Finding a Free Blog Host
By now the vast majority of web users, even the novices, are
quite aware what weblogs, more commonly known as blogs, are and
how to use them. They have finally made it into the mainstream
awareness of the internet community at large. In fact, it seems
like there are blog communities for everything now and everyone
from teens to grandparents have their own blog. We know what
they are but what is more of a grey area is is deciding
precisely the weblog host to use and whether you should go with
a paid or freebie service. There are really numerous no-cost
providers in existense, and typically they have everything most
bloggers will require.
Much depends on whether you are going to use your weblog for a
commercial venture or if you plan on using it only as a personal
blog. If you plan to use it for the latter, then really
virtually any free blog hosting service should work alright.
Certain blog providers that have very simple set-up features
include Bloglines.com (an enormous blogging community where
submissions are unlimited), Blogdrive.com (also very easy to
use) and 20six.co.uk which is based in England but may be used
for free by anyone anywhere. They have a quick set-up. As a
matter of fact, they claim to get you 'blogging within 2
minutes'! And there are indeed a plethera other free blog hosts
which can also do the job for the personal blogger including
blogtiger.com, myspivo.com, jcsearch.com and also blogsome.com.
Now if you are going to build a commercial blog, then you will
want to consider a different set of factors altogether. If you
plan to monetize your blog with Adsense, as an example, then
Blogspot.com may be your best bet. They are one of the oldest
blog hosts as well as being one of the easier ones to use, plus
they have a convinient feature which inserts your adsense code
into the page template at the push of a button so that every
page you create automatically runs your adsense ad, and it will
customize the shape and color of the ad to fit your particular
webpage. And you probably already are aware that adsense already
customizes the actual ad word copy to fit the text subject
matter of your site. These features let you concentrate fully on
creating you blog and not hassling with all the little technical
details you usually have to deal with. Blogspot has a lot of the
web creation tools you will require for a business blog. You can
also easily change the web templates to match your style and/or
color preferences, and there are many options available in that
arena. They are thus a top choice. I can also recommend
blurty.com which is also quite simple to set up, with no major
technical knowledge needed. They also do not put any ads on your
weblog so you can run your own ads without all the competition.
There is no limit to the number of blog pages and they
automatically make your website url's a live link. Other quality
free blog hosts include bloghorn.com, tonguewag.com and
messagemonster.com