Blogging is growing day by day, and there are many platforms that allow people to start a blog without spending a penny. If you are passionate about blogging and want to start blogging for no charges, then this post will help you choose from the top free blogging service providers.

I started on Blogspot (now called blogger) and after years of learning and experimenting I started this blog on WordPress. Although my personal choice will always remain WordPress but for blogging enthusiasts the options are many. You can play around with each and in time you will be sure what to use and what you should not.

I regularly update this post, and I have seen some new blogging platforms and even tried those, with all the services put together, I have made this list, so that you can save time in exploring different services.

I hope this article will make people interested in blogging, as well.

11 Best Blog Sites

1. Blogger - Blogger is a blog publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at subdomains of blogspot.com. Blogger allows users to publish blogs on other hosts, via ftp. This is my first choice for best blog sites. Here are some of best blogger templates that we have showcased on our site.

2. WordPress - WordPress.com is a weblog hosting provider owned by Automattic which opened to beta testers on August 8, 2005 and opened to the public on November 21, 2005. It is powered by the open source WordPress software. It is financially supported via paid upgrades, “VIP” services and limited Google Adsense advertising. This is my second choice as the best blog sites.

3. Tumblr - Tumblr is a microblogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their tumblelog, a short-form blog. Users can follow other users, or choose to make their tumblelog private. The service emphasizes ease of use. And Tumblr have some really great designed free themes.

4. Medium - Medium Founded by Twitter startup guy Ev Williams & Biz Stone, this blogging platform has an extra feature to annotate work of other people, this makes this new blogging platform quite unique. Just log in from Twitter authentication system and you are ready to comment and blog. If you are new to blogging and looking out for readers, then you might want to try medium, as it has a large audience attached to it.

5. Livejournal - LiveJournal (LJ) is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal virtual community. LiveJournal’s blogging features include those found in similar blogging sites (multiple authors, commenting, calendars, and polls). However, LiveJournal differentiates itself from other blogging sites by its WELL-like features of a self-contained community and some social networking features similar to other social networking sites.

6. Quora – Quora is a question answer guide, where people like you and me ask question about any topic, and you will answered by the community. Its much like Yahoo and StackOverflow, but they have added blog functionality which is really great.

7. Weebly -  Weebly started in 2006 has been providing very extensive well managed solutions for newbie’s. To create a blog website in Weebly you can simply log on with your FaceBook account as well. With 100′s of professional designed templates and superb website building experience, we have kept this great site in our list.

8. Edublogs - The World’s most popular education blogging service… Edublogs lets you easily create & manage student & teacher blogs, quickly customize designs and include videos, photos & podcasts – it’s safe, easy and secure.

9. Blog - Blog.com provides a fully-featured publishing platform for free. Blog by yourself or establish a writing community, all under an address that looks like: you.blog.com. It also offers free blog hosting with unlimited bandwidth for their free package, more benefits for paid members.

10. Ghost.org  - 14th of October, 2013 – Ghost 0.3 Kerouac was released to the world. Its a new blogging community that is building up at a nice pace, it has its limitations and right now basic functionality is all what you get, there are few people coming from WordPress to ghost, but also some examples of moving back to WordPress. All in all it’s another addition to our list of best blog sites.

11. Wix - Wix has been doing great in the recent past, and another addition of this list was needed due to our site visitors, who pushed us in reviewing and adding Wix to this list. Recently Wix has integrated Etsy shop via Wix’s App Market, where people can add apps according to requirements. Wix has great looking templates and themes that have made this platform another favorite.

Yahoo Pulse – now closed

Yahoo! 360° was a social networking and personal communication portal operated by Yahoo! made available in 2005. It enabled users to create personal web sites, share photos from Yahoo! Photos, maintain blogs and lists, create and share a public profile and see which friends are currently online. 360° also featured a ‘friends updates’ section, under which each friend’s latest update was summarized (e.g. blog posts, updated lists or newly shared photos).

I am sure their are many more platforms which can be in his list but for now I have chosen these over some others. Let us know if you have a replacement or better blog creating service that you have used.

Banners always attract website visitors because they have important information but there is one condition – the banner must look good. There are lots of uses of banner on websites like they can be used to show products, news and updates. In this advertising world, it is of utmost importance that your banner stands out so that it catches visitors’ attention instantly. For an average graphic designer it is very difficult to create these types of eye catching banners and highly qualified professionals will charge huge sums of money to create small banners. But now you can create your own banner online using Switch Banner online image banner creator. You can create an image slideshow banner in just a few seconds. At present, Switch Banner supports maximum 10 images to create an image slideshow banner but I think it is enough as most web designers use only 3 or 4 images in a single slideshow banner.

How to use Switch Banner ?

