Why I moved from Google Blogger to Wordpress (max-michaels.blogspot.com)

Don't forget to make it federated with ostatus https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ostatus-for-wordpress/

I recommend the following plugins:

- 404 Redirection - Akismet - All in One SEO Pack - Better WordPress Minify - Disqus Comment System - FeedBurner FeedSmith - Google XML Sitemaps - WP Smush.it - WP Super Cache

I personally use them on my blog http://marlonribunal.com