Why Blogger?

I would suggest Blogger over WordPress for anyone who doesn’t have their own web host and/or wants an easy and quick blog.

Blogger is good because:

• Blogger works for anyone who doesn’t have a lot of programming, moving files, installs, bits and bolts of how things work experience.
• You want an easy setup with the most features of a blog hosted by the blog provider and the lots of options for adding plugins and html code easily.
• You want to have your own domain name, but want to use a blog hosted by the blog provider.
• In other words, if you want to buy a domain name like say,www.blogmaadi.com but dont want to have your own web hosting service where you can add and maintain your own data and blogs, since redirecting is free in Blogger- this scores a point.
  

• You want to have commercial usage on your blog.(Ad's)
• Blogger has the most features, the most choices and the ability to add html code easily including use of javascript. That means when you find something you like you can add it to your blog posts very easily.
  

In short, Blogger is easy, attractive and is a flexible blogging platform.

The one thing that seems to keep a lot of people from recommending Blogger is that it does not allow you to back up your posts. Therefore, if anything happened to Blogger, you could lose your data. Also, you can’t move the data to another blog if you wanted to. And looking at the hacks to backup your data, there really isn’t a good way to do it.

Also, if you start with Blogger, you can later choose to go to WordPress.
However, you can’t go the other way because Blogger doesn’t have an import or export function.

Introduction: Blogger vs. WordPress

When you want to decide which type of blogging platform would work best for your needs and which one you would recommend to others. It turns out to be not very simple.
Each of the platforms has some serious advantages and some serious drawbacks.
Thus rather than recommending one above the others, I will give you an overview of what is good and bad about them and why I would recommend a particular platform.

To make a long story short, I recommend Blogger for people who don’t want to pay for a service and for those who want a quick and easy blog as this one hardly take’s any maintenance or technical know-how.

For people who want the all-around best solution,and like to get ‘techie’ (know how to do installs, use unix and ftp, etc), it’s definitely WordPress from wordpress.org. This is the most flexible, you can control your data and it will do almost anything you want if you find the right plug-ins or code.
But you have to have the know-how and desire to use it and it is only as good as you make it. And you have to have somewhere to install it like a web hosting service.

What is a blogging platform?

When you choose an email address you typically choose something like John@hotmail.com; Mary@yahoo.com; Learning@aol.com, etc.
Which is typically in the format of <name>@domain.com.

In case of Blogging, the names of yahoo.com; hotmail.com and aol.com are replaced by Blogger,WordPress,TypePad , Live Journal or MoveableType.

These are called as Blogging platforms – to cut down jargons; a blogging platform is a canvas that you should choose to display your online diary.
In my Blog - http://blogmaadi.blogspot.com/; blogspot.com is the blogging platform I use.

Choosing a blogging platform to use is one of the most initial decisions that you make as a blogger. The right platform can make blogging a breeze, and the wrong platform can make blogging a chore.

Finding the right platform isn't always easy, but with a little bit of contemplation and a little bit of research, you will be on your way to finding the perfect blogging platform.

There is no such thing as a blogging platform that is objectively the best platform, because every blogger has unique needs. However, the fact that no two bloggers need the same thing from a blogging platform can make your search for the right platform a bit tricky.
When you are reading reviews of different platforms, try to keep your priorities in mind and do your best to take into account the position that the reviewer is coming from.