[Xurinos]

I don't want to hijack the intent of this submission too much, but I am really curious about a question burning on my mind. I can't help but notice the sheer number of WordPress mentions on HN and other sites lately, and while a paranoid part of me wonders if this is something of a marketing blitz, I want to try to get an unbiased opinion:

Is WordPress the way to go these days for blogging?

How does it compare to Blogger? What other reasonable options are there, and how do they compare?

Edit: And how does it compare to posterous?

[CyrilMazur]

I don't know much about Blogger, but as it's a SAAS, how customisable is it? Can you host your own PHP pages, can you do really what you want with the theme?

I think there are differences to consider between hosted blogs and blog scripts you can actually install on your own server and customise the way you want.

Am I right?

[tariq]

you're correct. the differences between wordpress and blogger are vast. you've mentioned the big ones already.

blogger is...

- easy to setup

- hard to customize

- limited in terms of features / plugins (if any)

- hosted as a service

[Xurinos]

How about vs posterous? (Sorry, I should have included it in my first post, but I forgot the name.)

[tariq]

never used posterous, but it looks more similar to blogger than wordpress. well suited for churning out a simple blog.