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WordPress or Blogger – which is better for professional bloggers?

Author: Derek Barbosa
by Derek Barbosa
Posted: Dec 23, 2019

The first question to be answered is who is a professional Blogger? I must confess that this is probably the most difficult question to answer. Firstly anyone blogging for money is a professional blogger or ought to be. But this may not be the only reason to classify a blogger. Some people use their blogs to bolster their image – what’s called reputation building. Other bloggers might fall into the professional category. Which platform is best suited for professional bloggers?

Blogger belongs to Google

What initially attracted me to Blogger was the Google stamp. Needless to say that Google would give preference to blogs that are hosted on Blogger and you might get some SEO juice from this association. Though this conclusion seems to be intuitive and somewhat obvious, some SEO experts don’t agree with this. There seems to be some anomaly in this association since Google doesn’t actively promote bloggers. One of the factors which seem to go against Blogger is the fact that it does not support tags. Now tags are considered the holy grail of SEO. This leads me to an important question – are tags really important for SEO. If Google doesn’t support tags in Blogger, tags may be irrelevant?

What I do find interesting is that AdSense is fully supported by Google. Maybe, just maybe, Google is partial to posts hosted on Blogger. This means you are likely to earn through AdSense if you are part of Blogger. Those who are dependent on AdSense for a living must, therefore, consider Blogger as a serious option.

WordPress means many things to many bloggers

Somehow, WordPress blogs seem to look more professional and cool compared to Blogger. This may be because WordPress is supported by thousands of developers. There are thousands of skins, themes, plug-ins and stuff that the world of WordPress is impressive. Moreover, you can host a WordPress blog on your server with your very own domain name. This gives me the flexibility which I don’t find in Blogger. For a professional blogger, the ability to insert advertisements from people other than Google is important. WordPress doesn’t interfere or let me say, it’s more conducive to such opportunities. If you want to be a professional blogger, you want this freedom.

Integration with social media

Facebook, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Digg, Flickr, and other social media and bookmarks have become important tools to showcase your blog posts. With Blogger, I feel a little cramped when dealing with outside media. In the case of WordPress, I found some nice widgets which enhanced interaction with social media. Somehow, WordPress seems more complete and wholesome with tight integration with social media.

Conclusion

I would go with WordPress if I were a professional blogger. You can jump into WordPress directly and get down to blogging. Google is trying desperately to topple other blogging platforms and therefore I would be keeping an eye on developments out there. But for now, it’s WordPress for me. After reading this article, if you are thinking to start a blog then I hope that you are clear in your mind that which blog is very helpful to you, and if you are still confused or have any questions, then write in the comment section. And you like this article and want to read a more informative article like this then go to the Link.

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