**updated 3/5/10**
Many of you have seen your favorite blogs move recently. Kimba moved, Sandy moved, Rhoda moved, Alli moved, and the cat is out of the bag – Nester will be moving soon (I am almost done with her blog, she has been working *very* hard behind the scenes!) . I’m sure you all can think of a dozen blogs you used to follow on Blogger (or Typepad) now moved over to Wordpress. As a result, I’ve gotten 372482523 emails asking about it. I’m sure that number is not an exaggeration. 
Why are they moving? Well, each blogger has her own reasons but I think I can sum it up with a few points.
- Search engine optimization. Often called SEO, many bloggers work really hard on their content. For those aforementioned girls, this is their full time job, and their blogs are like their offices. It has to perform well because their content depends on it. Blogger has goofy, frustrating things… like did you know that on Blogger the *date* is assigned an h2? The title is an h1 – giving it the most weight and “rank” on a page. H2 should be the next most important, and Blogger makes the *date* an h2. Who searches Google for dates? Um, no one.
- Wordpress has pages. Pages are an easy way for often-used data to not scroll back. In Google’s secret algorithm for page rank, relevant content (date of publication) does matter. We don’t know exactly how much, but we do know that more recent content is considered to be more relevant. Pages won’t get archived or scroll off the page. Blogger can use permalinks to link to content, but by the end of the month, it’s “ranked” as archived content.
- Blogger has had too many problems this year. Earlier this spring, users on Internet Explorer (“IE”) were having trouble accessing blogs. I say if you’re still on IE, well, then… But the reality is that some workplaces have Internet Explorer as their only web browser option. Most surfing trends still show that around 30% of blog surfers are still using IE. Most recently, many Blogger blogs have completely lost all/many of their comments. It is not known yet if those blogs will get them back. That kind of data loss is unacceptable.
**update 3/5/10** Blogger has acknowledged the known problem in customized templates that makes it difficult to move around the widgets / gadgets. Bloggers cannot drag and drop the widgets, instead, they all jump to the top. They can be moved by getting into the html and moving them. But many bloggers aren’t comfortable in html, and are stuck with immobile gadgets. This includes nearly all templates that have been heavily customized, including my clients’ templates. It’s created a customer service nightmare for me!
- Reliable hosting and human contact. With Wordpress, you choose your host, so you can choose a company that has proven reliability. Blogger help files are an abyss. It’s simply too big. So when you run into trouble, when your blog is mistakingly flagged as spam and removed, when all your comments diappear, when your gadget crashes your blog, when you need help – you will not get support or help from Blogger. You’re on your own. However, with places like Dreamhost (my #1 fav!) or Bluehost (really decent customer support), you will get connected to a human being who knows how to help you. This kind of customer support is imperative when your blog is more than just a hobby.
- Total freedom. Your Wordpress blog will not get taken down by robots, you can back up your data and comments yourself (it’s easy!), you can choose from 1000s of themes (Blogger calls them templates, WP calls them themes) for an endless choice of looks, customization and control of how your data looks and functions. Wordpress has a media library which means you don’t have to pay for a third-party image host like Photobucket or Flickr (unless you like the community there!). It’s a more powerful content management system, and is light years ahead of Blogger, technologically speaking. But it’s not free. And it can be confusing. By “Wordpress”, I am referring to self-hosted Wordpress.org – not to be confused with the free wordpress.com. And while the Wordpress program itself is free, the hosting is not. Expect to pay $4 – $10 a month in hosting – my experience has been you get what you pay for.
Statistically, looking at the top 100 ranked blogs, only 3 are on Blogger – and one of those is the Official Google blog. (Google owns Blogger!) And I doubt they’ll move – it can be timely to recover those standings with a new blog.
This doesn’t mean you should rush out and abandon Blogger. Blogger still has many redeeming qualities. First of all, it’s free. Sometimes, you just can’t beat free. It allows much more customization on the free version than other platforms. Wordpress.com, or the free version of Typepad – those don’t compare with the freedom of the .blogspot.com account. Only Blogger gives you unrestricted access to the stylesheet on the free version. If you are a hobby blogger, writing to update your family or a small circle of friends, it isn’t necessary to run your blog like a pro-blogger does. Blogger is more than adequate for those fun, casual, hobby bloggers.
