How to Find the best blogging Platform

Choosing a blogging platform which meets your needs at a time and which provides you the ability to change the types of services you want is one of the most important activities when you are planning to create a blog.

Here comes, some of the blogging platforms which meet the above definition. This blog will be helpful for you to choose the right blogging platform as we are going to tell you both pros and cons of a particular platform.Let’s look into it

WordPress:

WordPress is the best option if you want full control over your blog’s future. It is an open source blogging platform which helps you to create your own blog within minutes. It is a self-hosted solution which means that you will need to sign up with a WordPress hosting provider.

Pros:

WordPress is search engine friendly. You can easily create SEO friendly URLs, categories, and tags for your posts.
It contains thousands of free themes which will help you to stand out of the crowd.
You can access more than 54,000 plugins, which allows you to add extra features like contact forms, galleries, etc.

Cons:

There is a learning phase as you are going to have the entire control on your website/blog
Managing performance, backups and security are your responsibilities

Blogger:

Blogger is a platform in which even beginners can easily create their blogs. It is the only platform which allows users to edit HTML and add their widgets free handedly. Blogger is a service provided by google,so users just to have a google account is enough to publish their blogs.

Pros:

Open source and user friendly
Easy to adapt for even beginners
It is a secure and more reliable platform as it is service offered by google
It will takes care of hosting,maintenance and more

Cons:

Design options are very less comparatively.
You are not allow to access third party apps and services
Ads will be displayed in your blog

Tumblr:

Basically Tumblr is created for “Microblogging”. It is more popular among youngsters as it is very simple to use. It also allows users to share and reblog contents.One of the best features in this platform is that it is focussing on bloggers community.

Pros:

Easy to use and open source
Providing several designs
Allows user to publish their videos, Audios, Images and other multimedia stuff easily

Cons:

Taking backup or importing your files in some other platform is difficult.
It will not provide any additional features other than the built in features.

Medium:

Medium is a platform where you can see more social networking features ,so it sometimes leads to a debate whether it is a platform or publisher. It is a place where you can share your thoughts among a wider audience as the medium has its own in-built audience.

Pros:

Easy to sign up and start creating your blogs
You will be able to connect with wide audience at the starting stage itself
Medium provides you an excellent user interface

Cons:

You don’t have any control on your content
It will not allow you to migrate to any other platforms.

Wix:

Wix is a platform which is mainly developed to build websites but you can use it to create blogs as well. The main advantage of Wix is that the readers/followers of your blog can easily see your contents through their smartphones/tablet

Pros:

No coding skills required as the interface is user friendly
Allows you to use third party apps which will help you to customize your sites
Comes with a lot of in built design options

Cons:

You will not be allowed to change the template as you choose it once
Unable to migrate to other platforms

Our Choice…

If you ask for my choice,it would be WordPress. Comparatively WordPress is more flexible,easy to use and affordable.So it will be the best choice for the beginners.

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