Tumblr VS WordPress VS Posterous
Interested in blogging? Not sure where to start? Here is a comparison of three of the most popular personal blogging platforms.
Prior to launching my blog, one of the first decisions I had to make (aside from choosing a domain name) was what platform to use. There are many options, but I’m going to look at the three I’m most familiar with: Tumblr, WordPress and Posterous.
Tumblr was the first option I looked at. Tumblr dubs itself as “the easiest way to blog” – and with reason. With a plethora of free sexy themes, the ability to post virtually any media seamlessly, and the intrinsic simplicity of the platform, Tumblr is a great choice for someone like me (or you) who just wants to get their thoughts out and share interesting stuff with people.
Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything. Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email, or wherever you happen to be. You can customize everything, from colors, to your theme‘s HTML.
Check out “30 Reasons You’ll Love Tumblr” and check out an example of a simple, functional, and pretty blog I follow that runs on Tumblr, Mike Abasov’s “Success tips for students”.
WordPress was what I finally settled on for this blog. Although the other two platforms are easier to implement and, for some functionality, easier to use, WordPress is a lot more powerful, totally customizable, and scaleable. The strength of WordPress comes from its huge community. There are thousands of gorgeous themes available for all kinds of different applications (personal blog, news blog, e-commerce site, etc.), thousands of powerful plugins to easily add important functionality to your site, and support for every question/issue imaginable.
The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 25 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
The final factor that made me settle on WordPress is I want to expand my current knowledge of it – and what better way than rolling up my sleeves and getting dirty.
I’ve included Posterous because my friend Andrew Kumar, a Vancouver Marketing consultant, swears by it and I like his blog.
Posterous dubs itself as “the easiest way to post and share anything”. Similar to WordPress and Tumblr, Posterous has a lot of custom themes to choose from and the ability to make adjustments to most formatting. The big difference is most people post to Posterous simply by sending an email to post@posterous.com. You can attach pretty much anything to the email and Posterous will automagically turn it into a post.
Posterous is great for when you want to share something on the fly.
So, there you have it, my top three recommendations for starting your own blog today. Let me know what you think!
Thanks for the mention! I got my love for tumblr from garyvaynerchuk.com. It’s simple, easy to use, and I honestly don’t care that much about plugins and extra features.
But wordpess is a great way to go too!