Blogger Blogger is Google’s blogging platform, and home to blogs with the “
yourname.blogspot.com” URLs. Blogger offers drag-and-drop design, ana-
lytics and much more. There is even a tool which allows you to post a new entry via email or text message. Upgrading to your own Internet domain address (URL) costs $10 a year. Blogger has some plug-ins and wid- gets which allow you to add additional functionally, tools or customizations to your blog. However, widgets and plug-ins on Blogger are inferior in number and variety to other blog platforms. But if you are not trying to get too fancy, Blogger may work for you.
Wordpress
Wordpress.com is by far the most popular choice for many rea- sons. The sheer number of free themes, plug-ins and widgets makes almost anything possible on a Wordpress blog. Want to
import comments from Facebook, display your Twitter feed and even display your listings from flexmls? Wordpress can do that. A custom domain is $17 a year and there are many other upgrades available for small fees. Since Wordpress was developed by the public as an open-source project, the power of Word- press comes from its broad community of users. The benefit is that if you need help with Wordpress, there are many people willing to help quickly.
Tumblr Tumblr takes a different approach to blogging and is often considered a “micro-blogging” site. Think of micro-blogging as very short blog en-
tries, although Tumblr supports standard sized entries as well. Blog posts on Tumblr are shorter and have a different design when compared to traditional blogging platforms. This platform is a step into a more social blog with social networking features well integrated. You can post your blog entry to Facebook, Twitter and many other networks automatically.
There are many more blogging platforms not discussed here. Thinking about your audience can guide your decision making process.
At ARMLS we chose the self-hosted Wordpress option because we felt it gave us enough design flexibility to keep adding advanced features well into the future.
Contributor - James Marcus, Writer - Communication Specialist
Get started now. We look forward to reading your new blog! You might even see your blog on ARMLS Blogroll soon (a blogroll is a list of favorite blogs found on another blog).
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