And, as a warning to my Typepad friends – you will lose all your photos if you try to leave Typepad. How’s that for locked in? That’s right, Typepad (at the date I am writing this) will only export your text. All those photos are non-transferrable. What a bummer.
So should you move?
If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, you’ve answered yourself.
Do you rely on your blog for income?
Do you have aspirations to grow your blog into a bigger publication?
Do you run ads and hope to profit from them?
Is blogging more than a hobby for you?
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Free is good for me…good info!
i have to disgree..
this whole seo thing etc is stale news and was true before google changed its alogrithm recently..
some of very popular blogs i read are on blogspot( free addresses , not even dot com) and one has PR 7 and another PR 5..
This whole problem of commenting on blogger also is being resolved with new commenting systems..js-kit costs money but disqus is free..
i agree about the pages..that is a definite plus…
but nowadays with no follow tags etc one can create post come pages on blogger..
i am on wordpress.org and was not sure whether to remain there or shift…but thankfully i won some giveaways and recovered the money spent on it so i do not mind spending that money and remaining here…
also i am one of those few ones who did entire shifting to wordpress.org on my own!! i am very proud of that..
SEO will never be stale news to those who rely on search engines like Google to bring them traffic. It’s true that many people rely almost completely on networking and blog-to-blog word of mouth for growth. Blogs with a solid sense of community may not need to work so hard at it, but SEO will always be a relevant discussion. And since Google likes to keep us on our toes with an ever-changing algorithm, it’ll be relevant for a long time.
It’s kinda like having a dSLR and a point and shoot camera. Doesn’t mean you can’t take great photos with a point and shoot. But you don’t really want your wedding photographer showing up with a tiny $80 p&s either.
ah! my bad english…
i meant what i do not believe anymore…. is that stuff we do on wordpress.org for SEO can not be done on Blogspot.
This whole SEO thing is my hobby and i have done searches for relevant key words and never found blogspot lacking..
SEO will never ever be stale news…i completely agree..
With a bit of manipulation to the template, Blogger can be improved, true. I do this for my clients on Blogger. But it’s a bit of work.
And I think your English is fantastic.
ok..no follow tags is stale news too..i must correct myself…no follow is not important anymore…
it hink it is linking (internal, external), key words and content , content, content..
i always appreciate these types of posts since these are the questions i frequently ask myself. i guess it all boils down to cost for me. if i were making more on my blog, i’d be willing to pay for hosting and move to wordpress, but with the few dollars i get, i don’t want to plug them into maintaining a blog.
Very judicious, Melissa. Investing in anything should be done thoughtfully.
But, it’s kind of like a catch22. You might earn more if you have an easier-to-find blog. Statistically, Wordpress uses earn more because the Google algorithm has always favored the behind-the-scenes organization of WP blogs. This may change, and people have long held belief that Google will eventually invest in Blogger and be kind to its own.
There are always exceptions, Nester is one of them. NestingPlace is an enormous success and she gets 400,000 – 500,000 page views a month on a free blogspot blog. Yes, that’s 1/2 a million. Success like that usually isn’t accidental. The Nester offers one-of-a-kind content. I could argue that Nester would be successful with a napkin and a pen she stole from the bank. Her content is interesting and people save money knowing the information she puts out there. People will go out of their way to find it.
The rest of us have to work at it.
Hi, Darcy, thank you for stopping by the Christmas home tour!! So glad you enjoyed all the pics, I love this time of year. And thanks for the mention here. Yes, I’m glad I moved! It’s been a good move for me.
Darcy,
Thanks for this great advice! I’ve been wondering about making the move, but I got my .net set up through Google – can I take that with me if I move to Wordpress? This one alone has kept me from moving over. I don’t know if my smallish audience can make the jump if I have a drastic name change.
Hi Gina,
Yes, it can be done. If you bought the domain through Blogger/Google they usually outsource to a company called eNom. You would go there to make the necessary changes. Find someone technosavvy to help you, or do your homework about DNS – changing name servers.
But you bought your dot com name (.net in this case) so you can take it wherever you want!
-Darcy
Thank you so much! Guess I’d better start on that homework assignment!
Thanks for some great info… although I think 1/2 was foreign language to me because I’m still so new at blogging. I’ve got a question. On Cyber Monday I purchased a domain name with GoDaddy… will that work through this or is that something entirely different?
