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Blogger Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 9.2 out of 10
Score
9.2 out of 10

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TrustRadius Insights for Blogger are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Ease of Use: Many users have appreciated the simplicity of Blogger, stating that it is easy to set up, integrate, and publish articles and photos. The user-friendly interface makes managing, monitoring, and deleting comments effortless. Users also find Blogger beginner-friendly as it only requires basic HTML and CSS knowledge for customization.

Customization Options: Users value Blogger's free domain provider and access to source code, allowing for convenient customization without requiring expert coding knowledge. The wide availability of themes simplifies personalizing blogs to suit individual preferences.

Monetization Opportunities: Several users have highlighted Blogger's seamless connection to AdSense for monetization opportunities, making it a favorable platform for earning revenue. The basic functionality caters to users at all experience levels for maximizing their potential earnings through blogging efforts.

Reviews

16 Reviews

Robb's Not Especially Positive Review of Blogger

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Blogger to provide SEO support for my online store and for some marketing support. Blogger is very good at creating easy, Google-legal external backlinks within the context of a legitimately informative article. I don't need to try and sneak external backlinks into various blog comments or do anything else that is unethical. Currently, I have over 80 posts focused on my online store. Each article is either about a unique product that my store provides or deals with an issue that is very specific to the products that I sell.

Pros

  • As I mentioned earlier, external backlinks.
  • Writing small, quick articles that don't require a lot of formatting or visual content.
  • Adding up to 200 characters worth of relevent hash tags.
  • Adding a relatively long, detailed title for your post.
  • Adding a relatively long, detailed description for your posts.

Cons

  • Formatting, especially for visual content is abysmal.
  • Don't even think about trying to write a long post in Blogger. There is no easy way to structure one.
  • Even though it's a Google product, you really have to poke around outside of Blogger to learn how to create an XML file that you can submit to Google Sitemaps.
  • Google does not give you an over-abundance of tools for creating a visually attractive blog.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's well-suited for helping you reinforce SEO for another site. It's OK for creating a real quick blog if you or a client needs something fast that does not demand a great visual design or a lot of visual content. If you want to create a super sharp-looking blog with a lot of visual content, WordPress will outperform Blogger by about 16 zillion to 1. Like, it's not even at all close. I would never use Blogger as my company's website. That would almost automatically consign your site to a very lonely existence.

RA
Robb Auspitz
oWNER in Marketing at Groovy Hemp Company LLC (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
12 years of experience

Blogger: A website you need to spread knowledge across the world

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using Blogger for many years, and from my personal experience, I can say that Blogger is an open-source website that anyone can use, and we don't need to have a paid domain to start blogging. Blogger also provides us access to the source code; hence with the slight knowledge of coding, we can customize our own website as per our own style and features. Even it provides a customized layout option where we can change the layout by just dragging the sections across the layout page. Blogger also gave us an opportunity to earn by making our website public and linking it to Adsense, by which my blogs can reach the vast majority of people. With Blogger, I have created my own educational website where people can learn topics related to Mechanical Engineering and clear their doubts.

Pros

  • Free domain provider
  • Provide access to source code
  • Wide availability of theme
  • No need to be expert in coding
  • Simple integration with Adsense, and no limit in earning once our blog becomes popular

Cons

  • Lack of plugins in Blogger

Likelihood to Recommend

Based on my experience, Blogger is well suited for beginners who don't want to entangle in coding, for that Blogger provides a very sophisticated way to build and create their own websites. With Blogger, I can add images and gifs quickly and in a simple way. However, there are some areas in which Blogger needs improvement like there should be more plugins to make our websites more user-friendly and advanced.

AS
AAKIF SHAIKH
Subject Matter Expert at Chegg Inc. (501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
2 years of experience
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Best platform to start blogging

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used Blogger to make my very first blog and used it to manage it & publish my articles.

Pros

  • It's very easy to start using
  • It's perfect if I want to write articles easily and share it
  • Easy to connect to AdSense and make money out of it
  • Can connect domain name easily
  • Can be customized easily if I know HTML and CSS only too

Cons

  • It would be easy if I were able to use plugins that are available in the CMS I'm using currently

Likelihood to Recommend

It's well suited for a beginner who is starting a blog and doesn't have much budget, and just wants to try it out. Blogger is the best platform to use. It's very easy, and I used it for a few years too and made many blogs using it.

