codes
Allows you to edit HTML code	Can’t access any files
Allows you to add your own footer	Can’t do anything about the footer
Can’t create any pages	Allows you to create pages
Can’t import other blogs	Allows you to import other blogs
Layout is narrow but can be modified	Has more variety wider themes
^newNo trackback service instead has backlink service	Has trackback service
No comment spam protection	Offers anti-spam protection (Akismet)
Can add images & videos	Can add images, videos, audios, and media
Labels (can be Categories/Tags) is available	Tags and Categories are available
Can add your own widgets	Some themes came with certain widgets. ^newAllows you to add text widgets
Hard to redirect to your paid-hosting server	Can easy redirect to your paid- hosting server
Allows you to schedule future-dated posts (just added by Blogger)	Allows you to schedule future-dated posts
^newHas OpenID Service	^newHas OpenID Service
^newNo undo/redo function in its editor	^newHas undo/redo function in its editor
^newNo table function in its editor	^newNo table function in its editor
^newComment editor is in-line (just added by Blogger)	^newComment editor is in-line
^newAllows you to moderate comments	^newAllows you to moderate comments
^newOffers feed service	^newOffers feed service
^newNo Blog Stats, no Blog Suffer, and no Tag Suffer services	^newOffers Blog Stats, Blog Suffer, and Tag Suffer services
^newNo sign up service	^newAllows your readers to sign up

These are all I can recall so far. Make a wise decision before you choose one. For me I prefer Google Blogger since it allows me to hack the codes the way I like. I also like my self-hosting WordPress blog too for it also allows me to study those PHP files there. However, if you are thinking to temporarily use a Free blog service and eventually transition it to a paid-hosting service. Then I suggest you to get WordPress.com blog since it will make your life easier when one day you are ready to pay for your own hosting. WordPress.org blog doesn’t give those limitations listed above from WordPress.com. See The Difference Between WordPress.com and WordPress.org here. WordPress.org gives all the freedoms you need; no limitations such as posting third party codes. Moreover you can have full access to all the files.

Update: I’ll add updates to this post whenever I recall some features about Google Blogger vs. ordPress.com. More updates have been added. See the items marked new.

Categories: Google Service · WordPress.com
Tagged: Google Blogger, WordPress.com Blog

15 responses so far ↓

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manishmo // July 8, 2008 at 6:55 am | Reply

Very useful post. Thanks.

I am trying out WordPress.com. I currently am on Blogger. From what I gather, I can update my template from the very many available third party templates. However if I use WordPress.com, then I can install any new third party template that are available on various sites. This I am guessing is easier if I host my own site using wordpress (.org).

BTW, Blogger now does allow trackback links., and you can moderate (approve) comments. What is lacks is this in-line comment editor. In Blogger, comments open in a new window (or same window but new content with only comments and not the original post).
Lanna // July 8, 2008 at 11:51 am | Reply

Hi Manishmo,

Thanks for your comment.
Yes. With a full version of WordPress, you can do whatever you want. See mine here: Exploring The Internet.

Yes. Blogger provides back link service. It is really not the trackback service I am talking about here. See a trackback above your comment. That is the one I am talking about. It not only tracks the link but also some excerpts as well. For more information, read Get a Trackback Service for Your Blog.

And thank you for pointing out the lack of in-line comment editor in Blogger. I just added an update to the chart.
Lanna // July 15, 2008 at 5:00 pm | Reply

Update:

Just found out Google Blogger offers in-line comment editor now. See this article for more details. It shows you how to implement it:

Embedded Comment Form for Your Blogger
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Manish Mohan // August 6, 2008 at 6:12 am | Reply

I have added few additional comparison features in my blog post. Thanks again for this great comparison table.
Продажа картин современных художников // August 15, 2008 at 10:29 am | Reply

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Футбол // October 27, 2008 at 3:07 pm | Reply

Хорошо получилось.
bossspeak // May 9, 2009 at 11:04 pm | Reply

WordPress rules.
Zaid // July 15, 2009 at 10:46 pm | Reply

Hi!

Useful post! Thanks

Just want to notify that Blogger allows you tag, besides categories. However, they don’t call it tags, but ‘labels’ instead.

So, please correct that

Thanks and warm regards,

Zaid
- Lanna // September 4, 2009 at 2:24 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks for visiting! Just added Tags.
  I guess you can call LABELS in New Blogger Categories or Tags depend on how you use them.
  See more details here:
  What Is The Difference Between Tags And Categories?
judylyh // September 4, 2009 at 2:21 am | Reply

Hi I am just wondering the features you wrote for blogger is that it has categories?I can’t seem to get that to work? I only manage to tag(label them)
- Lanna // September 4, 2009 at 2:42 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks Judy for leaving your comment here.
  This is very interesting topic. Many people are confused on how Categories and Tags are being used. New Blogger introduced Labels which is another name for Categories. Tags can be Categories but Categories cannot be Tags. So depending on how you use your Labels, they can be either Catteries or Tags.
  Read more here:
  What Is The Difference Between Tags And Categories?
satya // November 2, 2009 at 6:46 am | Reply

very useful post
Sanjivani // November 17, 2009 at 3:28 am | Reply

Very helpful, thanks for sharing it

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