Maryann –
Yes – I usually don’t recommend Go Daddy – but yes. You can use the name you bought there with any host you choose. You’ll also have to hire/find someone technosavvy to help you point your domain name to your host. It’s not hard to do, just takes a little know-how.
But if you’re brand new to blogging, it may be a good idea to get your feet wet first. Many blogs are abandoned in their first year. Make sure it’s something you intend to stick with, is my humble opinion. If you’re sure about the change, then of course – the sooner the better. Bringing over readers can be hard.
I’m glad I have a smart friend that can help me navigate all this stuff. I’d much rather stick with writing and cooking and drinking coffee.
I had to drop names but the code name for my smart friend is Arcyday.
had/hate… typo… oops. kinda takes any potential haha out of the equation. bummber. ha! oops. bummer.
Sounds kinda like the hokey bokey, Marsha. *snort*
This made me laugh out loud! It reminds me of being 12 and being at camp.
Arshamay, I eart-hay ou-yay.
Thanks Darcy! I’ve been wondering what was up with everyone moving.
Hmm. how did I stumble onto your blog again? Oh, yes, via Graceful Girl I think. Anyway, your title sucked me in because I have two boybarians and I chuckled so hard at the perfect description! And then I kept reading b/c I too am a wordpress fan, but only at the baby stage b/c I am not self hosted yet. But all the small tweaks etc that wordpress let’s you do, I have done. And I’ve been toying with what it might mean to go self-hosted, and this was a super helpful insight. So thanks. From one boy-wrangling mama to another!
Hey Darcy!
I only used Blogger for a knitting blog I toyed with, so I never had to have the pain of switching. But I think that it’s absolutely worth it to switch for all the reasons you provided. I think self-hosted Wordpress is so worth it in the end because even if you consider yourself to only be dabbling in blogging, picking a domain name and sticking with it will help you brand yourself better for the long run. Hosts are pretty cheap these days, especially if you don’t need a ton of bandwidth. Also the fact that so many of hosts now have tools that upload Wordpress onto your site with a click of a button makes moving even more user friendly.
The huge variety of themes for Wordpress blogs is a draw but also the ability to customize endlessly rocks. I’ve heard nothing but great stuff about Thesis. I tinkered around with Atahualpa and found it to be pretty incredible but settled on Cutline for now.
I love, love, love my self-hosted Wordpress blog. I love being in total control over my content and layout. It’s totally mine to tinker with. I only wonder why I didn’t take the plunge sooner.
I use Thesis too, and can attest to its being easy to use and to customize. (If you’re wondering if it’s worth the money, IT IS. It will save you hours of confusion and frustration. And it’s a one time purchase that you can use for years, tweaking daily if you desire.)
Another plus to not being on Blogspot is that Blogspot is blocked in China (and probably many other countries). Okay, that’s probably not a big deal to most people, but I really love it when someone has a self-hosted blog that I can access without a VPN.
This is a great point, Jimmie! Accessibility. I have clients on 5:7 continents (still missing South America and Antarctica to get them all!) – so international accessibility matters to me. In a global society, it should matter to pro bloggers, too.
There are English-speaking bloggers on every continent. And a large percentage of my readers are not North American! I get many Aussie blogger friends, and I can’t forget my European blogger friends. One of my favorite things about blogging is bringing international friends together.
Thanks for reminding me about this point.
Okay, I’m technologically-challenged and most of this was Greek to me, but I got enough to get the point. My question is whether or not Wordpress is easy for people like me, those who need spoon feeding when it comes to technology? My blog is currently on blogger and I do okay figuring out things there. I need help with anything that requires me to understand HTML. Thanks for sharing and answering questions.
Hi Bonita –
Once the blog is all set up and designed, Wordpress is no harder than Blogger to use and blog. I actually think it’s more intuitive and easier to blog. The images and widgets are easier on WP.
However, it’s true that the initial set up and design of a Wordpress blog takes a little techno-savvy to accomplish. But most pro-bloggers are NOT designers and should have a designer around to help them with branding and creating a custom space. Hobby bloggers who are good with computers could figure it out, especially if they use one of the thousands of pre-made themes available online.