BB
Bhabishya Bhatt
Content Writer in Information Technology at Nepali Mind (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
4 years of experience
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Strong and Free

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Blogger for a variety of purposes, including curating a local news website. The platform allows me to easily upload news items, photos, and more. It is simple to use and a product that I use several times per week. I've been using it for more than a decade now.

Pros

  • Simple to use
  • Easy to set up
  • Easy to integrate
  • Easy to publish articles to the web
  • Easy to publish photos

Cons

  • Some features and UI are on the older side (though I don't mind this)
  • Google changed integration on custom domains

Likelihood to Recommend

Excellent for running a custom website, even ones that are not a traditional blog. Includes many ways to customize the site, including access to the source HTML code. It's a lot of fun to get the site exactly as you'd like it. Pretty strong for a free platform. Some features are better and some worse, than WordPress.

VU
Verified User
Administrator in Marketing (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
13 years of experience

10 Years of experience with Blogger! Honest Review!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Blogger is being used by the whole organization as our blog host and platform for our company’s blog.

Pros

  • Free.
  • Very easy to use.

Cons

  • Availability of theme templates.
  • Lack of 3rd party support and plugins.

Likelihood to Recommend

Blogger would be will suited for someone new to blogging and just getting started. It would be less appropriate for someone looking for full customization of their site, full control and e-commerce.

VU
Verified User
Employee (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
10 years of experience

Blogger is great for starters!

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

When we were just starting out, we used Blogger to build our blog and ultimately begin reaching the audience we wanted. It was easy to use and we could learn it quickly. It was a great way to enter the blogging world and to start to get a grasp on what we are looking for as a business. It is easy to distribute information and even makes things a bit personalized without entering the scarier world of coding.

Pros

  • Easy to use!
  • Analytics are built-in with no necessary plugins!
  • Free - Great for a start up blog.
  • Easy to manage, monitor, and delete comments.

Cons

  • Customization - There are slight opportunities for customization, but not enough for a larger business once we took off.
  • Doesn't highlight new features, instead makes people hunt for them.

Likelihood to Recommend

Blogger is great for personal use or for growing companies wanting to start a blog without the coding experience.

KK
Kate Knight
Virutal Assistant at Health and Wellness (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
2 years of experience

No Coding Experience, No Problem! Blogger is for you!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Blogger is used by the marketing department for purposes of recruitment. Through Blogger, our organization is able to share information and opportunities for both future client counties as well as job seekers. We are able to share what our program is about and tell the world wide web about our success stories, proving the effectiveness of our programs! We are able to reach a vast amount of people, even though Blogger is so easy to use it does not take a long time at all to actually post!

Pros

  • Cost - Because Blogger is free we are able to utilize it to its fullest capacity all while paying nothing!
  • User friendly - As I previously stated, we are able to post and reach vast amounts of people in a short amount of time because the interface is so easy and user friendly!
  • This goes along with user-friendly, but it is amazing how you do not need any coding experience to have a professional looking page.

Cons

  • Giving the ability to customize pages would be extremely helpful because many people have the idea that all Blogger accounts look the same, which they do look similar.
  • Not intended for large corporations.

Likelihood to Recommend

Need to share vast amounts of information but don't have the time (or patience) to learn the coding features of other sites? Blogger is perfect. It is easy to use and gets the job done.

XK
Xavier Knight
Behavior Health Technician Supervisor at George Junior Republic (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
2 years of experience

Excellent platform to express yourself!

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Blogger is currently being used at my organization in the design, PR, and Marketing departments. Other departments across the organization benefit from the use of Blogger and give ideas and bring stories to the marketing team to share and post, so in a way, we do all have our hands in on it. One of the main issues my company across the U.S. faces is a decline in participation after a certain age. Using Blogger and other social media help to show older girls that volunteering and becoming a Girl Scout is not just for little girls. We show fantastic programs and opportunities as well as results and scholarships the older girls receive to encourage others to join.

