Where can I find a good blog host?

Creating your own blog is actually pretty simple these days. There are many blog hosting services that offer an array of features for your blog. Building a blog using one of these hosts is as simple as just signing up for the service and filling in your blog. You can host your blog on the Net with any one of the blog hosting services available, and there are a lot to choose from. Also, some social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, offer blog functionality too. Some of the major blog hosting sites include:

• Blogger
• LiveJournal
• TypePad
• MovableType
• WordPress
• Open Diary

Why Use a Blog Host?
There are many reasons to host your blog on a blog hosting service instead of doing your blog yourself. One of which is ease of use -- it's a lot easier and less time consuming to allow a blog hosting service to manage the technical details of maintaining the blog software. Here are some other reasons it's a good idea to use a blog service to host your blog:

• Meet other bloggers - Browse the service to see what other bloggers are writing about. Post comments on their blog entries and let them post comments on yours.

• Get your blog noticed - When you create a blog with a blog host, your blog will be entered into the blog hosts database. This means that people will be able to search for your blog posts from the blog host's pages. Some blog hosts will have the last entries, from the bloggers on the service, showing on the blog host's homepage for people to read.

• Easy posting - Just click a button and start posting your blog entry. No HTML or other coding knowledge necessary.

• Profile page - You'll get a profile page with your service. A profile page is a page that you can use to tell the world about who you are and what they'll find on your blog. This way they'll know who they're reading about and what they'll be reading.

• Make money - Some of the blog services offer you the ability to add ads to your blog. When your blog's readers click on the ad, you make money.

• YouTube videos - Adding videos from YouTube is easy. When you use sites like Blogger it's even easier.

• Templates - Make your blog look the way you want. By using a template you can have a blog that has a background that you like and a layout that looks the way you want your blog to look.