Which is the best blogging platform to share your thoughts and ideas

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Which is the best blogging platform to share
your thoughts and ideas?
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Why WordPress is Better Than BlogSpot Platform?

• As a newbie blogger, the most confusing state is
  to decide which Blogging platform to choose.
• Though, most suggested platforms are BlogSpot,
  WordPress, Tumblr.

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Control over the blog

• Even if you use the custom domain feature (Using
  your domain name ), chances are high that if
  spammers use feature Flag as spam and report your
  blog as spam.
• This is something very common and by doing a
  quick search on Google, you will realize many
  bloggers faced this problem while using BlogSpot.

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2. Search engine optimization

• Doesnt matter where your blog is hosted, traffic
  is the first and last thing any blogger will look
  for.
• Comparing WordPress and BlogSpot, WordPress
  offers more options to optimize your blog for
  search engine where as in BlogSpot you are
  limited to certain settings.

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3. Plugins and support

• WordPress is blessed with features like plugin
  and a strong community to get support.
• In BlogSpot, lot of time is needed to edit
  your theme to show related posts and adding such
  features.
• By using plugins, you can achieve anything,
  and if not, you can take help of WordPress
  support forum to get custom code and extend the
  capabilities of your blog.

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4. Reputation

• Human tendency or perception, that most of
  the people doesnt see BlogSpot with a great eye.
  
• Its free, and mass number of people are using
  it for Blackhat SEO, spamming and for affiliate
  landing pages.
• When talking about self-hosted blog, people
  think that you have paid for the service, and you
  are serious about your blog.

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5. Theme and templates

• BlogSpot offers many templates but due to the
  commercial nature of WordPress, you will find
  unlimited free and Premium WordPress themes.
• Moreover, since you have FTP access, you can
  alter the complete look and feel of your
  WordPress theme.

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6. AdSense

• Life line for any blogger who is looking
  forward to making money from his blog.
• Initially BlogSpot used to be the best way
  to get your AdSense account approved, but later
  on its becoming tough to get your Adsense
  account with BlogSpot.
• With WordPress and your domain email
  address, getting your blog approved is very easy.
  Another advantage of self-hosted blog.

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7. Reselling your blog

• Google strictly doesnt allow reselling of
  BlogSpot blogs, but the case is different here
  with the self-hosted blog.
• You can always resell your self-hosted blog.

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8. Significance of Social Media Websites

• Though if you use the custom domain, that will
  work. Also, many networks for bloggers like
  Buysellads doesnt accept BlogSpot bloggers.
• WordPress keep updating and releasing a new
  version, which comes with some added features and
  functionality, whereas, on BlogSpot, there are
  very few updates which happen over the time.

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References

• http//liverpool.fortuneinnovations.com/wordpress-
  vs-blogspot-which-best-blogging-platform
• http//www.shoutmeloud.com/8-reasons-why-self-host
  ed-wordpress-blog-is-better-then-blogspot-blog.htm
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• If you want to add any more regarding a blogging
  platform selection, feel free to reach me _at_
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