Thanks for reaching my blog. You are in right place here in webringnet.com. Do you just looking around or are you blogger?
Do you have a blog? Free or self hosted? I’m sure you start to think of it after reading this post.
So what is blogsphere? Or simply blog. Let take a look the 20 most popular and free/paid blog platform. (List are randomized)
Blogger.com
User: 8,911,336
This blog hosting is very popular and free. This platform operate via ftp and originally develop by Pyra Labs and after that buy by Google on 2003. To start using this service just follow three (3) easy step. Next is to post you text, foto, post via email or integrated cross platform system. If you don’t like a default template there is thousand template available on the net or if you familiar with css and xml code you can modify any template that you like. Standard features are like widget, adsense, column and so on. If you have account with gmail.com, then you can use it as a username in blogger.com. You adsense account will merged/associated with this account as well. So next time you insert adsense via widget you ca pub-id will inserted automatically. Blogger.com are unlimited since they not mention about storage and bandwidth limit.
Wordpress.com
User: 1,115,004
It is easy to register with wordpress. You can choose 60 theme available. Before we go further, let me clarify that wordpress.com and wordpress.org are two different independent parties. Widget and header bar can modified easily with little effort. In a posting area there is some function for you to consider like tag and file uploading. Tag is important for your blog post appear in search engine. Wordpress.com also provide stat about your blog like post count, comment, page view, spam and many more. wordpress.com doesn’t allow you to modify it theme like in blogger.com. You can choose any theme but cannot modify it. Any script also prohibited in wordpress.com. So you can’t install adsense, Amazon, frame or any javascript. This is vital rule in order to protect their system from potential harm.
Extra careful with you file size (when uploading) because unlike blogger.com, wordpress storage are quiet limited.
Xanga.com
User: 40,000,000
Launched somewhere in 1998. This platform host a weblog, photoblog, videoblog [vlog], audioblog, pulse and popular online sosial networking. Powered by xanga.com Inc and popular mostly to teenager and to them who looking for personal journal. Template are customizable via native html. If you decided to store more file i.e video, you may subscribe premiun membership for large storage and advance features. The Premium plan provides 2 GB of photo storage and 100 MB of monthly uploads while the Premium Plus plan provides unlimited photo storage and 1GB of monthly uploads
Quote ” The CEO of Xanga, John, states in his profile that the word “Xanga” comes from a nickname he has as a child. “Xceptionally Awesome Ninja GangstA””
Livejournal.com
User: 14,105,307
Livejournal.com is a virtual community web for you to start a blog, journal or virtual diary. Is a free of charge service and you can load text, profile, drawings, photo, video and audio for others to see. Post can be private or public up to you to decide which one is private and which is became public. Template was enhance which, you can create your own layout.
Multiply.com
User: 8,000,000
This blog made for posting photo, video, text and music. It has built in social networking for you to stay connected with others user in the community. Multiply.com offered blog cross-posting. This is what i like about multiply. But how this possibly works? The things is when you make new post in multiply you have option to choose either post/send this article too in another platform. So far cross-posting supported by livejournal.com, blogger.com, and typepad.com. Emailing and multimedia messaging system (MMS) make you blogging from mobile.
Quote “2,000,000 photos and 19,000 videos every day”
Windows live space
User: 27,000,000
Previously was called MSN Spaces. This platform enabling you to stay connected with family or your pal, photo uploading and sharing and unlimited blogging. Blog are one of free service that offer to it community. Because of blog develop ‘locally’ most of blogger choose to create blog on the same site and therefore make easier for them to manage it. You can create group in windows live space and start a discussion or topic. Every new post in group will notify via email (formerly hotmail). You may also try windows live for mobile. Up to 5g email storage.
Go here http://www.hotmail.com
Fotolog
User: 13,000,000
For them who love to take photo, this is a place for you. You can make fun and sharing a photo diary with others user. Photo shared can be commented and received response from others member. If you love to capture, decorate, and upload a photo this is a nice place for you to show your ability and talent. Fotolog offer two type of account which is free and paid membership.
Quote “15,577,644 Fotolog Accounts 427,382,752 Total Photos 393,655 New Photos Added Today”
Fotopages
Not like many blog, you can create your own photoblog here. Suitable for them who love to take picture and want to share with the world. Fotopages supported Moblogging [mobil], image post, text, photo description and photo title or caption. Archiving enabled you to find previously post. You can upload link to you fotopages or listen comment from your reader. You may find contest or photo challenge offered periodically and if your photo lucky, it will be features or choose as editor’s choices. Subdomain per user each Fotopage has its own subdomain: http://username.fotopages.com
Quote “because a photo is worth a thousand words”
Go here http://www.fotopages.com
Flickr
Establish in 2004. This is owned by giant search engine Yahoo. You can access it using your yahoo email id. This platform categorized as photoblog. Any photo that you capture using cameras digital, mobile phone, web cam, video cam or snap shot can be uploaded and start sharing to other members. You can set either your photo enable for others to see or private. Other than that you can create slide show and embeded into your blog or web site.
