Before one can start blogging there life away, they should seriously ask there self what type of blog they intend to have, the type of content and how it should be display on the website. Why should you ask yourself these questions? Because the answer to this question will more or less determine which blogging software and web host you choose to host and build your dream blog.
So here are a few blogging software/service that you can explore or experiment with.
This is one of the most popular, easy and free blogging software provided by Google, making it easy to share you ideas to the world through the World Wide Web.
- Customize Template (background, layout, widgets, gadgets etc.).
- Advance editing tools which allows you to change CSS and HTML
- Simple to use Interface.
- Free URL with a Custom Domain option.
- Add videos and photos to post.
- Earn Money through Adsense and Amazon Associates Program.
- Allow readers to leave comments.
- Adding links to other websites.
- Notify readers of new post and a option to customized which user can view those post, giving you full control.
- Blogger is available in 41 different language and a transliteration is available in five indic language.
- Easy to create new pages.
- Posting via mobile device, through secret mail-to-blogger email address and blogger post gadget.
- Multiple Administrative authority so that you can have more that one person contributing to the blog.
- With blogger there is a wide Variety of third party application to enhance you blog functionality and overall professional look.
- Auto Save.
- Exporting and Importing Blog.
- Third party advertising is supported.
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| Wordpress |
Brief Description
This blogging service is and alternative to the ever popular WordPress.org. The main difference is that WordPress.com gives you free web hosting and a easy to use built-in interface with the pre-install WordPress software ready for you to use.
- Free web hosting and URL name with Custom Domain Mapping.
- Unlimited data base storage with redundancy.
- Automatic backups and software upgrades.
- Community support forum.
- Multiple themes and plug-ins.
- Multiple administration
- Real time traffic Statistics.
- Ability to block certain users from leaving comments and keys word in comments.
- Supports private and protected blogs.
- Post and Blog ranking service.
- A VIP Program for added features.
- Simple to use interface.
- Exporting and Importing blog.
- Add photos and videos.
- Hyperlink is supported
- Posting via mobile device and other third party programs such as ScribeFire for WordPress which is plugin for Firefox.
- Advertising is supported if you fit a certain criteria
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| TypePad |
Brief Description
This is more or less a service for small and large businesses which lets you stay up-to-date with your clients and competitors activity. Typepad also helps drive traffic to you blog to extend your product or service public awareness at different levels.
Features
- Summits you blog to various search engine, such as Google, Technorati, Feedburner etc.
- Professional Themes and designs, with drag and drop tools for ease of use and a theme builder.
- Advance editing tools which allows you to change CSS and HTML
- Support Widgets
- Hyperlink is supported.
- Multiple file format is supported such as video, photo and audio files.
- Posting via mobile device, such as iPhone and iPod touch; palm os; windows mobile 5 & 6 and most other mobile email device.
- Posting via third party programs such as Window Live Writer and ScribeFire.
- Share copy, image, video from other blog or sites search as Youtube and Photobucket to your blog.
- Personalized one-on-one support.
- Hosting Service by a Tier 1 data center.
- Automatic software updates.
- Professional tune up assistance with gives you a comprehensive blog review with recommended suggestions on design, layout SEO, traffic and much more.
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| SquareSpace |
- Over 60 styles designed by brand name designers.
- Fully customizable themes with Favicon customization and full CSS control.
- SEO Optimized.
- Completely custom WYSIWYG editing interface.
- Anti-Spam.
- Built for Podcasting.
- Moblog Support.
- XML-RPC pinging mechanisms to ensure your site is searched by all major search engines as soon as you post.
- Feedburner support.
- Full and real time statistics.
- RSS Subscriber Tracking and media RSS built in.
- Google pagerank tracking.
- Custom Domain Support.
- Full compatibility with all widgets on the web.
- Supports, placing ads on you site.
- Accurate, useful site search.
- Multiple editors.
- Import and export data and XML.
- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week customer support.
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| LiveJournal |
Brief Description
This is a virtual online community where users can maintain a journal, blog or diary. LiveJournal is also the software which is use to maintain the communities, journals, blogs and diaries used by the members. LiveJournal is more or less created for personal and community building and not commercial use.
- Free accounts which can be upgraded to paid accounts at anytime.
- Over 600 themes to pick from.
- Create custom LiveJournal designs.
- IM friends on LiveJournal and other Jabber network
- Moblog supported.
- 2 GB of photo storage space.
- Voice posting.
- Domain Forwarding.
- Create and post polls and surveys.
- Text message notification service without sharing you phone number.
- Searchable FAQs database for support.
- Downloadable platform.
- Export and Importing tools.
- Comment manager.
- View XML/RSS/Atom feeds on friends page.
- Full Privacy control
- Tag and Categorize post.
- Receive a @LiveJournal.com e-mail account.
- Subscribe to comment, new post friends etc.
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| BlogHarbor |
Brief Description
This is a powerful and fully featured easy to use blogging service/software for both the advance user and the beginners, to facilitate all types of bloggers.
- Easy upload and manage digital images with up to 2 GB of storage.
- Domain name mapping and Business class-email.
- Post categorization.
- Importing and exporting articles form other blogs in compress XML format.
- Mobile Blogging supported.
- Multilingual support.
- Create polls and surveys for you blog.
- Slides Show of photo albums.
- Advance website statistics.
- Secure RSS syndication with authentication (to allow different uses with different privilege to read feeds through their newsreaders.
- Display RSS headlines from other website on you blog.
- Multiple blog Editors.
- Automatically ping service.
- Media review templates for easy review of music, movies or any thing that can be reviewed.
- Posting via RSS tools.
- File manager (supports- ZIP, PDF,DOC and any type of files).
- FTP Support.
- Trackback supported.
- Built-in search engine
- Customize CSS and HTML templates for a unique theme.
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