1. Blogger

Advantages:

*   Owned by Google.

*   Very fast indexed (listed / registered on the Search Engines more quickly). This is important because the website that is quickly indexed will soon be plastered on the pages of Google search engine.

*   The ability to add video, thanks to YouTube who had been taken over by Google.

*  “Elements” Setting – Only a Click & Drag, we can quickly add features provided without having to understand HTML code

*   No need to create a blog hosting (Free) – With a Gmail account, you can directly use the facilityand and go blogging.

*   Support for CSS Style

*   Supports for Google AdsenseTM Program – Ads from Google which can add earnings from your blog / site.

Disadvantages:

*   The selection of themes and template is very limited.

*   Ad-bar from Google will always appear at the top of your blog.

*   There are no plug-in or add-on to add/install

2. WordPress

Advantages:

*    Being Open-Source – you can modify anything as you wish.

*    Because of its “Open Source”, many developers and programmers who made additional functions and features for WordPress.

*    Lots of Theme and Template to choose from (If you installed WordPress on your own hosting).

*    Widget Ready – like “Elements” from Google that allows you to add features – features that are available in your Blog

*    Supports Google AdsenseTM Program – With a plug-in developed by third parties adding Adsense code in your blog is made easy (only if we host the file on our private hosting)

*    WordPress Display can be configured similar to CMS (Content Management System), it doesn’t look like a Blog.

*    You can add Video / Image

*    There is no AD-Bar

Disadvantages:

*    The drawback of wordpress is that you have to install it on your own file hosting to make it look like you want

So, the choice is yours. What is your choice? Is it Blogger (free) or WordPress (free) or maybe you choose WordPress hosted on your private file hosting?