In the following chart features at Blogger (blogspot.com) andWordpress.com are compared. These are the two main contenders for free blog hosting. Features which are clearly better at either BlogSpot or Wordpress have been highlighted. Widgets are listed in another summary table after the features list. If you have your own website with PHP/MySQL support, you can download and use WordPress with no restrictions (get it here). Updated June 2009. | Feature | Blogger.com | Wordpress.com |
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| Themes and customization | You can edit template layouts, styles and colors, or install a third party theme. | No template editing. Style sheet editing is only available as a paid upgrade. Many of the 60+ themes let you upload a header image. Some have additional customization options. | | Visitor stats | You can include third party tracker scripts
— or any type of script.. | No scripts allowed. The admin dashboard shows 2 days of statsand daily, weekly and monthly graphs. | | Import | Only from another BlogSpot blog. | Import from Blogger,Yahoo! 360 (new), Type·Pad, Live·JournaI, MovabIe·Type or another WordPress blog. | | Image storage | 1 Gigabyte. There is no interface to browse through the images unless you sign up forPicasa Web Albums. | 3 Gigabytes. Paid upgrades are available to add more space.
You can also upload.ppt, .doc, .odt and .pdffiles (more file types with an upgrade). | | Galleries | You can use Picasa Web Albums. | Simply add the tag [gallery] to any post or page (more info). | | Static pages | Not available. | Create posts or 'pages'. Static pages are listed in separate menus. | | Categories | 'Labels'. | 'Categories'. | | Optional excerpts | Not available. | Some themes allow unique text. Others depend on a "more" tag. | | Post by email | Submit your posts by email.. You can receive new posts by email too (helpful for team blogs). | Submit your posts by email. Images can be attached (more info). | | Contact forms | Not available. You could add a third-party contact form, however. | Simply add the tag
[contact-form]
to any post or page. | | Private blogs | You can restrict access to invited Google account holders. | You can restrict access to 35 invited Wordpress account holders (unlimited with a paid upgrade). Alternatively, individual posts can be password protected or Private. | | Team blogs | Administrators and non-administrators only. | Administrator, Editors, Authors and Contributors. | | Comments | Visual confirmation and moderation options, but no editing of comments. | Moderation, comment editing and Akismet spam protection. | | Widgets | See the next table. |
Blogger comments: Visitors can preview comments. They can also choose to receive follow-up comments by email. Wordpress comments: Earlier in 2009 Wordpress.com added follow-ups by email and comment threading options. Wordpress has more comment options than Blogger, but there have been problems with Akismet spam protection. See this post on the WP user forum...
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=16584 Widgets compared: | BlogSpot Widgets |
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| Add a Gadget | Software applications that do cool things. There's an extensive menu in the sidebar. | | Followers | Displays a list of users who follow your blog. | | Blog List | Show off what you read with a blogroll of your favourite blogs. | | Subscription Links | Let your readers easily subscribe to your blog with popular feed readers. | | Slideshow | Add a slideshow of your photos to your blog. | | Newsreel | Automatically add current headlines from Google News to your blog. (see an example) | | Video Bar | Display clips from YouTube and Google Video for your readers to watch without leaving the page. | | List | Add a list of your favourite books, films or anything you like. | | Link List | Add a collection of your favourite sites, blogs or web pages. | Picture
[for the sidebar] | Add a picture from your computer or from somewhere else on the web. | | Text | Add some words to your blog - like a welcome message - with our rich text editor. | | HTML/JavaScript | Add third-party functionality or other code to your blog. [ i.e., any third-party widget] | | AdSense | Earn revenue by displaying relevant ads on your blog. | | Feed | Add content from a site feed to your blog. | | Labels [categories] | Show all the labels of posts in your blog. | | Logo | Choose from a variety of Blogger logos to add to your page. | | Profile | Display information about yourself. [Wordpress blogs have an "About" page] | | Page Header | Display your blog's title and description. | | Blog Archive | Display links to older posts. | | Poll | Survey your visitors by adding a poll to your blog. [Regular visitors can dictate the outcome by voting again and again!] | | Wordpress.com Widgets |
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| Akismet | Archives | Blog Stats | Box.net file sharing | Calendar | Categories | del.icio.us | Flickr | Links | Meebo | Meta | Pages | Platial MapKit | Recent Comments | Recent Posts | RSS | Search | Sonific Songspot | Tag Cloud | Text | Top Clicks | Top Posts | Vod:Pod Videos | Twitter | Gravatar |
WordPress shortcodes are like widgets for individual posts. For example, you could add a PollDaddy.com poll. |
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