Free Blog Sites
I’ve been blogging, in one form or another, since 1995, long before anyone had ever used the word “blog” to describe what we were doing with our personal online journals. In those years, I’ve used dozens of free blog sites, as well as owned several domains.
While blogging experts will tell you that owning your own domain is the way to go, the fact is that being hosted in a free blog site can result in immediate traffic, while being self-hosted can result in months of loneliness, where you feel like no one is listening to you at all. Problogger recently wrote a great article on that subject.
I currently write four blogs. All get about the same level of traffic, 40 to 60 unique visitors per day. The difference is that one has been online almost three months and consumed hundreds of hours of my time. The other have been online less than two weeks and are populated with basically throwaway articles. What’s the difference? The two newer blogs were hosted on free blog sites where I can take advantage of other peoples’ traffic to help my own, and vice versa. The other, the one that has been hard work and still receives very little traffic, is hosted on a paid host and has its own domain name.
This site is about looking at other free blog sites. You’ll notice I used WordPress.com, the multi-user version of my favorite blogging software. Why did I used WordPress.com instead of writing these reviews on the other site, the one that is more important to me? Because I actually want people to read it, and I am quite certain that will happen immediately hosted here.
May 16, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Thanks so much for all the research, efforts, and energy you’ve put into reviewing Free Blog sites. All the info you have posted here is of value.
I’ve been listening to quite a few teleseminars on blogging, the majority of them with guest speakers, Patsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman, of “The Blog Squad”. Repeatedly, they recommend using “Typepad”, which is not Free, but only requires a small monthly expenditure.
One feature I really dislike about free blog sites is the ad banner at the top of the page. It just looks so “cheesy”, if you know what I mean. And free blog sites seem to offer little to no support.
Write On!
Melanie Kissell
Information Services Professional
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June 14, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I am a professional Blogger. I am doing research for an article on free blog sites. I have been absolutely appalled at the lack of free blog sites and the quality of the ones that are available. This is really depressing. I have enjoyed very reading your articles because you speak the truth about the sites you have reviewed.
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October 13, 2010 at 12:59 am
Just wanted to say that I appreciate your comments – I am just learning how to blog as a way of organizing my journals for a university course, and yours is the first thoughtful review of precisely what I am seeking: a free blog site. As a newbie, it really helps to have your opinions so well articulated, thank you.
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