Pros

  • Blogger gives a structured ready to go platform to display your ideas and writings.
  • Blogger is easy to use for new users and those who aren't as tech-savvy.
  • Blogger has many pre-designed themes.
  • Blogger is free!
  • You can monetize on a free site, unlike their competitors

Cons

  • Blogger is not set up as well for all social media platforms.
  • The Google+ social media platform was a flop and because of that, it can be harder to gain traction on Blogger as it was created to pair with Google+.
  • Although the site is completely free the domain requires a purchase if you want to have it not say blogger in your URL.

Likelihood to Recommend

Blogger is great for small businesses who are active on social media and don't want to have to pay for the best product. However, Blogger might not be best suited for all businesses, especially if you are wanting to sell products on your site or are looking for something more in-depth. Overall, I'd happily recommend Blogger to just about everyone, but especially to small businesses or even bloggers who want to try their hand in that industry.

JK
Joanna Knight
Recruiter in Human Resources at The Girl Scouts (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
3 years of experience

Blogger's Lack of Evolution is a Cop-Out for Any Experience Level

Rating: 5 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used to use Blogger all the time in my personal and professional endeavors, whether for independent blog consulting, writing, or editing, or to recommend for companies I have been a part of. With the tools that exist today, Blogger is a great way for new writers and editors to break onto the scene if they have little coding experience, sure, and while Blogger has made some technological advances in the recent past, I can't say I would recommend it. I default to Wordpress because it's easy to upgrade and transition into different editions, customize, etc. It's much better than Blogger and honestly not bad no matter your level of experience. You can learn and adapt.

Pros

  • No Coding Skills Required
  • Basic Functionality Makes it User-Friendly for All Experience Levels
  • Easy to Connect with Other Google Accounts
  • Easy Sharing Capabilities

Cons

  • Out of Date
  • Poor Reputation
  • Not a Lot of Customization
  • Not a Lot of Upgrade Ability
  • Not Good for Enterprise/Corporate Entities

Likelihood to Recommend

As I mentioned, Blogger is appropriate if you're just entering the blog scene. I would not recommend this platform to someone who is part of a corporate organization. There is so much more out there. Blogger feels like a cop-out in the current marketplace. Look, I was a longtime Blogger user. It was extremely user-friendly, easy to integrate Google Accounts, and didn't require any coding to optimize. However, as I have evolved, the technology has not. I am now a Digital Marketer with coding skills, marketing automation experience, social media data analytics strategy awareness, etc. Blogger is not suitable for someone of my experience and skill sets. Even if you are not at an advanced level like I am, and trust me, I know I have a lot more to learn. I remain open to growth. However, I recommend starting with something like WordPress or even SquareSpace so you can easily grow, learn, transition, integrate, adapt, etc. Blogger is out, especially with Google Plus being deprecated. It just doesn't work for the modern landscape now.

VU
Verified User
Employee in Marketing (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
8 years of experience

Blogger is not just for blogging. Corporation communication tool!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Blogger is being used as a way to communicate to our agents about what is going on with training and other events within the company. The other use is as a tool to help update agents when new laws or company requirements dictate. This way they have a single location to go to keep updated and make sure they are up to date.

Pros

  • Keeping of stats helps us see if agents are following reading the blog and gives a matrix to management about the page views and followers over various time periods
  • The theme and layout have been very helpful in customizing how the blog page looks and allows us to customize it to help with showing our brand. So instead of it looking like an external application we are using, it appears to be part of our total company system.
  • I have found the reading list very helpful in getting different idea's for layouts of the blog and the help section has saved me numerous times when I am trying to see if blogger can do something or I am trying something new.

Cons

  • When comments are as the author of the post when you post a comment back it should be more threaded and either a symbol or icon should designate the poster. It is hard to determine who the poster is compared to who left a post.
  • As a company that uses the blog for our agents, it would be nice if they would allow custom ads to be run.
  • It would be nice if they would add a chat feauture within the blog so that if a poster would like to chat with us they would be able to.

Likelihood to Recommend

In the company environment to dispense information to our agents and allow them a location to go to at any time to review is a big plus for our company and our agents. It would be less suited if you're going to use it as a venting point for employees for I can see it just turning to a situation where people could get hurt and bashed.

RG
Robb Glietz
Technology Advisor in Information Technology at RE/MAX Advantage Redlands (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Blogger
7 years of experience
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