WordPress.com WordPress.com with a custom domain. WordPress.com Premium WordPress.org / self-hosted What the hell is the difference between all these?? The WordPress differences are confusing. It’s all because there’s a WordPress.com and a WordPress.org and they look the same except for the end of the […]
Tag: Blogging Platform
The Easiest Way to Understand the Difference Between WordPress and Squarespace
This isn’t a new topic for me. I’ve written about why WordPress wins and which platform is better. But both of those posts approach the topic from a list of features. It’s all very technical. While answering this question over and over again on Facebook […]
Blogging Somewhere Other than WordPress and Blogger
Hey, Ashley. I’ve been following the book blogging community for a while now. I’m interested in starting a blog myself, but the only blogging services I’ve heard of are WordPress and Blogger. I’m not really ready to commit myself to self hosting on WordPress.org, and […]
Should You Start a Blog on Blogger or WordPress?
Hi, I’ve come across your blog today—nice!—in search of solutions to improving my Blogger blog for my novel series. I have a basic question for you: Which is better, Blogger or WordPress? I’m not keen to switch to WordPress, but if you think it would […]
Some of the Restrictions on WordPress.com Blogs
I know wordpress.com free hosting is way more restrictive than wordpress.org, but there are two main things I’d like to know about what we can do—your recent post on font icons, can these be used on .com? And also I wanted to put a publisher-created […]
Squarespace vs WordPress – Why WordPress Wins
This article compares Squarespace to WordPress.org, not WordPress.com I don’t consider myself well-versed in Squarespace, so I’m not really qualified to give a completely thorough and accurate comparison of the two platforms. But I recently had to maneuver around Squarespace for the first time, coincidentally […]
Switching from Blogger to WordPress – Interviews With Bloggers Who’ve Done It!
I know there are a lot of people who have thought about switching from Blogger to WordPress, but don’t know much about the process. Or, they want to do it but they don’t know how. Or, they’re nervous about all the things that could go […]
6 Reasons Why You Should Switch to WordPress
Note: This post refers to self-hosted WordPress.org blogs. WordPress.com is different; it is a free platform and doesn’t have all the benefits that are listed in this post. I actually would NOT recommend switching from Blogger to WordPress.com. If you’re going to switch, go with […]