Switch Banner is very easy to use, just put the URL of images and set image width and height. I know that now you are thinking that there is no option to upload images from the system. Yes, there is no option to upload images from the system. To set your own image, first of all, upload them on your own web location like on a blog or website directory and after that put the direct link in the Switch Banner image location option. Once you have configured all the settings of the image, set the number button color which can be Green, Red, Blue, Yellow and Black. These number buttons help to move from one image to another on the banner. After color settings, you can assign the location of the number button like left or right only. Pause Time can be used to set how many seconds a single image will appear on the banner and finally you can disable Image Number on the slideshow to make them more attractive.

Switch banner creates the image slideshow absolutely free of cost and gives us the CSS and Java Script code to put on your website or any blog.

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Earning money online is being the dream of every internet user and many of those are finding the real ways to do this. Previously, I had shared some real and easy ways to make money online on the internet which were really best methods. And today, I'm going to discuss deeply that how can we make money online with Google Adsense. Google Adsense is especially for those who are running their own website or blog and wanna monetize it. There are also some methods to earn with Adsense without having any website and I'll surely share it in future. Earning with Adsense is easy but is also needed some hard work. If you're from Asian country then you might face problem in getting approved Adsense account because Adsense is too much strict to Asian countries due to violation of their policies. Well, You can get it in Asian countries but it needs hard work and I'll also share the approval tips. So now it's time to discuss about earning with Google Adsense.

Make Money Online With Google Adsense

Google Adsense is the most popular PPC [ Paid Per Click ] advertising network. It was introduced 10 years ago [2003] and recently Adsense had celebrated their 10 years of success. If you've any website then you can easily earn from it with Google Adsense. In order to get started with Adsense you will need to apply for Adsense. Wait for a week to get the reply and once if you got approval then you're free to use Adsense. After getting approval from Google Adsense, you've to create the ad unit in your Adsense account then you will get the Ad code which you've to implement in your website/blog. If your account is active then after a few minutes the Ads will start appearing on your website. Now that code will not show the single Ad everytime but it will show other Ads when you refresh or reload the page.

After the Ad setup you will be thinking then how you will earn from it. Then let me tell you, When the Ads are properly showing on your blog/website then when someone will come on your site and click on the Adsense ad then you will get paid for it. It means, you're giving visitors to them but they must click on their own choice. If you force others to click on it and even if you click on your own Ads then you will be caught and you can get banned. So, I recommend you don't violate their policies because Google is too smart and it is seeing you everytime what you're doing with their products. 

What Are The Requirements For Google Adsense?

There are some little requirements for using Google Adsense according to their policies which I'm going to tell you in this para. The first thing is that you need an appropriate website or blog to monetize your content. It must have some content and it should not be in under construction while applying for Adsense because they need the active websites. Your website or blog also must have organic which is strongly important. The second thing is your age, You should be 18 years old with your own bank account or national ID card. If you're under 18 then you can also use your father's or any parent's identification. The third is the bank account or national ID card. These both things are for receiving the payment from Google Adsense. You can use your bank account to receive the payment. If you don't have any bank account then you can use your national ID card to receivepayment from Western Union. 

The Address Verification [ Pin Code ] 

When you've got started with Adsense and your earning reaches at $10 USD Dollars then you will need to verify your address which you've given while applying. Simply, when earning reaches at $10 then you will get a notification that a letter has been sent to your address. While applying for Adsense, make sure you've given the proper and real address of your home. It should contain house no, street no, block no (optional), area name and city. Once if the letter is sent to your address then you will need to wait at least 2 months to get that letter. That letter will contain a Pin Code and some other guidelines to use Adsense safely. You've to enter thatPin Code in your Adsense account in order to verify the address. By the mistake, If you entered the wrong address then you can re-submit the Pin Code letter with the changed address but you can do this only three times otherwise your account will be blocked. 

The Payment Process - When and How To Receive?

You may want to know about the payment process like when and how can we receive the payment. So here I'll explain it. Once if you've verified the address with pin code then you can receive the payment otherwise it will be on hold. The minimum payment threshold is $100 so when earning reaches at $100 then you can receive the payment. The payment is sent on every month if the earning has reached to minimum threshold. There are three payment methods, First one is bank transfer, Second one is Western Union and Third one is express check. You can use any method for the payment but I recommend going with Western Union because it is a quick and cash method there you will not face any problem. So, before your earning reaches the minimum threshold, you must set up your payment method.

Your Turn

So friends, this was our Google Adsense which is the best advertising network for everyone. I strongly recommend you to try Adsense because it pays more than others. I hope this article will solve your issues according to earning with Adsense. Now it's your turn to apply for Adsense but I recommend to read their policies before applying and if your site is complying with their policies then surely apply for it. My wishes are with you to get approved. Subscribe us to get more and don't forget to comment below. Take Care and Happy Earning!