Blogging is something that’s attractive to many because it allows you to express thoughts journal-style with little hassle (if any). However there are many different blog services to choose from.
Which should you go with? That’s up to you. Let’s see what’s out there.
This is a Google-owned system. It’s relatively speedy in operation and has a nice template system. It’s also easy to point over a domain, should you have one.
Not the most user-friendly in the world but has a staggering amount of active users. Note that I said active. LJ, as it’s commonly abbreviated, does have big-big communities within.
Love or hate MySpace, their blog system is one of the best out there due to the fact it’s so stupidly easy to use. Every MySpace account has the ability to post blogs.
I have not personally used this system but it does have tenure (it’s been around since 1998!)
This site holds the distinction as being one of the few paid blogging platforms that many have come to know and trust. Yes, it does cost you, but the users of the system say it’s totally worth it.
If you have a Hotmail, Live or MSN account you can activate this right now to try it out. It’s fairly simple to use but the big knock against it is the unnecessarily long address names, like YourBlog.spaces.live.com. There is no need to have your blog address be that lengthy.
WordPress is very popular and for good reason – it’s an awesome publishing platform. When using it, it looks and feels like a word processing app – and that’s not a bad thing. Like Blogger it’s also relatively easy to point a domain to your WordPress blog.
This site also has tenure and introduced it’s blogging service in 2000 (the site existed before that but blogging was added in at that time). This site has both free and paid options but most opt for the freebie. In addition, compared to other blogs the Xanga platform allows for the most custom ability. You can even use JavaScript!
This is owned by the same people who own TypePad – save for Vox accounts are free on signup. The best part about Vox is the super-short address you get, i.e. YourBlog.vox.com. For some this is important. Since it’s by the same people who do TypePad, the system is rock-solid.
There are other choices!
You can get a full (as far as I know) list of blog hosting services here.
Have you used any of the above blogging services? What did you think? Good or bad?
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