Welcome to atblogs.com. We no longer offer free blog hosting. Instead we offer information about other good free blog hosting services and about how to blog successfully. Before you choose a free blog host we recommend that you outline the blog you plan to create and the needs you will have. Different types of blog require different features and are therefore suitable for different blog services.
Some things to think about are:
- Is it a personal blog or is it meant to grow big. If so, will the host suit your needs when the blog grows bigger.
- Does the blog host allow you to back up your content.
- Does the blog host allow you to use your own domain name.
- Does it support the sidebar features you need.
- Is the blog platform SEO friendly
These are just a few things to think about and there are many other factors that might be of interest to you. That’s why it is important that you plan your blog before you get working on it. If it is meant to be a commercial blog it is always best to get your own hosting so that you get complete control over your blog. If you do not have the funds to do that than it is best to get a free blog with a domain name attached to it or worst case scenario, without a domain name. If you do not have money to buy a domain you should get one as soon as you start earning money.
The best free blogging platform to get a blog from is in most cases wordpress.com. WordPress.com offer a good SEO friendly blogging platform. The platform is also available as a downloadable script that you can install on your own hosting. WordPress is the blog platform you are most likely to use if you host your own blog. If you do, than there are plenty of different addons and plugins available that can add almost any function to your blog. When you host at wordpress.com you do not get the same customability that you have when you self host but there are still plenty of options available and most users will find that wordpress.com offer them what they need. WordPress.com is also very reliable hosting and will offer good prestanda regardless of how big your blog grows.
Some other popular blogging platforms are:
Blogger
Blogger is owned by Google and is a good blogging platform. It offer a lot of freedom when it comes to customizing the layout. It is just like wordpress.com a reliable host but does not perform as good as wordpress in regards to SEO.
WordPress MU / Network
WordPress MU are blog platforms that uses the same software as wordpress.com but that is owned and operated by other individuals or companies. We recommend that you choose wordpress.com before any of these. They rarely offer any features that are not available on wordpress.com and are not as reliable as wordpress,com. WordPress MU sites shuts down rather often and you will than have to move your blog. If your unlucky you might see your site removed from the internet without any previous warning that the site was about to be shut down.
Typepad
Typepad is a blogging platform that is rather popular but that do not offer the same features as you will find in wordpress.com or blogger.
Livejournal
Livejournal is a blogging platform that really only is suitable for personally diary type blogs.