Blogger vs WordPress Blog

re: wordpress.com blog subscriptions

All that's required to follow any blog hosted by wordpress.COM is exactly what you were required to provide to register here, and that is a valid email address that the published posts can be sent to.

Here subscribers control their own subscriptions and frequency of receipt of posts from sites they subscribe to. We cannot act on their behalf.

You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widget by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

Widgets can be configured to appear only on certain pages (or be hidden on certain pages) by clicking on the Visibility button.https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/#widget-visibility

We have a subscription shortcode which you can make use of. The help page on it is right here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/ You can also include the subscription shortcode at the end of every post you publish.

Staff have recently added the mailchimp widget for subscriptions and here is the link to the guide you must use https://en.support.wordpress.com/mailchimp

Additional information:You can create a Subscribe page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ add and customize a contact form with multiple fields, change the email address where you'll be notified, and mark feedbacks as spam from your dashboard on that page. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

Read more at https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=following

See these support docs too:Sharing https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/Publicize https://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/

Translate Your Sitehttps://en.support.wordpress.com/translate-your-site/

Google Translate Widgethttps://en.support.wordpress.com/internationalization/google-translate-widget/

You can use tag search to locate other WordPress.com hosted blogs on this subject https://wordpress.com/tag/writing or this example https://wordpress.com/tag/poetry and when you comment on related posts on other sites you may receive some reciprocal visits or not.

Are you looking for feedback on your blog? This could range from the design of the site to the actual content of a post. You can get feedback from our Community Pool:https://dailypost.wordpress.com/category/community-pool/

Also, if you just want to connect with other bloggers, get inspired, build your brand, and get inside tips from the folks who bring you WordPress.com, take a look at our Blogging University here:https://dailypost.wordpress.com/blogging-university/

Source: BLOG FORMATTING