The iReporter® web publishing tool can reduce and potentially eliminate SEO costs.
Benefits experienced by iReporter users
- More traffic
- Higher Conversion Rates
- Lower Online Marketing Costs
The iReporter® Differentiators
| Functionality |
iReporter |
Blogger |
TypePad Basic |
TypePad Plus |
TypePad Pro |
Blogware |
WordPress |
Movable Type |
Expression Engine |
| Comments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Categories |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Directories |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Suggest a Topic |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Pings |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Atom |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Search |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SEO Publishing Tools |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SEO Marketing Tools |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Number of Blogs |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
1 |
3 |
Unlimited |
1 |
1 |
Determined by license |
Unlimited |
| Extras |
iReporter |
Blogger |
TypePad Basic |
TypePad Plus |
TypePad Pro |
Blogware |
WordPress |
Movable Type |
Expression Engine |
| iReporter Pay Per Post |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Social Media Blog Network |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SEO Friendly Profile Page |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Referral Program |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Widget Manager |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Spam Fighting Tools |
iReporter |
Blogger |
TypePad Basic |
TypePad Plus |
TypePad Pro |
Blogware |
WordPress |
Movable Type |
Expression Engine |
| Blacklist |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Visitor registration/login |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| URL NOFOLLOW |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IP/User/URL banning |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Notification |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Design |
iReporter |
Blogger |
TypePad Basic |
TypePad Plus |
TypePad Pro |
Blogware |
WordPress |
Movable Type |
Expression Engine |
| Skins |
1,000+ |
33 |
25 |
25 |
26 |
23 |
2 |
7 |
27 |
| Admin panel design configuration |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Admin panel layout configuration |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Publishing Interface |
iReporter |
Blogger |
TypePad Basic |
TypePad Plus |
TypePad Pro |
Blogware |
WordPress |
Movable Type |
Expression Engine |
| User Levels |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiple authors |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image uploading |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Save without posting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bookmarklets |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Localization |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Case Study iReporter vs. Blogger
Google's Blogger tool and iReporter go head to head to compare tools with two similar posts, one on a Blogger blog and one on an iReporter blog to see which tool generates more visitors.
iReporter
Blogger iReporter Advantage
# Days Blog Online: 2 years 3 months
# posts on blog: 37 48
# words in Test Post: 254 310
Keyword Density Not Available Yes
Press Release Service Not Available Yes
# visitors first day 1 41 4,100%
# visitors second 2 62 3,100%
iReporter outperforms Blogger over 3,000% in overall traffic to blog!