Best Blogging Platform for Beginners in 2019

How to create a free blog | Advantages, and Disadvantages of  various platforms

Are you looking to start the best blog, but can't figure out which is the best buy platform? It's a very obvious question that comes in mind when you are a beginner. So, let's find out which one is right for you.

In this article, I'll help you to choose the best blogging platform by taking over the advantages and disadvantages of the most popular blogging sites.



1. WordPress.org

WordPress.org is the world's most popular blogging software. Started in 2003 and they now power more than 30% of all websites on the internet.

WordPress.org is an open source free platform that allows you to create your own website. WordPress.org has there own hosting facility. WordPress is famous for giving total control over your website/ blog.



Advantages

• Full control over every aspect.
• You can add various features like a forum, online store or paid membership to make money.
• Thousands of free themes available on websites.
• Thousands of plugins which helps you to add an extra feature to make the website more attractive.
• You can create SEO friendly Url's, categories and tags for your blog post as well as they have many SEO plugins like YoastSEO.

Disadvantages

• Sometimes you may require knowledge of computer languages like PHP, Html, MySQL, etc.
• You have to manage backups and security.

2. WordPress.com

WordPress.com is created by the co-founder of WordPress.org, Mr. Matt Mullenweg.

WordPress.com offers a basic blog hosting service for free. You can purchase a domain name and other premium services for more modification and control.



Advantages

• No need for expertise.
• Already set-up functions.
• Easy to use and manage.
• It is free, with a subdomain.
• (www.example.wordpress.com)

Disadvantages

• You cannot use custom themes and plugins.
• You cannot run advertisements on your blog.
• WordPress.com will run their ads on your site.
• You do not own your blog/website.

3. Bloggers.com

This is Google's free tool for blogging. Bloggers.com use your Gmail account to create a blog. This is the first ever tool which provides the free blog with unlimited bandwidth as well as provides an opportunity to monetize your blog with AdSense.



Advantages

• Unlimited bandwidth-can bear lots of traffic.

• Post writing is very easy

• Thousands of free themes

• It provides a backup facility

• Easy for SEO

Disadvantages

• Limited options for customization.
• Cannot monetize with a subdomain on AdSense.
• Plugins are not available.

4. Joomla

It is released in 2005, They powers over 2 million websites on the internet. Joomla is an open source software, like WordPress.org. It has self-hosting solutions, means you need to buy your own domain name and hosting to use it.

Joomla is more likely as WordPress.org but it is not simple to use as that of WordPress.



Advantages

• Extremely powerful to create a dynamic website.
• Hundreds of templates are available for customization.
• You can add more features by using various extensions.

Disadvantages

• Comparatively smaller community.
• Backups, updates, and security is your responsibility.

5. Tumblr

It is released in 2007. Tumblr is a little different than other blogging platforms. It is more likely as microblogging platform with social networking touch, like following other blogs, reblogging, built-in sharing tools and many more.



Advantages

• Free with a subdomain.
• Easy to set up.
• Integrated with social media.
• Features like videos, images, GIFs and audio formats are easy to create.

Disadvantages

• Limited features for customization.
• Plugins and extensions are not available.
• Importing and backing up is difficult.

So, Which one is the best in my opinion?

I believe that WordPress.org is the best platform. It is easy to use. Provides you unlimited options to customize. Powerful community support. But, if you start the basic of blogging like setting up the blog, how to create a post, how to make it more SEO friendly, then you must star with bloggers.com.

Also see- How to become successful blogger