What blogging platform one should choose ?

There are many blogging platform out there on the net and many are popping up everyday on the internet. And as there are many platforms to choose from it is getting harder and sometimes extremely confusing when it comes to choose a platform to blog on. In this post I will tell you about the facts you must keep in your mind before choosing a blogging platform.

There are certain questions you need to ask yourself to be able to choose a blogging platform which suits you. I would like here , to tell you that there is nothing like best platform which suits everybody. So, the best platform for Tom and the best blogging platform for Jerry would be different depending on their needs !!

So, I was saying that you need to ask certain questions to yourself before pouncing on a particular blogging platform. The questions are-

What are your plans as a blogger or why you wish to blog ?

Do you want to pay to blog ?

What are your future plans as a blogger?

Let me take the first question first. Why you wish to blog? Different people blog for different reasons. Some blog for money others for fun and still others for profile or make their opinion count but vast majority have reasons which is a mixture of reasons said above.

So, before choosing a blogging platform you need to ask yourself whether you are here for money, profile or fun or anything else in this world. If you are for money then the platform of choice would be different and if you are for profile the choice may be different.

Now the next question, do you wish to pay to blog? Many of the blogging platforms are free some are paid and some others like livejournal are semi-free !! So, you must ask yourself whether you are willing to pay for blogging as there are some paid blogging platforms like wordpress which have better features than other free ones.

The third question is a bit hard to answer as sometimes you may not be clear where are you heading with your blogging aims. Sometimes aims as a blogger may change. I know some of the bloggers who started blogging for fun and changed their aim from fun to money. So, if possible be clear whether your plans are going to change in near or far future. You must be far sighted to be able to choose best blogging platform for you.

I hope you would have answered at least the first two questions for yourself. Once you have answered these questions you should head in following manner-

Blogging platform for those who wish to make money from blogs-

Most of the bloggers join blogosphere to earn some money from their blogs.If you are the one who wish to make money from blogs then wordpress would be best for you. But wordpress is not free as you have to pay for hosting as well as domain name.

Blogger.com would be a nice free tool to blog and make money from it.Blogger.com allows you to monetize your blog.It is easier to use adsense on a blogger.com blog.

You must not choose wordpress.com if you want to make money from your blog as monetizing a wordpress.com blog is against their terms of services.

Blogging platform of choice for those who blog for profile-

To get name and fame from your blog you need to be noticed by other people. So , you need a blogging platform which helps you to get high search engine rankings. Although there is not only one point that determines your search engine ranking but I have noticed some platforms to be more friendlier to search engines than others.

I have seen wordpress.com and blogger blogs to be getting indexed faster and also attain higher search engine rankings for targeted keywords. It is also a free blogging tool and so better option for those who don’t wish to take out some bucks from their pocket.

Wordpress.org is another option for those who can pay for blogging. Wordpress has a SEO plugin which makes it more search engine friendly and thus helps in getting high search engine ranking.

Livejournal blogs are not indexed faster so, if you are their for profile or even money then you should refrain from using it.

Blogging platform for those who blog for fun-

If you are their for fun then you can choose any of the platforms. Blogger and wordpress.com can be the best as they are easy to use and require little or no technical knowledge.

I don’t think many of you will pay for fun but if so, you should use typepad as it is cheaper or livejournal’s paid upgrade.

In any case decision of using a particular blogging platform should be made rather tactfully and should rest upon your needs and motive as a blogger. You must be far sighted to be able to choose best blogging platform for you otherwise you will end up selecting wrong platform for blogging and regret it later.