Free blog hosts
A blog (short for web log) is a certain type of website where you post essentially journal entries for whatever topics you choose. People like blogs so much because they are very easy to set up and require no technical expertise whatsoever. There are many free blogging services that pretty much do all the work for you.
Here are a few other points regarding blogs:
Features of free blogging hosts
1. Blogs are intended for simple sites
Blogging hosts are generally intended for people who want to create a simple site without any of the hassles of a typical website. If you just want to create a personal blog or hobby website and don’t plan to make money from your site, a free blogging host is perfect.
However, if you want to create a legitimate site that generates income, sells a product, or simply want to create your own site, a free blogging host is not for you.
2. Blogs don’t offer much customization
One clear drawback of a free blog host is that you don’t have much flexibility in the look and structure of the site. You generally have just a few templates to choose from and are limited to the structure they provide.
3. Issues with advertising
Some of the free blog hosts will not allow you to place advertisements on your site. Some of them also will place their own advertisements on your page. That may not be a problem for you, but it is certainly something to keep in mind.
Other considerations
When you decide to use a free blogging host, you don’t really “own” your own site. First of all, if your free blog hosts disappears, your site disappears along with it. Also, your blog name is their property, so you can’t take it with you if you switch to another blog host or create a new site on your own.
If you aren’t comfortable with either of those options, you might want to consider getting your own domain name and using a paid web host. It does not cost much and ensures that your site is your site. If you don’t know the first thing about creating your own site, you could always use a commercial blog host like TypePad. There are several services like Content Management Systems (CMS) that are not very difficult to set up. Or you could
List of free blog hosts
One of the most popular free blog hosting services, Blogger is a Google program that provides the online interface and hosting for your blog. You can publish your blog online using their free service or through FTP to your web host. You have several templates to choose from, you can customize the templates, choose which posts to display, as well as archives and news feeds. Blogger let’s you create as many blogs as you want and they provide you with a subdomain name like yourwebsite.blogspot.com, although they do place advertisements on your blog.
In addition to the content management system (CMS) version of WordPress, you can create a site using their free blog service that is even easier. They have many themes to choose from, spam protection, ability to back up your blog posts, spam protection, traffic statistics for your blog, and support for multiple authors. You are not able to put ads on your blog and you are limited to 50MB of uploads.
Live Journal allow you to customize your blog’s appearance, create a community, post photos, lets people post their own comments, and generates an RSS news feed. You can post your articles through its website or through their desktop client software that allows you to post on your desktop.
This free blog host allows you to create customizable topics, view statistics on your visitors, and notify visitors of new posts. They don’t provide many customizable options, but you can post photos.