For someone who knows nothing about code, I recommend hiring someone to set it up for you, or buckling down and following some of the great tutorials you can find online. Here is Wordpress’s codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page In many cases, if you can follow a recipe and understand the lingo, you can figure out how to install Wordpress on your domain.
Another thing to consider if you’re trying to DIY and want high page ranking, is that Thesis is one of the only themes that already optimizes all the header sizes for the best SEO. It really stinks to have to go through your CSS and fix all that especially if you’re not familiar with coding. Now I want to switch over to Thesis and try it. My eye for design is not so artful as yours and I’m sort of afraid to tinker. I suppose that’s where design geniuses like you come in
I’d love to have advice on artful presentation of ads on monetized blogs. I’m all about loving the clean look but mama’s got to eat. How to find that balance and make sure that people can get the useful info without overwhelming them?
Very well done. I have to say I do like WP! And you’ve been the best to work with …
I’ve heard good things about WP….am keeping it in mind for the future. I may be in need of something like that (fingers crossed) when I start doing more with my art.
For the mo’ free is how it’s gotta be! ;o)
Darcy,
I woke up this morning with this very question on my mind! Thank you so much for explaining it (again) for us and helping me make my decision.
p.s. I linked to your post in a post I did at BBD this morning.
Stopping over here…
I literally just switched to Wordpress on Monday. I was a faithful Blogger or Blogspot devotee. I have/had three blogs on there. Now I just have my family blog. I loved how easy and simple everything was. About six months ago, when I had a all-time rise in traffic, right before BlogHer….my blog crashed. It was a Google issue. There was nothing I could do about it. I had to leave a comment on a message board. It took three days to get my blog back up. I lost tremendous amounts of traffic that day. When you have ads, if effects your checkbook.
I was still on the fence about changing even after all of this. Then about two weeks ago, I had MAJOR issues with formatting. My paragraphs were all jumpy. I had to almost code all my posts in html before posting. They switched paragraph breaks from to their new format of . My posts had huge gaps between paragraphs. It took me hours to work on a simple post.
My template did not really even look like a Blogger blog before my move. You can only notice subtle changes now. I’m completely overwhelmed with everything dealing with Wordpress. I openly admit that. But I know in time, it was the best move for me. And my traffic, I can already notice the difference.
Thank you for this post. (I landed here from Beautiful Blog Designs) I also think Wordpress is more intuitive than Blogger. I’ve played around over there before although I do not have any public blogs there. I stick with Blogger because I’m addicted to changing my look all the time. I toyed with the idea of moving to Wordpress.org and followed the Ditch Your Blogging Training Wheels over at Oh My Stinkin Heck. In the end, I spent way too much time figuring everything out and stayed with Blogger. Looking back I suspect I quit in the end quarter of the last lap, but alas… I started a new personal blog recently on Blogger. Originally, I set it up on Wordpress but since I make free layouts for Blogger I didn’t want to be disloyal. Ha!!
Also, I am familiar with your blog site because I love your designs. I’d missed that you had a personal blog, AND that it was this one. I know I’ve landed here before, when it looked different. I think there was still a coffee mug but maybe a picture of you in the banner? In a store? With your kids? Not sure…
Oh!! It was that picture below, in your footer!! I just saw it.
Again, thanks for this post.
Me again. I hope you see this, Darcy. I noticed on Rhoda’s new blog that she has design elements from her old Blogger blog still on her Wordpress blog. Does that mean you can carry some of your current blog design over the Wordpress? The one thing stopping me right now is that I just got a new blog design for my Blogger blog and I hate to spend the money on a new Wordpress design. Make sense?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Hi Amanda.
Great question!
Just like you can’t make copies of a professional photographer’s images without consent, you can’t make copies of a graphic designer’s images without consent. But I promise both photographer and designer will get you the copies you want if you ask! This is how they make a living. It’s no different than shoplifting. Making copies of copyrighted material is stealing. And you may justify stealing from a rock star because he is so rich, but how do you justify from stealing from a photographer or graphic designer?
Most designer’s have a 1 design per URL project. But have an open dialogue with your designer! I didn’t design Rhoda’s blog, but her designer doesn’t know how to design for Wordpress. Rhoda approached her designer to get permission to move it to Wordpress. I don’t know what arrangement was made, but I assume there was some cost involved. That’s where I came in – with blessings and a friendly open dialogue between us all – Rhoda paid me only for Wordpress set up, installation and migration. Her graphics don’t belong to me, and the credit for her graphics remain on her WP blog so the rightful designer is credited.
