It’s been 6 months now and we are on wordpress. We moved to wordpress from blogspot without any problem and without losing any traffic.
I loved blogspot but after moving to wordpress I never missed it, instead I realize that I should have started with wordpress earlier, but it’s never late than never.
6 reasons why I love wordpress blog
1. Wordpress support : When I started blogging on wordpress, I was a newbie and needed lots of support. Wordpress support forum comes out to be the easiest way to get all the support I needed.
2. Wordpress Themes and plugins : Though we have plenty of blogspot themes and widgets but the amount of free and premium themes we have for wordpress blogs is incredible. Think of anything and we already have a plugin for the same in wordpress plugin directory.
3. Wordpress as a static Website : If you are planning to create a static website, with wordpress feature you can always use it to create a static website.
4. Wordpress is SEO friendly : This is one of the best part of wordpress, when I moved to wordpress, SEO is the least thing I was worried about because by default wordpress is SEO friendly. Though you can give an extra edge to your wordpress blog by referring my guide on My SEO strategy to make shoutmeloud Search engine friendly.
5. Trust and respect : Blogspot is a free blog platform and that’s why it is used by lots of spammers to create back links and for affiliate marketing. That’s why people tend to avoid Blogspot blogs. Though if you have Self hosted blog in this case it is Wordpress, it means you are serious about blogging.
6. Monetization : As I mentioned in the above point how self hosted wordpress blog helps you to gain respect and trust. Same ways you can easily contact private advertiser and increase your potential to make money.
What next?
I’m sure you have your own opinion regarding why you love wordpress or why you love blogspot? We will love to hear your opinion.
Also read :
8 reasons why self hosted wordpress blog is better then free blogspot blog
If you looking forward to move from blogspot to wordpress, you should refer my tutorial on
How to migrate from blogspot to wordpress with 301 perma redirection without losing traffic
Step by step guide to install self hosted wordpress blog
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No Offence but WP has got nothing to do with SEO. Its the theme that does it part of being Search Engine friendly and once you have traffic, then any website can be monetized.
And what do you mean by WP as a static website? I guess the static page.
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Compare to other blogging platform Wordpress has better advantage in terms of SEO and it’s not because of the theme.
Reason
Permalinks = Permalinks always play a great role in Permalink, In blogspot we can’t change the Permalink
SEO friendly Image = Though blogspot images are indexed easily but still they are not SEO friendly because of the lack of proper alt tag, which can easily be achieved in wordpress with SEO friendly images plugin
Keywords on every post = Keywords plays a great role when it comes for individual rank of any single post. Which can be easily manage by ALL in one SEO plugin or platinum seo plugin.
There are actually more then 25 reasons I can think of right now, I might end up creating a post in the form on comment here
The point is, I never said blogspot is bad for SEO but wordpress has added advantage over blogspot in terms of SEO.
Monetization = Most of advertiser including social bookmarking websites doesn’t prefer any blog with .blogspot domain. I’m sure many user has face this issue. I personally faced this issue when I was on blogspot.
I admit that permalink option is a better feature when compared to other blogging platforms such as blogspot but I took the WP usage more as CMS, so my answer was inclined on that subject.
WP theme is what interacts with the SE crawler and hence it plays a significant role. Can’t be ignored
Plugins like you mention for images are for those lazy bones who have left the alt tags blank. I always do it by hand.
Anyways, WP is one of the best thing for building up a website but soon I may come up with post in which it lacks and can never be improved.
I need to talk to you too. Will shoot you a mail soon and if by chance you are on gtalk, then please add me : ashishsainiashfame
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There is a difference between hard work and smart work. When same 1 hour work can be accomplish using a plugin, which is better option?
Meanwhile added you on Gtalk!!
I dont know about others but for those who know how to write but have no idea about hosting or html as a language or whatever its called, blogspot actually is a blessing in disguise ! I being a noobie knew nothing about hosting or ways to make a website but with blogspot i must say the task became easy. Its cheap, easy to use, no hassle of learning html. I have nothing against wordpress, its just that i like blogspot !
Good point Paritosh, For a newbie I always suggest blogspot for simple reason it’s free and once you are familiar with blogging and traffic building. It’s better to move to self hosted blog.
I love Wordpress and I learned it’s aspect from every point because of it’s simplicity and robustness.
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I think anybody who is serious about blogging has to use WordPress. The advantages it has over all the other blogging platforms are, in my opinion, too many to ignore.
Oh My God!
It has been 1 hour, i am still reading your posts in shoutmeloud!
i liked your page suggestions. It’s so good to navigate from one post to other. Gosh! I used “open link in new tab” each time!
not to miss the original page!..
And My Favorite post in your blog is 345$ in a day!!!
but i really dont understand what is the use of four 125×125 slot!
and one final word “wordpress rocks”.
Questions[pls dont mind if the questions are stupid, i am using blogspot for 10 months and everything is free there, sign in, post something, ads and finally money and i never cared to grab subscribers, beautiful theme, navigations] well the questions are:
:
1.DreamHost is to Host the Website. i guess they gonna provide control panel. i am not getting what exactly is “wordpress platform”..
2. what is the cost of buying dreamhost and wordpress thing. Yes I realised to gain quality. investment is required.
3. will they charge money for wordpress plugins?
WordPress is cool.
There are many posts on the web about which platform to use and many have their own opinions. The battle could go on for ever, but it boils down to the individual themselves. I am glad I found WordPress and would never ever think of changing to another.
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