WordPress and Blogspot {As I See It}

Blogspot is great if:

  1. You are using your blog as a journal; documenting your family, books, cooking, etc.
  2. You don’t know much about computers, HTML and design
  3. You don’t want to spend any money on your blog
  4. You want your blog up and running in 15 minutes
  5. You don’t mind if your blog has a generic theme, or you don’t mind paying a few bucks to have someone create a new header/background for you
  6. You don’t plan on making your blog a business, it’s more of a hobby
  7. You don’t mind the standard sidebar: blogroll, images, and the occasional custom widget

WordPress could be the solution if you agreed to most of the items above, but is even better if:

  1. You want to take your blog to the next level, and earn some money from it
  2. You want to use your blog as a website, showcasing a portfolio, resume, or products, on separate pages.
  3. Or, you want your website to be the main attraction, and the blog as a secondary page
  4. You want to create a custom blog or website that is easily editable by YOU {even with little or no HTML knowledge} after the programmer/designer is done {or are happy to choose from thousands of free themes}
  5. You know a little about HTML/programming and can make customizations on your own
  6. You are interested in a web/blog platform that will help you be seen by Google and other search engines
  7. You want your blog to do more for you: track who’s talking about you, schedule your posts ahead of time, organize your links and tags, create photo galleries, etc.
  8. You want your images to appear BIG.
  9. You want access to nameless resources and plugins for making your website/blog better.
  10. You don’t mind spending $40ish a year to host your own site
  11. You want ME to create a fabulous website for you! {ok, that was shameless. But worth making the list!}