Choosing the right blogging platform for your content

One of the more fabulous Wordpress themes

Oh which blogging platform to use? There are free ones, expensive ones, ones in the middle price wise. Some do very basic stuff, others do everything. Some can do everything but you need to know what you are doing. Some make it very easy for the beginner. Here is what I have concluded as my preferences when choosing a blogging platform. I am going to pick my favourites from a well-known bunch...

• Blogger - best for lots of words and search engines. I like it because it's free and easy and very quick to post and upload to. 
• Wordpress - looks nice practically all the time and has a great interface but it can take longer to upload depending on your experience and takes a while longer to get the hang of.
• Typepad - not free but is very good looking and easy to use.
• Tumblr - free and very easy to use. Very good for photo sharing and if you want to build an audience. Not convinced about it's money making assets although your adsense program can be added.

I ran Alice Magazine on Wordpress for a very long time and it took longer to post and format but it's more advanced and the features available reflect that. There is so much to be said for Wordpress, I do love it but currently I am using Blogger for all my blogs. The reasons are simple...it is by far the quickest way to post as many times as I do these days and it's free. I don't have to switch between blog interfaces because my blogs are all under the same dashboard and it has saved me countless hours!

Search engines seem to like my content on blogger and for the beginner I would say it's certainly the place to get your first blog off the ground with no overheads.