I have just read all of the thread and comments re blogger and wordpress and so many of the comments miss the point of being an internet marketer.
It does not matter which platform you use blogger, wordpress , html, php etc what does matter is the way that you use it.
It's no good having total control of wordpres on your own hosting if you are going serve up rubbish content the same applies to blogger.
It's no good having a load of bad links or wrong anchor text links to wordpress or blogger.
You will not succeed making money without the correct marketing funnel in place, ie squeeze page, building your lists on either platform.
You will not make any real money without testing to find out whats actually working on your webpages and applies to both platforms.
In the end it's not the platform you use that matters, it's your brain and marketing experience, some people like my self make a lot of money using blogger and wordpress, others with exactly the same tools at their disposal will not make a dime.
You can build great sites with both platforms if you provide what the search engines ask for their customers and that's simple to do.....great original content that gives the search engines customers a good search experirence.