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Hey guys,
So I want to finally make a blog where I can put all my gaming reviews, previews, and whatnot in. That's not to say that I don't like posting my blog stuff here, but rather it's just a lot easier to have my own personal blog for Press related purposes. I heard different things about which of the two services, Blogger or WordPress, is better but I'm still on the fence regarding which to choose. I am a bit more familiar with Blogger than WordPress , but I heard the WordPress allows for much more flexibility. I am unsure however if with that flexibility comes a more complicated learning curve to get a hold of most of the service's functions.
So TL, I come to you for help.
Are any of you guys familiar with one of the two blogging sites? If so, which would you recommend in my case?
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Wordpress. Has much better hosting abillity and you can easily transfer your domain when needed. Blogger is obsolete compared to wordpress - just a bland extension of google services without much features or hosting ability. Wordpress is easy to use, and much more efficient to use.
Go for it.
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On September 15 2012 08:35 obesechicken13 wrote:They're both pretty damn easy. Wordpress.org and .com differ. .org is simple. .com offers more features but requires setup and a hosting service. http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
Isn't it the other way around?
But anyways, thanks everyone for you recommendations! Setting up at WordPress.com 
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On September 15 2012 08:49 DragoonPK wrote:Isn't it the other way around? But anyways, thanks everyone for you recommendations! Setting up at WordPress.com
Uhm yeah it is. Sorry.
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I'd agree with the wordpress, TL knows where it's at
Wordpress has both a quantity and quality advantage. Blogger seems to be more of a very lightweight, ultra-simplistic kind of blog for people who aren't quite familiar with blogging etc.
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wp is pretty awesome. get the version that you can host on your own server, especially if you know some basic html/css.
get familiar with the plugins/widgets, you can install a new widget for pretty much every feature you can think of within seconds.
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I love Wordpress to pieces after having to spend a year or so working with it, which is probably as high praise as I can give any setup. For some reason, I just can't stop setting up terrible Tumblrs though... those guys just make it too easy to make a million blogs and hate yourself for not being able to manage them all.
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On September 15 2012 15:59 lefix wrote:
wp is pretty awesome. get the version that you can host on your own server, especially if you know some basic html/css.
get familiar with the plugins/widgets, you can install a new widget for pretty much every feature you can think of within seconds.
Actually I picked WordPress.com which is the one where it handles the hosting and whatnot for you. Should I host my own? I don't know the first thing about hosting a website. Also, I don't have $$ to spend on a hosting site. WordPress.com has a free server, so I chose to go with it for now.
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On September 15 2012 16:53 SirJolt wrote:
I love Wordpress to pieces after having to spend a year or so working with it, which is probably as high praise as I can give any setup. For some reason, I just can't stop setting up terrible Tumblrs though... those guys just make it too easy to make a million blogs and hate yourself for not being able to manage them all.
haha, oh tumblr.
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Sometimes the database-less CMS systems are better than these if you need a highly portable site, and easy maintenence & access. Just throwing it out there.
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