If you have a custom look on your Blogger blog, here is what I recommend:
- even though YOU hold the copyrights for your blog’s content, the design is copyrighted by your designer, this means his or her permission is needed. Exceptions are logos – those copyrights are nearly always surrendered to the client. You may use your logo how you choose!
- be friendly and open, and be honest. “I love my blog – but I’d really like to move to Wordpress, what do you recommend I do?”
- some Blogger designers won’t be able to move you, and may not want another designer working in her template. Be understanding. Several of my custom templates have been stolen by other “designers” (who turn around and sell them for *nothing*). This is frustrating, because those of us who spend many hours writing code, don’t really like when someone else steals it.
- Understand that she may prefer to send the graphic emails via email to the new WP designer, rather than have the new designer inside her code. (Not that this is theft deterrent, at all).
- If there is time invested by your old designer, please don’t expect her to work for free. You wouldn’t ask your dentist, handy man or your babysitter to work for free. She is losing a client if she doesn’t know WP, so understand she may feel reluctant to see you go.
As a designer, I welcome and encourage my clients to move. If I created the Blogger blog, I will move my own clients only for the cost of WP set up and/or migration. I don’t charge my existing clients to move their graphics unless I have to recreate pieces that no longer fit. My own policy is that I never touch another designer’s graphics or custom code without her written permission – and all forthright, honest designers would maintain that same level of professionalism.
I have been shocked to hear other designers report that clients have moved their designs, sometimes not well, to another platform and then failed to tell their designer or credit them. Very recently, a high-traffic site did that. I wasn’t their designer, but you can be sure that people noticed and it does reflect poorly on their integrity. I imagine that designer was quite taken aback to discover her graphics were (poorly!) moved and there was all her work, mis-sized and mis-proportioned, on this big traffic blog without as much as an email to let her know. Both the clients and especially the designer who moved the graphics should have handled that differently – don’t be that blogger!
But most graphic designers are really invested in seeing their clients succeed. We want you to continue to love and grow your blog – afterall – the more people who see your blog, the more people see who designed your blog.
I have a blog post coming about this soon!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have given me so much hope. I really appreciate you taking so much time to explain all this.
I was so stinkin scared of WordPress and I’m SOOOO glad I did it! It has been super easy to learn and I’ve been very happy so far! Thank you so much Darcy for making the transition so awesome! You truly know what you are doing in the world of blogging! MJ
I’m not a blogging guru like you, but when I did my research almost 2 years ago, I settled on Wordpress and never looked back. Anyway, I rarely leave comments, but wanted to ask, “Where the heck are you?” Hope all is well and that you’re just caught up in the Christmas hallabaloo. (Is that a word?) Let us know how you and your brood are doing, won’tcha? (Surely that’s a word
Lovin` my wordpress. I had blogger before. Wordpress is easy to navigate (admin area) than blogger.
Right now with my Christmas theme. I got falling snow on my pages.
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Darcy, thanks for doing this post – it’s high on my to do list for the new year – first buying my domain, and then looking into the WP switch – I guess my biggest fear it losing my followers, I’ve worked really hard this year getting to where I am and I’m scared of a possible set back.
Merry Christmas!
~TidyMom
Darcy,
i do not know too many people who might understand this elation that i feel but i know you will!
looks like i was on right direction!
On nov 2 i had found my blog has pr 2…i worked on internal links building and meta tags for my blog and today with in less than 60 days my pr has increased to 3!
i am absolutely thrilled!!!
Guess what! got my domain purchased and my blogger blog redirected to …Tidymom.net woohoo! step one down! now I’m ready to think about moving to WP in the coming months!
C –
This is an awesome move. I smell big time!
I believe this is the push that I needed. Danggit.
If only I had time to be cool before Blissdom!! That’s it! I’m doing it afterwards!!
Thanks for all the great info, Darcy!
I’m so grateful for this post.. it really lays it all out well. I had been wondering why all the switches to wordpress were happening, because I personally have not been a fan of the look of most of the new word press sites… so I knew that there must have been some technical reasons behind the shift. The reasons don’t really apply to me, since I’m just a sporadic hobby blogger but now that I’ve read your post I feel better informed about the whole thing at least.
