Blogger vs Wordpress

There seems to be two camps, when it comes to using a blogging service online.

Blogger or Wordpress

Both are good at what they do, but some people perfer one over the other. The difference comes from 'who is using the service'. Many people hire a web professional to create and maintain their blog, but some people like to do it themselves.

This is why web professionals like Wordpress the best, because they can have complete control over every aspect of their blog. Mainly because web professional know CSS and various programing languages that allow them to take full advantage of Wordpress.

However, there are also clients who just want the initial blog set-up and then THEY will do the changes and updates from there on out. These people prefer Blogger because the interface and usability is simple and straight forward to the non-technical minded. Having setup two blogs for clients, I've found they prefer Blogger and rarely have any problems adding widgets or content to their sites.

Pros & Cons

Wordpress:
Pro -complete control
Pro -static pages
Con -Doesn't allow for the running of javascript or any scrips via templates
Con -customization requires you to completely replace CSS, so there is no fiddling with existing code.
Con -interface if more for technicaly minded people
Pro -great community to lean on for support/troubleshooting.

Blogger:
Pro -Google search engine loving (self-promotion on Google.com)
Con -No static pages (you have to setup your own navigation to articles)
Pro -easy to use n00b interface
Con -easy intigration of html/java scripts via widgets
Pro -CSS is laid out so that you can alter the original code AND recover the default settings if you mess up.
Con -terrible support/troubleshooting good luck getting anyone to answer you.