I’m having a debate on using WordPress or TypePad to host my blog.  The easy facts of my debate are that I like the way the WordPress blog looks from a visual perspective and the fact is that my blog is free if I use WordPress right now. My concern with WordPress is that it seems like it is a little more of a walled garden and they don’t allow as much customization on their blogs.  Another thing that bugs me is that you can’t sign-up to have your own Google advertising on the website. There is a note on WordPress that you will be able to upgrade in the future to have your own advertising, but I personally would like that option now.

With TypePad, I feel like you can do almost anything. You can sign-up for services like Disqus and other third-party applications that that enhance the blog, but their stock blogs are not just very attractive. You can add Google Ads to the website with ease.

Now the funny thing is that I’m not really doing anything with Google Ads now anyway, but it is more of a matter of control for me on what is displayed on my blog. I don’t like th idea of someone else putting up advertising on my blog and I don’t get a say in what is displayed, much less actually get paid for it.