Free Blog Hosting

Popular blog hosting sites are listed below. These are free after you register.

WordPress.com. Provides you every tool you need to build and promote your blog. The service offers more than 50 high-quality templates, and also makes design changes to those templates simple. WordPress.com was the only free service I found that gives you referrer stats without having to add a third–party application.

Blogger. Setting up a Blogger account takes three steps. 1) Create an account. 2) Name your blog. 3) Choose a template. You can also host a blog using your own domain name, as I did. See this help feature How do I use a custom domain name on my blog? .

360yahoo.com. This is the best blog services I found for personal use. Yahoo offers numerous free tools, a clean layout and they do not put ads on your blog page. They also make it easy for you to connect to your friends and family. But, you do not get a unique blog address and the only tracking information they offer is page views and comments.

AOL People Connection Blogs. This is a good feature for AOL users, it is simple to use and free. But, advanced bloggers may want to consider another service.

Windows Live Spaces. If you're tired of just reading or writing text blogs and want new ways to add life to your online abode, Windows Live Spaces makes room for Gadgets and interactive tools that visitors to your personal page can play with. No WYSIWYG editor; limited to Microsoft Office clip art and layout designs.

Blogstream. Blogstream is one of the most powerful, easy to use blog sites on the Web. If you’re new to the world of blogging, this is definitely a blog to consider. Create an account, pick a category, and start posting.

Xanga. They offer simple templates as well as advanced options. To make setting up a blog easy, you can use their set up wizard. This blog service supports audio, video and image files. It also lets you add bullet points and numbered lists. If you select the free version, you can expect some ads and posts Google ads on your blog. This site is more for personal journals, than business blogs.

Livejournal. LiveJournal is another free blog service. It includes numerous templates and lets you add your own custom CSS style sheet if you want. It also supports some changes to the HTML code in the templates if you want to individualize your blog. Or you can embed your journal into your own website or create a blog from scratch.

Vox. This is a good service for beginners and so far the site is not loaded with ads. Vox provides nearly 170 blog templates and four layouts with customizable sidebar options. It is a free site that is easy to use and supports video, audio and image uploads as well as blogging. Add seamless integration with popular web services like Flickr and YouTube.

Myspace. If your primary interest is social networking and non-professional blogging, then MySpace might work for you. MySpace doesn't hold itself accountable for anything that appears on the site, although they will take something inappropriate down if it's brought to their attention. For a more creative social networking sites, head on over to Piczo.com and Flip.com.

Mycookingblog. Here you can share your food views with the world. Post recipes, write restaurant reviews - whatever your food interests you may have.

GetJealous.com Travel Blogs. Free travel blog site featuring travel journals, photo galleries, interactive maps, message boards, travel itineraries, and videos. Sign up for your very own travel blog.

eBloggy. eBloggy offers free blog hosting together with tools like blog templates, group blogs and more! With eBloggy, you can update and publish your free blog quickly and easily! Make eBloggy your blog host today!

MindSay. MindSay is perhaps the simplest blog to use, though this strength has left it short-changed in the features department. Some HTML editing is on offer to change the look of your blog, but, it doesn't offer the sophistication of some of the above free hosts, so it's hard to get such attractive results.

Tumblr. A new service called can publish your tumblelog with minimal setup and for free. See mine 1stsitefree Tumblr.

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