Examing Blogging Tools From Around the Net

We were asked to do research on blog sites around the net, Im a total n00b when it comes to blogging so I choose the first 3 I came across:

• Blogger - Here
  
• Wordpress - Here
  
• Typepad - Here
  

I will talk about the features each Blogging site has to offer:

Blogger


When it comes to blogger it has the following to offer:

• The ability to upload video. The video will be hosted by Google Video.
  
• The ability to update your blog from you cellphone, this includes text and photos.
• The ability to update your blog via E-mail.
• Customizable templates and the ability to edit your own HTML.

Overall this was the Blog site I was most impressed with. Slim fast and efficient. Well for me anyways.

WordPress


When it comes to Wordpress the following options are offered:

• Customizable templates and the ability to edit HTML and CSS.
• Embed video from places like Youtube and Hulu
  
• Have an iPhone? Use the Wordpress iPhone app to update your blog on the go.
• Follow stats like web traffic to your blog.

Wordpress offers great themes to choose from and is pretty powerful. But in my view do I really need all that to get my points across?? No not really, I might as well make my own website.

TypePad


TypePad offers the following options:

• Templates to customize, along with custom CSS.
• Ability to add widgets such as your pictures from Flickr
• Logged onto Facebook? You can blog from you Facebook.
• Want your real voice to be heard? Publish your own podcasts.
• Check your blogs traffic and stats.

TypePad seems more oriented to a younger crowd and would be great for the average joe with a few bucks to spare.

Conclusion
After examining these 3 sites, I ended up choosing blogger (obviously.) Why you might ask. Well TypePad requires money to get any type of blog other than a microblog. Wordpress is a little more advanced than I need. Blogger is in that Goldilocks zone, just right for me.

-Bredy