However podcasting has definitely has passed the popularity and usefulness of blogging nowadays, that certainly doesn’t sayblogging is dying. Not at all! If you take the time to surf about the Internet, you will see the members of popular blog hosting communities are still promptly growing. If you’re not thus far part of this crowd, you should start soon to experience the same fun and excitement.

Pressing the Keys at WordPress http://www.wordpress.com
There are a good deal of things to look forward to at WordPress besides the fantastic fact that it’s free to use whether for business or personal purposes. Newbies and advanced users likewise will enjoy blogging at WordPress with the many features available for use, such as first appearance previews, blog categories, and blog rolls.

A Plus: You can add plug-ins and customize your blog layout. WordPress also provides changeless updates for their users.

Thumbs-Down: A bit of software knowledge is, however, needed for users to properly install WordPress. If you have enabled commenting in your site, don’t be surprised to find that more than a few spammers are developing a habit of dropping by your site.

Sign up at FeedBurner http://www.feedburner.com
Do you think your blog is worth broadcasting? If so, you should look at moving from your old blog community to FeedBurner. In this website, they won?t just help you create content, they’ll spread around the word about your blog as well.

A Plus: With the standard free package, FeedBurner allows you to set up the form for your blog for easy posting and even use an RSS subscription button to automatically update the readers of your blog. The website also lets you know the average number of visits your blog has per day with the FeedBurner hit counter and other traffic statistics. You can earn money on the sideline from blogging at FeedBurner because the website permits you to use Google Ads in your blog.

Thumbs-Down: Unfortunately, the template editing section of FeedBurner is not that easy to master.

Everything in One at Multiply. http://multiply.com
If you want to blog, upload photos, videos, music files, write reviews, and post your social calendar online in just one website, all you have to do is sign up for an account at Multiply.

A Plus: Photo uploading is literally unlimited, and images can be classified by albums, and given captions. Skin choices are provided to give your blogs more color and life. The URL is pretty easy to learn ? username.multiply.com. Lastly, RSS feeds are allowed.

Thumbs-Down: On writing reviews, Multiply doesn’t give users much freedom on customizing content by font type or color. Layouts can be edited but only if you have CSS knowledge and even with that, customizing is still slightly limited. Smiley list is pitifully inadequate.

Live and Write Freely at LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com
With a hip nickname such as “LJ”, LiveJournal is a website that is especially suitable for the fun-loving crowd that is forever on the go.

A Plus: Bonds forged online are strengthened by LJ’s email notifications for commenting. Thus, if someone comments in your blog, an email will be sent to inform you about it. Likewise, an email will be sent to you if you comment on someone else’s. LJ receives a reply, whether it’s from the blog owner or another blogger doesn’t matter.

Thumbs-Down: LJ however is less easy to customize than other blogs. Some features that are already offered free by other blog hosting sites are on the other hand useable only for LJ members with paid accounts.

Be In Vogue at Xanga http://www.xanga.com
Teenagers seem to be absolutely smitten with Xanga. If you desire a blogging process that is easy and stylish at the same time, Xanga is definitely the blog hosting site you’re looking for.

A Plus: Likewise having community-based blogging to look forward to, each post you make will allow you to inform your readers what you’re currently reading, watching, or playing. You can also upload photos, music, and write categorized reviews. A guest book is automatically offered to users.

Thumbs-Downs: Though Xanga allows users to make use of RSS feeds; it would take them some time to properly integrate it in their blogs. The custom-make layout options is sadly limited, the URL provided for members is a mouthful, and commenting is exclusive for Xanga members only.

So, what do you think? Which blog hosting site do you plan to choose? Where you end up blogging, we wish you well! Blog on!

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