Since I’ve been a WordPress girl since the beginning of my blogging career, I really didn’t take the time to look too deeply at other blogging applications.
(Aside from my initial trial and error installing MovableType, but that’s another entry for another day.)
This year, I finally decided that it was time to become intimate with a few other blogging applications. Advising people on the right tools to use for their specific needs will be much easier if I personally know how each blog tool works and performs, right?
First up was Blogger. Very easy to use. Sign in, write, publish. I can see why people become addicted to it although it may be bad for their health.
The other thing I noticed while using Blogger was the length of my blog entries. They were significantly shorter. On average, about 150-250 words each.
Certainly not as verbose as my WordPress blog entries, which averge around 500-800+ words.
Odd enough to get the cogs turning. Why was it that I didn’t feel as intimidated writing on Blogger?
I noticed that Blogger’s interface uses a large point Georgia font, and the text area box is somewhat narrow. Giving me the illusion that the entry I wrote was much longer than it actually was.
(There’s probably a lot more to it, though, like mental blocks and a lack of inspiration.)
As unscientific as this is, I plan to look at how many words each of my average posts are across the various blogging platforms and how I feel about the length of the content with each of them as well.
Maybe I’ll be able to pin down exactly why I feel more comfortable posting short entries using software other than WordPress.
Here’s to hoping the results aren’t too surprising because it may mean I need to switch my blogging software. (Well, not really.)
