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If you’re a beginning blogger, picking the right blogging platform can be confusing and overwhelming. Picking the right blogging software is important as it could result in your success or failure. This article will teach you how to choose between the top two blogging platforms: Blogger and Word Press.

The first benefit of blogger is that it’s free. It cost absolutely nothing to sign up and you can sign up for as many domains as you want. Also, the majority of the time, you will get the domain name that you choose. Of course, you will have “.blogspot” in your domain name, but that’s what you get for a free blog.

The most important trait about Blogger is that it’s very beginner friendly. Posting articles is very easy and you can have multiple posts up in a matter of minutes. Customizing colors and headers is quite easy and adding sidebar widgets is a matter of clicks.

Word Press (WP) has many more options compared to Blogger. However, you must know some html or css if you are going to get the overall benefit of WP. There are an abundance of widgets to choose from as well as search engine optimization (SEO) tools. Many of the themes come automatically SEO prepared.

In conclusion, if you want a free blog that is easy to use and beginner friendly, choose Blogger. If you want more options and know a little bit about html and css, choose Word Press. Also, most people who use Word Press put money into their blogs by purchasing a domain name and hosting.