Here's my breakdown comparison.
Benefits of Livejournal:
- Livejournal features community blogs, which are missing on Blogger.
- Livejournal also allows bloggers to have a "Friends" page on their blog, linked to other LJ blogs they enjoy reading. No such feature seems to be available on Blogger.
- Livejournal's personalizations options include user pics, which can be highly customized. Different pictures can be used for different entries--a kind of visual tagging.
- Blogger has a much more professional reputation, it seems. Livejournal is a lot more social and informal, while I feel I could use Blogger for a blended professional/personal library blog.
- Blogger's layout menu, while more limited than LJ's in terms of skins, allows more customization options for "page elements," which can be as numerous and varied as the blogger desires.
2 comments:
You're right about blogger. For librarians starting to tread the technology waters, blogger is a lot easier to use.
I also compared LiveJournal with Blogger... but unlike you I'm a total amateur in the blogging realm. This is probably part of the reason I like Blogger a lot more than LiveJournal... as gihan m says, it is easier for for someone starting out. We also agree on the point that Blogger has a more professional feel, while LiveJournal is more informal and social.
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