If you’re a newbie at blogging, you may want to consider a couple of things first before choosing a blog hosting site. There are many sites where you can post your blog; some are free while there are some that charge a bit for monthly maintenance and other services. If you’re completely new at blogging and you basically just consider it a hobby, you would be better off with a free blog hosting site. Try to choose the really popular ones like Blogger or WordPress—they are free, incredibly user-friendly and have a variety of features to make your blog look like a professionally-made one.
If you do not feel like having so many social media sites under your name, Facebook actually has a provision for blog posting—this is ideal for those who are more into journaling. However, this does not allow the integration of some typical blogging features like widgets but those who have tried it out claim that there’s more cyber visibility—well, that’s because Facebook is the most popular social media site! If you have two thousand Facebook friends, your posts will have bigger readership and you’ll surely feel more popular compared to really established bloggers out there who only have about one hundred loyal followers. But the downside to this is that every time somebody wants to read your blog, he will have to log onto Facebook first. Also, most bloggers who truly want their personality to shine and have more control over the layout and design of their blogs would not take to the generic “Facebook” appearance of a Facebook blog.
WordPress and Blogger can accommodate customizations where you can easily set the feel and tone of your blog; you can go extremely colorful and whimsical if you choose. Template designers categorize their selection of free templates according to the particular system of the two mentioned blog hosting sites. If you want more choices for templates, buttons and other blog accessory designs, WordPress and Blogger are your best bets for compatibility.
If you want to attach different media files to your blog and blog posts, not all blog hosts can easily accommodate them. At times, a music file can slow down the loading of a blog or pictures are hard to resize because of the limited editing options of the site. It’s good to look into the media accommodating capacity of the blog host.
Now, if you’re like a lot of bloggers these days and you want to make some money off your blog, online advertising networks that want more exposure for their products design their ads to be compatible only with the really popular blog hosting sites; there’s better guarantee for the visibility of their ads. If you choose to go for a lesser known site, this opportunity may not be available for your blog.