Thanks!
The advantage of self-hosted (WordPress) sites over hosted (WP.com, Blogger, Blogpost) sites is the freedom it gives.
You’re aren’t restricted to certain templates of themes, you can add in whatever widgets and functionality you want (even if you have to get someone to create it for you), and it allows you to integrate the blog with other features, like a shop or forums.
Sure, there’s more of a cost involved. I’m in the UK, and until recently, I was paying GBP£17.95 (~USD$30) a year for the hosting, and £3 ($5) for the domain name (.co.uk) for a year. Now, even if you aren’t making much or any money via your blog, the outlay, compared to the advantages a self-hosted blog brings, is fairly minor.
You still get the same tools, so content management is as easy, if not more, as before, while there’s an opportunity to pick up a bit of technical know-how if you wish.
Moving to self-hosted WordPress is absolutely the right thing to do.
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Good luck to all those that make the move. It’s a great start to really understanding not only how to manage a site, but learn a bit of SEO in the process.
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I agree with everything and wish I had started my blog on WP.
I do want to say though…that on my Blogspot blog, I generate income and I do not even blog that much anymore. Probably not as much as I would make on WP, but it’s passive income, so I can’t complain.
If I ever get a good idea and inspiration to start a new blog, I will definitely go the WP route. Thanks for the article, it was very informative.
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I’ve been working on Blogger for clients when making over their blogs and the problems with IE are just horrific. Blogger seems unable to handle so much javascript – and is causing severe problems with people not being able to access their blogs. It’s really worrying for users.
Hey Liz –
I always love hearing from peeps “in the industry”, so to speak. I hear ya! I recently stopped designing templates for Blogger completely. I will reconsider if they get their act together, but I’m finding that any blog that you add another sidebar to results in a gadgets page where you cannot drag and drop to move the widgets / gadgets around.
What a shame! Are you still designing for Blogger clients?
Hi Darcy.
I keep coming back and back to this post. I am not a problogger by any means. Pure hobby blogger here. But I love playing around with techy stuff and I keep being drawn to the challenge of self-hosting and trying my hand at customizing a Thesis theme. Just for learning’s sake. Do you think it’s too obnoxious for a small timer like me to pay out for the theme and self-hosting and all that? I have learned a basic amount of coding by modifying Blogger blogs (re: Almost Ready Blogs. Do you think that’s enough to help me handle modifying Thesis?
As for cost, I could never command enough traffic to allow for ads and such, so the cost of maintaining would all be out of my own pocket. So, I suppose my dealio is that my mind won’t let the thought go but I’d feel guilty for paying money for something which brings in no revenue. But perhaps that’s the definition of a hobby?? Thanks for your time.
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Well, I did it! Thanks to this post. I went with Dreamhost per your recommendation and even went with their FTP client. I am having a lot of fun learning about the Thesis theme. I just learned they came out with the new version and I’ve only been on this one for two weeks!! I am having a great time tinkering. Thanks for your recommendations in this post!
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I was with TypePad for almost a year and although their customer service is outstanding and very helpful, I just couldn’t customize my blog the way I wanted to. I switched to Blogger and am very happy! So much easier to use and customize. The majority of the blogs I follow – 95% are Blogger blogs with many of them making money. As far as GoDaddy, I have been pleased with them as well.
Hi Darcy, I finally found your blog! Your queue opened and closed SO fast last time (popular gal you are!) that I didn’t get a chance to get on your list! Still seriously thinking about changing.
Recently blogger has offered “blogger in draft” which has made a BIG difference. But still it would be nice to have total control~! Thanks for this informative post!
Kristi
Thanks! This article was very helpful!
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The first blog I ever started was on blogger back in 2005. I stopped blogging because I knew nothing about html & my posts were not formatting right. In 2006 I started a devotional blog for moms on the free version of Wordpress. I loved it! I couldn’t customize like I wanted to, but that was fine with me. I had over 400 hits my first month. I didn’t know where these people were coming from, but they were on my blog. I had 3 different blogs on WP. I decided that I wanted to combine them all, so I went back to blogger so I could customize my site. I’ve been there for 6 months & barely get 10 hits a day. So, I’m already thinking it may be time to go back home to WP.
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