best blog format?
What is the best blog format?
In this post I am going to compare Wordpress.org, Wordpress.com and blogger blogs. I have used all three and want to share my thoughts on them. I love Wordpress … self hosted of course. Why? It gives me the most control, is the most reliable and is the most flexible. When blogging to make money, those three factors are important.
Wordpress.com is free which is nice, the not so nice part is they suspend blogs on a whim. This is a problem when attempting to build a blog to make money.
Blogger is also free and great for Adsense blogs. Plus there are some really nice themes available to use for them. Sometimes blogger blogs even get suspended if they are appear spammy which again is a problem when building a blog to make money. Although this happens less frequent then Wordpress.org.
Due to all your hard work possibly disappearing in a second with both Blogger and Wordpress.com, I do not consider them the best blog formats when building a blog to make money.
The best blog format is definitely the self-hosted Wordpress blogs that you can do as you like and you can publish what you want. The self hosted Wordpress.org blogs have a huge variety of plugins (mostly free but some paid) that are available and do anything and everything imaginable to improve your blog. Also, it is very easy to get a "website" look and feel vs a blog look and feel if you want to.
You do need to get a domain and hosting for Wordpress.org blogs which costs a little money. It just proves the old saying," you need to spend money to make money."
I don't use Wordpress.com at all anymore due to them shutting down my blogs for unknown reasons. I do still use blogger though and post content on there that points to my self hosted Wordpress blogs.
I think if you ask anyone who has used many different blog platforms, you will always get the same answer … self hosted Wordpress.org blogs are the best blog format to use.
Which is the best blog format to you?
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