Comments on: Showdown: Tumblr vs. WordPress

By: Tumblr vs. WordPress 2011 — Ikiru Design

Tumblr vs. WordPress 2011 — Ikiru Design — Sun, 01 May 2011 19:01:59 +0000

[…] My first article on the merits of Tumblr and WordPress was written for the rather specific things that I desired in a link-blogging engine. (The linkblog I made is called Link Banana, if you’re interested.) I think what I wrote does cover that well, but in the intervening years that post experienced some unexpectedly strong Google mojo and still sees a respectable volume of traffic from people looking for a basic comparison of the two platforms. That piece wasn’t very good for that purpose, and the battle has changed a fair amount in the intervening years, so to better help people wondering how to start a blog I’ve redone the comparison with a more universal mindset. […]

By: Khalil Hasan

Khalil Hasan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:52:26 +0000

Thanks for this Article! I just started a blog with Tumblr and so far so goodI It was wondering if I was making the right decision by saving some time and using the simple Tumblr Interface. It seems to be working perfectly as I am setting everything up. I checked out WordPress and its way more Official, but has a greater Learning Curve. Great Article Thanks!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:42:03 +0000

Great article and comments. Realized I don’t want/need a full blown web site like I’ve had in the past, my daughter (http://www.italofile.com/) has been using WP for several years and has been happy with it. But she also introduced/suggested Tumblr to me. I love some of the plug-in’s for WP but I just don’t have the time or patience to learn all the CSS and whatever the rest of those letters are. So you’ve convinced me that I need to work on my Tumblr site, migrate my WP art site (that just isn’t working for me) and set up yet another Tumblr to just blog about life. Thanks!

PS — love the miniquilt plugin for WP. Anyway to include in on Tumblr?

By: Chris Raymond

Chris Raymond — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:37:31 +0000

Yes, it’s frustrating to select a wonderful theme, tweak the css and even the html, and then get stuck with a butt ugly looking archive page. I’ll be working on modifying archive.css to get it to look like it matches the branding of the rest of my tumblr log (designtank.tumblr.com). The steel chrome look is SOOOOO outdated and cheesy looking at this point!

By: cind

cind — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:43:42 +0000

hey! thanks so much for sharing. i’ve been posting on blogger and just thinking about having another blog. your article has been such a great help! thanks!

By: Francesca Webb

Francesca Webb — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:35:02 +0000

i host 5 of my blogs on Blogspot and it is really good for beginners. but if you want something with more features, nothing beats wordpress,.”

By: Gao

Gao — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:31:03 +0000

I came upon some people who said that WordPress gets more visitor from google search than Tumblr? Do you think that is true? I am new to this all and I need traffic to my blog as I am hoping to make money through advertising.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:54:06 +0000

I am a blogging neophyte and your comment
“If the acronyms in the last sentence confused and disoriented you, Tumblr’s probably a wiser bet.” made me laugh with joy. Tumblr is where I need to start. I do know what HTML is, not in my toolbox of capabilities. The other two, I have no idea what they mean.

Thank you! This was very helpful.

By: Radek

Radek — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:35:07 +0000

Self hosted Ruby on Rails blog system for the win. Otherwise WordPress =D (I simply don’t like the name ‘tumblr’)

By: links for 2010-01-06

links for 2010-01-06 — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:19:53 +0000

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