Quote “1,921 photos uploaded in the last minute ,71,248 photos tagged with jump,2.2 million photos geotagged this month”
Dairyland
This platform may target teenager as it audience. Interface page it was like cartoons. It provide as online dairy for it customer. What you can do? You can write story about you personnel life and specify which individual can read it. Yes may be your special one, family or closed pal. After registration you have your own page url. One thing good about dairyland was there no stupid banner or advertisement that spoils your page.
Typepad
This is a famous paid blogging service and use mainly for business oriented. Use Six Apart Movable as core platform. It is sharing a technology like Movable type such as template and API. The target was a new blogger which less technical expert or first time blogging with simple Whiz for blog creating in few minutes. AS usual you can inset text, photo and use features like MoBlogging (blogging via mobile phones)
Go here http://www.typepad.com
Yahoo!360
AS name inply this service owned by giant search engine Yahoo. Still in beta version, this platform offering space for blog and allow user to share photo, video, music, idea or anything with others user.
Interface are simple and in order to use this service you must have Yahoo account. This platform integrated with others Yahoo services like avatar, groups, flickr and geocities.
Go here http://360.yahoo.com/
Clearblog
User: 21,982
As simple as 1, 2 and 3 and you account is there. Start you blog straightaway after registration. Among it features was instant publishing, 30 templates, WYSIWYG html, sub-directory url, IP blocking, spam protection, RSS feed and mush more.
Open Dairy
User: 532,768
This platform offer user to write personnel diary or anything he may want to write and share. Like Typepad it offers both free and paid membership. Template are available for user to choose and easy to decorate it. Open Dairy Plus offers more security and free from advertisement and banner.
Go here http://www.opendiary.com/
Quote “We are currently home to 539,370 online diaries. There are 1,846 diarists online now”
My Opera
User: 1,337,060
You may hear about Opera browser. This is one of Opera effort to make his community continue support. This community page was enhanced dan enable user to create blog, fotoblog and others media. Beside blogging it has pool at side of the page to give user more fun and idea sharing. You alkso can take participate in the forum provided. My Opera support MoBlogging (Blogging from Mobile).
Go here http://my.opera.com/community/
Blogsome
User: 12,022
This platform offer blog which use Wordpress multi user edition. Offering more templates for user choices. Run by Browse The World Ltd and of course it is free and easier to start. Offering test, photo uploading, embedding video and more features. One thing it make different with wordpress.com was you can use scripting in this platform. You may put adsense code or similar script on your blog.
Go here http://www.blogsome.com/
Facebook
User: 60,000,000
Social community webpage where user can interact, sharing content, do lots of games, wall and many more application integrate with facebook. Blog enabled you to express yourself and enabled your friends around the globe to find and be a follower according to school, name, university, interest and so on. This service is free of charge and you can start blogging straight away.
Go here http://facebook.com
MySpace
User: 300,000,000
This community page are very popular to build a blog. Varying from college student, individual to artist and musician. You can share photo, embed video, rate blog post (Kudos), commenting, take participate in forum and many more.
After registration you can start blogging, build your profile for other user to contact or build your network.
Go here http://www.myspace.com
TBlog
User: 39,863
This blog platform offering lots of themes and theme that created by yourself. No banner advertisement and provide real time statistic for you to analyze visitor. TBlog is a free of charge. Registration is simple and you can start to express yourself immediately. Blog are group by categories like Arts & humanities, Business, Classifieds, Computers & Internet, Education, Entertainment, Family & Home
Games, Health & Medicine, Hobbies, Humor and many more.
Quote “Nickster is now part of tBlog’s inner circle. (Don’t even try asking him what the “t” stands for”
Blogdrive
Easy to start and free of charge. There is much application for user to try. As a member you can build several weblog or jurnal in one account use ping and full features editing. Tagboard ready for you and your friends to chat. Tutorial for newbies on how to setup and other blogging related guided.
Go here http://www.blogdrive.com/
This list are not an ultimate popular blog list. There is thousand blog created everyday and therefore figure may increase. This list are what i registered so far.
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