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Blogger was my first choice to host this blog. Mostly because in the past I’ve not been persistent enough to keep a blog alive (longest is only for a few months). I didn’t want to throw away too much time in set up.

So, in Blogger I set up the blog to my very own design in just a day. Started blogging. It was great. Its widget template was very easy to use. Since it is part of Google, Blogger users can add the hundreds of Google gadgets to their blog with one click. It was addictive to play with.

But after just a few days, I wanted to do more. I couldn’t modify the output HTML using widget template. So instead of reverting to B’s Classic template with almost full HTML control, I decided to just bite the bullet and set up WordPress. I figured it would save me trouble down the road. Eventually, I’d like to incorporate it with my site (under development). More importantly, I wanted to add PHP functions, which was not possible at all with Blogger.

After all, I do have a web host that offers WP installation and support. Why not? I am paying them. Might as well use it.

One Blogger advantage got me hesitating for a second - faster Google indexing since its blogs are hosted with the G giant. Well, you win some. You lose some. My move to WP wasn’t all lovey-dovey. I’m not convinced this is the “best platform ever.” I’d still suggest anyone who wants to simply start a blog quickly to use Blogger.

p.s. another reason that I wanted to start on Blogger was server stability. Google server just seems to be more reliable. Though my server hasn’t let me down yet (knock on wood).