Blog Servers: Free vs. Paid

When deciding to create a blog you must decide whether you want a free blog server such as Wordpress or Blogger verses a paid blog server such as Square Space. The choice cannot be an easy one to make. In this post I will compare some of the features of each.

Wordpress:

• Free! The core software is built by 100s of volunteers as an open source project
• Offers plug ins, themes, and widgets
• Stable releases
• Support network
• No license fees
• Users have the freedom to manipulate the software
• Don't need to know code
• Multi-blogging; supports more than one blog per installation
• Relatively easy to set up
• Search engines love them if regularly updated.

Square Space:

• Sophisticated sites for business and professional blogs
• Paid service with rates from $12 - $36 per month set up on annual contract plans
• Not downloadable it has its own unique hosting arcitecture
• No web hosting it uses a grid hosting service.
• Complete fuly managed practice
• Files are size restricted
• Works with Google applications
• Easyto use and setup
• Built in RSS feeds