This article will teach you how to choose the correct blogging platform. The first thing to decide is whether you’re a beginner or intermediate blogger. If you’re just learning how to blog and have no idea what type of blogging platform to use, then you should read this article.

Blogger is owned by Google and is a popular blog platform to use for beginners. The controls of blogger are easy and signing up for a membership is free of charge (sign up for a G-Mail account). You can set up your blog and have a post up within 15 minutes. Also, there are plug-ins called “Gadgets” to enhance your blog. Some of the gadgets are: YouTube Video Viewer, Java Plug-In, World News and Weather updates.

The negative aspect of Blogger is that there are not as many customizable tools so that you can adjust your templates according to your preference. However, as a beginning blogger, the majority of your time will be spent thinking of posts and content creation. The Google blogging platform also has plug-ins called “Gadgets” that you can add to your blog to spice up the appearance of your blog.

Word Press (WP) is used by many professional bloggers and is more for advanced users. You might need to know a little html or css to use WP. There are many more templates and plug-ins (“Widgets”) that can be added to your blog with a drag and drop feature. Word Press widgets are customizable and you can either auto-install the plug-in or manually install them. The majority of people who us WP buy their own domain name and host their own website. The reason is that most professional bloggers believe their sites are valuable “real-estate” and can be sold later on. Also, there is more leeway in terms of what you want to do with your blog if you use your own hosting and Word Press.

To conclude, it is recommended that a beginning blogger should try the free blog Blogger platform first. If they like blogging and think they will stick with it, then they can purchase their own hosting and domain name and use Word Press.