tonyayo1:

Abro i salute, your blog is something else, i know your template isn't blogger's.

whisp3r:




As a newbie blogger, the most confusing state is to decide which Blogging platform to choose. Though, most suggested platforms are , WordPress, Tumblr. Now, when we talk about creating a blog from professional front, WordPress is a rock-solid choice. There are many things which you can do with a Self hosted WordPress blog, which you can’t do on a blog.

and WordPress both offers free blogging platform which is a good way to start your blogging career, though certainly not the best. If you have been blogging on any of these free blogging platform, read this article to know what are the limitations of using free blogging platform over self hosted WordPress blog.



To make it clear I started my blogging career from and then I moved to Self hosted WordPress blog. As I mentioned above is a good blogging platform to start your blogging career, but for long run self hosted blog is what you should select. Though in this post I will highlight why self hosted WordPress blog is better than free blog and also from free blogs.

If you are familiar with wordpress dashboard and looking forward to move to wordpress, you should have a look at my previous post on Step by step guide to install self hosted wordpress blog.

WordPress vs. : Why to select WordPress

As I mentioned above, I started my journey to Blogging with and later I moved to WordPress. So, I’m aware of benefits of downside of and here I’m not going to talk any benefits, as WordPress offer all those feature which offers.

Control over your blog :

This is one of the major reason why I support self hosted blog. is owned by Google and there are chances that they can delete your account without giving you any warning. Even if you use custom domain feature (Using your own domain name ), chances are high that if spammers use feature Flag as spam and report your blog as spam. Google might remove your blog. This is something very common and by doing a quick search on Google, you will realize many bloggers faced this problem while using .

Winner : Self hosted blog

Search engine optimization :

Doesn’t matter where your blog is hosted , traffic is the first and last thing any blogger will look for. Search engine optimization in simple words means Optimizing your blog for search engines and getting traffic from search engine”. Comparing WordPress and , WordPress offers more options to optimize your blog for search engine where as in you are limited to certain settings.

Here are few posts which will help you to optimize your wordpress blog for search engine optimization

Recommended WordPress SEO Plugins
Plugins and support :

WordPress is blessed with features like plugin and a strong community to get support. When I was on I spent lots of time editing my theme to show related posts and adding such features. WordPress makes your life easy using simple plugins for everything you need. 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.

Here is a list of 30 recommended WordPress plugins.

Reputation :

This can be consider as human tendency or perception, that most of the people doesn’t see with great eye. One of the simple reason is it’s free and mass number of people are using it for Black hat SEO, spamming and for affiliate landing pages. When talking about self hosted blog, people thing that the person has paid for the service and he is serious about his blog.

Theme and templates :

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

kotias003:
Please I'd really appreciate a review on my new website. Posted the link since yesterday. Anyone please? Thank you. www.lauthorityideas.com

DoroDiva22:
Here is mine
www.iamdorodiva..com

scientistbf:
www.onlinemedicalgists..com

Warlord3000:


Nice simple Template...

Fashion blog....

Few content post.
Apart from the pics of stock and prices..

And is it a compulsion to join or sign up before one gets a full content of the site?

All. In all... Good for fashionistas

pxjosh:
you've done a good job. don't you think you should give credit to harsh, the author of this article?

tempem:
I'd love to have a nice review about my blog...
Www.techpays..com

Googleus:
www.constructionindustrysecrets..com




am waiting for every one's review pls

lordtq:
mine ...
1. www.trabajiilosng.com
2.www.brandandearn.com


awaiting your honest review

Iyandasdiary:
Mine is

www.iyandasdiary.com

[size=15pt]NiceD [/size]

UjSizzle:

Oga Mazi Was wondering what happened to you few days ago. Glad to know you're still around.

osile2012:


[size=15pt]Nice[/size]

osile2012:



[size=15pt]Nice , but the banner or logo at the top does not look too good.[/size]

tonyayo1:

Are u kidding me, i love yours o, your design is great and which kind of blogger's template are u using. To design your page title text, just visit this link to create the text that u like, then save it on your computer. Go to your blog's draft page>>template, then click edit blog description. Upload the text into your blog and save.

pelwal:
hi, i want a review on www.pelwal33..com

Akell:


Can you please elaborate? And why do most people use even when WordPress is better?

Thanks!!!

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Osile2012
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bedfordng
Matthewbrigs
pickabeau1
kidprogrammer
Misterlaby
Pxjosh
all4naija

Viktor1983:


Still waiting for review oo..Osile2012 mizmycoli bedfordng Matthewbrigs pickabeau1 kidprogrammer Misterlaby Pxjosh all4naija

suretman:


please help me check www.pokoblog.com

Promking:
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(kindly remove the space)

Its a site to fall in love with....trust me

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cedaraustine:


austinereviews.com please.