Where's the best free place to host your blog?
Beats me!
But I can tell you where several million bloggers are hosting theirs. Using a combination of metrics from Alexa and Compete.com, and some lists of popular blog sites, here are the...
Top 20 Blog Platforms Where You Can Host For Free
1. Blogger/Blogspot (which is where you are this very moment!)
2. Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org
3. Tumblr
4. Typepad
5. Weebly
6. LiveJournal
7. Multiply
8. SquareSpace
9. Xanga
10. Bebo
11. Blog.com
12. Edublogs
13. Thoughts.com
14. Blogsome
15. DreamWidth
16. Insane Journal
17. Blogster
18. Blogetery
19. Aeonity
and last but certainly not least
20. tBlog
and I can resist runner-up
21. Greasy
See ya on the blog circuit!
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