You would think that by the year 2007 people would be able to purchase their own domain names without completely relying on free blogging services. With such a wide variety of payment methods available on websites like GoDaddy.com (my preferred registrar and they take Paypal), nobody has an excuse to not have their own domain name. Hosting is even ridiculously cheap now-a-days. Whatever your excuse may be for not having your own domain name, I’m sure it’s a doozie and I will be very impressed by it. Moving on.

If you’re looking for a free blogging service, here are a few choices:

Wordpress.com
Blogger.com
Vox.com
LiveJournal.com
GreatestJournal.com
InsaneJournal.com
BlogRox.com
Blog.com
Blogster.com
Xanga.com

There are probably a thousand more, some of which I may not even be aware of.

If you do decide to go with a free blogging service to avoid paying for hosting, at least get your own domain name to use with it. A .com domain name only costs $7 per year and is much more attractive and easier to remember for visitors than a free blog subdomain address (yourname.blogger.com). You can use your own domain name very easily by adding a new CNAME record with your hosting company. Blogger.com offers instructions for adding a new CNAME record HERE.

Do yourself, your blog and your readers a favor. Get your own domain name. If you can’t afford to pay $7 per year for your own domain name then you really shouldn’t even have the internet or a computer to begin with.