If you’re starting a blog, you might find this evaluation of
different blogging tools useful. The top free blog platforms are Tumblr, Wordpress
and Blogger. Here are their advantages and disadvantages.
Tumblr
Advantages
- Tumblr is very user friendly; with no coding
experience needed. Simply add content and click button to upload.
- Tumblr gives its users the option to
incorporate Google analytics so they can track the effectiveness of their posts
and visitor numbers.
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Tumblr allows users to optimise posts for SEO
purposes through the use of keywords and automatically indexes them with Google
search.
Disadvantages
- Tumblr is mostly used for sharing images and video.
- Tumblr is known to have stability issues,
resulting in a lot of downtime.
- Tumblr posts are difficult to optimize for
Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
Wordpress
Advantages
- Versatile, can be used as a simple blog or
for a more complex e-commerce store.
- Free to use.
- WordPress has been in use for a long time and has few stability issues.
- There are many free plug-ins available, improving
functionality of your Wordpress blog.
- Easy to customise the appearance due to wide range
of themes and design styles available.
Disadvantages
- Wordpress can be quite complex to use, making it
difficult for those without coding experience to take advantage of all of its
features.
- To gain the full benefits of a Wordpress blog,
users ideally need to use their own domain name and host the blog on their own
server, incurring extra costs.
Blogger
Advantages
- Free to use.
- Easy to generate revenue from plug ins
such as Google Adsense.
- User friendly. Easy to create and share content.
- Very few, if any, stability issues.
Disadvantages
- Difficult to set up on your own domain name.
- Not many themes or design styles available.
- Limited plug-ins, apart from Google specific
ones.
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