Blog is a personal website through which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis and a blog always need not to be personal. With the rise of dot-com era each and every company is having a blog which acts as media to interact with its customers.
Forget about the definitions, coming into the real picture who don’t want to have a blog when it comes for free, sounds great right? Yeah, certainly there are a few (i know there are hundreds) platforms which are committed to offer a blog for free and in this post I am trying to make an honest attempt to bring you the Top 5 Free Blogging platforms with the complete Pros and Cons of the respective platforms (Please be aware that I am not talking about features of the respective platforms, more information about the platforms is discussed in Pros & Cons of the respective blogging platforms).
Must Read: Blogger Vs WordPress.Com Vs Tumblr Vs Posterous
Top 5 Free Hosted Blogging Platforms
Blogger (Blogspot)
Offered by Google, do you want more information other than this? Alright Blogger is a free blogging platform which is initially started by Pyra Labs and later acquired by Google which offers you a blog as a sub domain in .blogspot.com extension (e.g infogenra.blogspot.com).
Check: How To Create A Blog With BlogSpot (Blogger)? & Pros & Cons of Blogger (BlogSpot)Platform
WordPress (Hosted)
In this context I am talking about the free WordPress blogging platform which is a service powered by WordPress blogging software and is offered by Automattic (the creators of WordPress). WordPress.Com allows you to create a blog as a sub domain in .wordpress.com extension (e.g infogenra.wordpress.com)
Check: How To Create A Blog With WordPress? & Pros & Cons of WordPress Platform
Tumblr
Tumblr is the most popular micro blogging service offered by Tumblr, Inc and along with this it offers you many ways to socialize your blog. It is most trusted and recommended solution for personal blogs. Tumblr allows you to create a blog as a sub domain in .tumblr.com extension (e.g infogenra.tumblr.com).
Check: How To Create A Blog With Tumblr? & Pros & Cons of Tumblr Platform
Posterous
Posterous which is now called as Posterous Space is actually a blogging platform and is now importing the features of social networks in order to feature as a social networking service. It is a popular blogging service offered by Posterous, Inc and is funded by YCombinator. It is the platform which introduced the email by post and have many other innovative features.
Posterous allows you to create a blog as a sub domain in .posterous.com extension (e.g infogenra.posterous.com).
Check: How To Create A Blog With Posterous? & Pros & Cons of Posterous Platform
LiveJournal
LiveJournal, the most used blogging platform of yesteryears is known well for its unique features, but can say that it lags in the race but still has some cool features in its nest. LievJournal is supported by Open Source Volunteers who love the platform. LiveJournal allows you to create a blog as a sub domain in .LiveJournal.com extension (e.g infogenra.LiveJournal.com)
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My favorites are Blogger and Wordpress. I never tried others, but now looking for them also. Nice article, especially I liked the way you presented it…with link to related subject.
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Yaa, I usually use blogger and wordpress, these have good services and many plugins.
Nice.
Thanks
Priya, WordPress.com doesn’t allow you to use custom themes and don’t support plugins.. we can have them on self-hosted WordPress platfroms..