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Blogging Services Feature Comparison

  Blogger LiveJournal Radio UserLand
Hosting Hosted on the "Blogspot"
server or on a server
of the user's choice, including www.unc.edu.
Hosted on
LiveJournal only.
Hosted on UserLand
or on a server of the
user's choice
.

Required
Software
Browser only. Browser only. Browser and
Radio UserLand client
.
Multiple
Blogs
Yes. No. No.
Multiple Authors Yes. Yes. Yes.
Comments Yes. Yes. Yes.
Rich-Text Formatting Yes. Yes. Yes.
Searching No, but can use Google's sitesearch service. No. No.
Calendar
View
No. Yes. Yes.
Archives
(grouping posts)
Can be created daily, weekly, or monthly. Entries are grouped by days written and accessible through the calendar. Yes, by week, month, or both.
Archives
(back ups)
No export or archive feature, but a workaround is available.
No export or
archive feature,
but page source can
be copied into new file(s).
Option is available to keep backups on your local computer.
Subject Categories
No. No. Yes, six default
categories
and ability to
create others.
Syndication Atom. RSS and Atom. RSS.
Email
Features
Can be notified when posts or comments have been made. Can also use email to post.
Email posting available with paid membership. Comment notification.
Mail-to-Weblog.
Support Blogger
Help
LiveJournal
Support
Radio Userland
FAQ
Pricing/Ads No cost or ads, if blogs are hosted on www.unc.edu or other server.

Free journals have
no ads, but only
limited features.

After 30-day free trial,
$39.95 per year.
Company
Info
Blogger History LiveJournal.com
Senior Staff

UserLand
Software

Notes
  • Draft posts do not reside on server of choice--only on Blogger's servers.
  • BlogThis! Tool is available on Google's IE toolbar
  • sFTP publishing option is not working with UNC server.
  • BlogSpot accounts are free, but a large banner ad for BlogSpot tops the page.

  • There is an Abuse Team for handling conflicts with other users.

  • Includes an integrated news aggregator.
  • Interface is not intuitive.
  • Blog customizations are difficult to implement.