Top 20 Sites to Create a Blog

It was not long ago that creating a website was one of the cumbersome tasks. Now, though, creating a blog or a website has become that much easier with the advent of many free blogging platforms. Each blogging platform has its own advantages and disadvantages.

This list aims to bring out some of the best free blogging platforms available today.

1. WordPress.com

This is a popular blogging platform that is widely used to run a blog for free. WordPress offers detailed tracking tools for analysis of the traffic to the blog. It is possible to go for a unique style with numerous themes on offer. It is extremely easy to add multimedia to the blog, while WordPress offers a superior spam protection technique.

WordPress.org also offer free software download if you want to download and install on own server.

2. Blogger

This free blogging platform is provided by Google since its acquisition in 2003. Blogger is available in various languages for bloggers from around the world. Blogger and other sources provide various templates to choose for the blog. This platform provides free statistics about the visitors. Pyra Labs initially created this platform before being acquired by Google.

3. LiveJournal

LiveJournal is the free blogging platform offered by SUP Media. The platform has been available since 1999. This is an open source platform and it claims to have more than 50 million journals. LiveJournal is completely free and it is available in 32 different languages. Social networking is a major feature of this blogging platform.

4. TypePad

Offered by SAY Media, this free blogging platform has been online since 2003. It supports templates and themes like WordPress and blogger. It also offers mobile blogging and photo sharing features. TypePad blogs can support multiple authors.

5. Weebly

Weebly offers a drag-and-drop website builder functionality along with hosting features. This platform offers the ability to choose from more than 100 designs. The platform has an iPhone app for mobile blogging. Weebly supports all forms of multimedia like videos and images.

6. Blog.com

Blog.com offers a free platform for creating a blog, which can be customised with the numerous themes available. Blogs can be spruced up with a range of widgets available. Blog.com blogs can support multiple offers, while features like Google analytics can also be integrated.

7. Tumblr

This is a microblogging platform that is completely free. The site claims to have provided platforms for more than 60 million blogs. Mobile microblogging is also supported through an app on the Apple App Store.

8. Posterous

Posterous offers a simple and free blogging platform. This site has been online since 2008. It supports sharing images and videos. Mobile blogging is also supported through iPhone and android applications. Posterous offers the ability to control viewership.

9. Xanga.com

This is a free blogging platform that also doubles up as a social networking site. Online since 1998, Xanga allows users to post weblogs or photologs. The site recently started accepting video blogs and audio blogs. Two premium plans are also available on Xanga.

10. Edublog

This is a blog that primarily serves for educational purposes. It is largely used for communication between teachers and students in a classroom scenario. The site claims to have more than 1.5 million users. The platform can be used to create a discussion board.

11. TravelBlog

Offers unlimited entries, videos and photos with free account. They also offer travel community. The site claim to have 200000 members and 600000 entries on their network. Site is online since 2002.

12. TravelPod

This is the blogging site that offers a platform for travellers to update their experiences. It offers the ability to print the blog as a book. A mobile app allows blogging on the go. The site allows users to map their trip across the world.

13. Blog.co.uk

Offers free blog hosting service and part of Populis GmbH. The site in online since 2005 and offering free blog creation services and community. They also offer many other catchy extensions like blog.ca, blog.de, blog.fr and blog.com.es with respective local languages.

14. BlogSome

Blogsome is a simple blogging platform that offers free hosting as well. Users can create a blog within a minute, while personalisation is provided by the choice of themes available. This site supports photo sharing once photos are uploaded.

15. Blogetery

Blogetery offers free hosting for the WordPress blogs. It provides a free domain name along with numerous premium themes. The site offers more than 50 premium plug-ins for enhancing the functionality of the WordPress platform. Premium plans are also available on Blogetery.

16. N.Nu

N.Nu provides users with the ability to start a website at no cost. The blogs are provided with a unique domain name. It is extremely simple to set up and use. N.Nu blogs come with inbuilt search engine optimisation. The inbuilt editor offers various options to create rich posts.

17. SosBlogs.com

Sosblogs.com is a site that provides the ability to create either a new blog or forum. Setting up the new site is extremely simple due to the predefined steps. It is possible to personalise the site using the collection of skins.

18. Thoughts.com

Thoughts.com provides a simple and free blogging platform that can be used to discuss topics with other users. A blog on this site offers the ability to create discussions. The site protects the privacy by offering various tools to limit the access.

19. BlogBaker

BlogBaker offers a platform to start blogging in a few seconds. The site allows blog layouts to be edited by just dragging and dropping. It also features simple controls for publishing posts. Premium plans are also available on BlogBaker.

20. tBlog.com

tBlog is a community for starting blogs. It provides complete control over the look of the blog. Users can access real-time statistics about the blogs. Suggested networking helps create discussions with like-minded users, while bannerless blogging is also available.