This blog, things of sorts is my second blog. I'm starting a third. They are all based on WordPress. But, where could I have gone to set up a free, remotely-hosted, blog? Well you have quite a few options:

• Blogger. The grandfather of blogging software, Blogger is probably the most famous blogging site on the net. I used it at some point, and I liked it. Doesn't have categories though, which is a pain.
• WordPress.com. This sets up a hosted WordPress blog for you, from the same folks that wrote WordPress. Not a bad place to start learning blogging on a real blogging platform.
• MSN Spaces. I haven't tried MSN Spaces, but it's MSN's offering.
• LiveJournal. I have friends addicted to LiveJournal. They must be doing something right to get such a following.
• Newsvine. Newsvine has a nice interface and it gives you a subdomain as your own.

By no means is this a comprehensive list, and it covers only some of the big ones. The point is simple: if you don't want to mess with installing blogging software on your server, it's easy to outsource it.

The other thing for you SEOers out there: all these free services are hosted on different C-class IP addresses. I don't know, but isn't this is a good way to get free, on-topic, one-way links to your main sites? Hmmm

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