BLOGGER – established 1999.
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:42 am
Blogger has been around the block – It was one of the very first blog-publishing tools ever, and according to Wikipedia, it’s also “credited for helping popularize the format.” In 2003, Blogger (owned by Pyra Labs at the time) was acquired by Google, and by 2006, all Blogger accounts were migrated to Google servers.
Changing Platforms?
Blogger has an import/export option, however it doesn’t support importing content from any other platform other than its own.
Pros:
Blogger is owned and powered by Google, hence, it’s Google search-friendly, allows you to easily implement Google products and services, and connect to your Google+ account.
Blogger is very user-friendly and highly regarded by beginner bloggers. You can do pretty much everything from one dashboard.
Blogger’s template design allows you to fully customize your blog theme/template, including the addition or removal of columns. You can change the font, color, and even adjust the width to make your blog mobile-friendly, without having to touch the HTML. Dynamic view allows readers to view your blog in a Pinterest-like manner, which also gives more exposure to older content.
Google Analytics! Again, because Blogger is backed by Google, the analytics are much turkey whatsapp number database more in-depth and useful than that of WordPress.com.
Cons:
You can’t self-host your blog, which is seen as a con for many who want that all-encompassing package of flexibility and ownership.
Blogger doesn’t have plugins and the widgets are so-so.
You can’t categorize posts, only “tag” them.
Blogger, being owned and backed by Google, certainly has advantages, but it’s also a catch-22 in regards to your privacy and content. According to their Terms of Service, Google states that it has the right to remove or refuse to publish content as they see fit. They also state that “when you upload or otherwise submit content, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.” So essentially, your blog doesn’t really belong to you.
TUMBLR – established 2003.
Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform – Think Twitter for blogs. Most posts consist of a single image, video, song, or small amounts of text which people can “love” or “reblog.” Tumblr also implements a Twitter-like newsfeed in which you follow other blogs, and your dashboard consists of a stream of real-time content.
Changing Platforms?
Tough luck. There isn’t any possible way to import content into Tumblr, or export any of your content out of it (unless the blog you’re migrating to has an extract tool).
Pros:
Tumblr is popular! It surpassed WordPress last year as the most popular blog hosting service in the world, with 77.6 million blogs under its belt.
It’s an extremely simple platform, and so it’s super easy-to-use.
There are heaps of nicely designed and free themes. You can also alter the HTML, customizing the theme to your needs.
Changing Platforms?
Blogger has an import/export option, however it doesn’t support importing content from any other platform other than its own.
Pros:
Blogger is owned and powered by Google, hence, it’s Google search-friendly, allows you to easily implement Google products and services, and connect to your Google+ account.
Blogger is very user-friendly and highly regarded by beginner bloggers. You can do pretty much everything from one dashboard.
Blogger’s template design allows you to fully customize your blog theme/template, including the addition or removal of columns. You can change the font, color, and even adjust the width to make your blog mobile-friendly, without having to touch the HTML. Dynamic view allows readers to view your blog in a Pinterest-like manner, which also gives more exposure to older content.
Google Analytics! Again, because Blogger is backed by Google, the analytics are much turkey whatsapp number database more in-depth and useful than that of WordPress.com.
Cons:
You can’t self-host your blog, which is seen as a con for many who want that all-encompassing package of flexibility and ownership.
Blogger doesn’t have plugins and the widgets are so-so.
You can’t categorize posts, only “tag” them.
Blogger, being owned and backed by Google, certainly has advantages, but it’s also a catch-22 in regards to your privacy and content. According to their Terms of Service, Google states that it has the right to remove or refuse to publish content as they see fit. They also state that “when you upload or otherwise submit content, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.” So essentially, your blog doesn’t really belong to you.
TUMBLR – established 2003.
Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform – Think Twitter for blogs. Most posts consist of a single image, video, song, or small amounts of text which people can “love” or “reblog.” Tumblr also implements a Twitter-like newsfeed in which you follow other blogs, and your dashboard consists of a stream of real-time content.
Changing Platforms?
Tough luck. There isn’t any possible way to import content into Tumblr, or export any of your content out of it (unless the blog you’re migrating to has an extract tool).
Pros:
Tumblr is popular! It surpassed WordPress last year as the most popular blog hosting service in the world, with 77.6 million blogs under its belt.
It’s an extremely simple platform, and so it’s super easy-to-use.
There are heaps of nicely designed and free themes. You can also alter the HTML, customizing the theme to your needs.