| Feature | Blogger.com | Wordpress.com |
|---|---|---|
| Themes and customization | You can edit template layout, styles and colors, or install a third party theme. | No template editing. Style sheet editing is only available as a paid upgrade. Many of the 60+ themes let you upload a header image. Some have additional customization options. |
| Visitor stats | You can include third party tracker scripts — or any type of script. | No scripts allowed. The admin dashboard provides 2 days of stats and daily, weekly and monthly graphs. |
| Import | Not available. | Import from Blogger, Type·Pad, Live·JournaI, MovabIe·Type or another WordPress blog. |
| Image storage | 1 Gigabyte. There is no interface to browse through the images unless you sign up for Picasa Web Albums. | 3 Gigabytes. Paid upgrades are available to add more space. You can also upload .ppt, .doc and .pdf files (more file types with an upgrade). |
| Static pages | Not available. | Create posts or 'pages'. Static pages are listed in separate menus. |
| Categories | 'Labels'. | 'Categories'. |
| Optional excerpts | Not available. | Some themes allow unique text. Others depend on a "more" tag. |
| Post by email | Submit your posts by email. You can receive new posts by email too (helpful for team blogs). | Not available. |
| Contact forms | Not available. You could add a third-party contact form, however. | Simply add the tag [contact-form] to any post or page. |
| Private blogs | You can restrict access to invited Google account holders. | You can restrict access to 35 invited Wordpress account holders (unlimited with a paid upgrade). Alternatively, individual posts can be password protected or Private. |
| Team blogs | Administrators and non-administrators only. | Administrator, Editors, Authors and Contributors. |
| Comments | Visual confirmation and moderation options, but no editing of comments. | Moderation, comment editing and Akismet spam protection. |
| Widgets | Each widget has a brief description to help you decide. Removing them is easy. | No descriptions, and the admin area provides no explanation of how to remove them. |
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