Coming soon: Mobile Templates at BlogSpot.
| Feature | Blogger.com | Wordpress.com |
|---|---|---|
| Themes and customization | Blogger has introduced a collection of easy-to-customize templates. Earlier templates can still be edited, but don't have all the features. New: Google Web Fonts available (more info). | No template editing. Style sheet editing is only available as a paid upgrade. Many of the 100+ themes let you upload a header image. Some have additional customization options. |
| Visitor stats | Built-in dashboard stats (more info). You can also include third party tracker scripts — or any type of script. | No scripts allowed. The admin dashboard shows 2 days of stats and daily, weekly and monthly charts. |
| Import | Only from another BlogSpot blog. | Import from Blogger, Yahoo! 360, Type·Pad, MovabIe·Type, Blogli, Israblog, Posterous, Vox.com, Live·JournaI or another WordPress blog. |
| Image storage | 1 Gigabyte. There is no interface to browse through the images unless you sign up for Picasa Web Albums. | 3 Gigabytes. Paid upgrades are available to add more space. You can also upload .ppt, .doc, .odt and .pdf files (more file types with an upgrade). |
| Galleries | You can use Picasa Web Albums. | Simply add the tag [gallery] to any post or page (more info). |
| Static pages | Blogger allows up to 10 static pages to be created (more info). | Create posts or 'pages'. Static pages are listed in separate menus. |
| Categories | 'Labels'. | 'Categories'. |
| Post excerpts | Expandable post excerpts (more info). | Post excerpts with a "more" tag. |
| Post by email | Submit your posts by email. You can receive new posts by email too (helpful for team blogs). | Submit your posts by email. Images can be attached (more info). |
| Contact forms | Not available. You could add a third-party contact form, however. | Simply add the tag [contact-form] to any post or page or use advanced features. |
| Domain names | Free domain name mapping (more info). | A paid upgrade is required to map a custom domain. |
| Private blogs | You can restrict access to invited Google account holders. | You can restrict access to 35 invited Wordpress account holders (unlimited with a paid upgrade). Alternatively, individual posts can be password protected or Private. |
| Team blogs | Administrators and non-administrators only. | Administrator, Editors, Authors & Contributors. Option to receive post changes by email. |
| Comments | Visual confirmation, spam filtering and moderation options, but no editing of comments. | Moderation, comment editing and Akismet spam protection. |
| Widgets | See the next table. | |
Visitors can preview comments. They can also choose to receive follow-up comments by email. However, the embedded Comment Form option is entirely dependent on JavaScript. Spam filtering is now available as an alternative to moderating every comment.
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