As promised, I will be sharing with you all some of the different blogging sites that you can use to start your blogging career, again aside from the platform we are all using at this time. Blogging world is such a challenging world of different kinds of writers surviving to achieve one goal --to write, share, and eventually be a known writer and make money out of it. But again, some bloggers just scratch the make-money thing, they are entering the blogging site just to write, and that is fine. Blogging is said to be easy when you have all the means, the skills needed, and all of the things you need to do and learn. Learning will always be there. 

One of the things you have to decide in creating your blogging career is the platform from where you will be doing your contents. And the answer is to choose the platform that will suit your niche and your style. These blogging sites may be accessed via free account or the one with a paid subscription. But I suggest, when you are still figuring out and testing yourself whether you will be consistent on this or not, you may try to sign-up first for a free account, and later on, when you are sure to keep this as long as you'd like, then maybe, you can pay for a premium account. Also, when you have hosting and domain, you have the control over your blog rather than those subscribed for a free account. 

Blogging sites samples: An overview 

WordPress.com

I know that many of you have heard of this site before. Whenever you asked about what site you could try, a lot may suggest to choose the WordPress. It is indeed popular to beginners and to experts in this field. And why is that? WordPress is free of charge to its users in terms of downloading and installing. Anyone could absolutely try this. This site is not just good for blogging, you may also use it for making a website for your business, a marketplace online, for selling online courses, for building online stores for products, for selling online books, and more. WordPress could shut down an account that is found to be violating the rules, but the site will tell you about it beforehand. With the fact that it never shuts down an account without notice, WordPress also comes with a lot of features. These features include checking your blog's statistics, viewing your blog's posts, viewing the pages, as well as viewing the media. The user has the freedom to take control over the plug-ins, users, domains, and settings. 

Weebly.com

Weebly is loved by everyone who does not like codes. Because in weebly, you may create stylish styles without the use of any codes. Also, its drag-and-drop feature makes the site easy to use and to navigate. With the uncomplicated interface, beginners really do love this. Weebly can be used when you like to create a blog that will look like a gallery, an event site, a project site, and can even be used by people who just like to have blogs to sustain their hobby in writing. You are free to customize your designs, as well as you are free to choose from their pool of choices. 

I personally tried the free version of Weebly, and the only reason why I stopped using it is because I cannot attach videos in the free version. But aside from that, I have nothing against this blogging site. 

Blogger.com

Blogger is also free to use by anyone. This publishing platform is powered by BlogSpot, its service provider. The Blogger and BlogSpot are under Google and are used together in this platform. Meaning, after you were able to set-up an account, BlogSpot will be your domain. Google will be the one to host your blog. Blogger is known for its built-in tools that are capable to a) manage the earnings, b) manage the campaigns, and c) manage the settings. In addition, Blogger lets you look at your blog's statistics so you can know your blog's traffic. You are also free to change your theme and layout as long as you like. 

With the blogger's easy-to-use tool, the user can also use and manage the platform well. You will not worry about the installation for it is powered by Google. Also, you can monetize your blog with Adsense. But be aware that Blogger can put down your blog at any time. 

Medium.com

Medium is the go-to of aspiring bloggers who are good on words but not on designing and layouting. The focus of this platform is on the message and text rather than the visuals. Once you post an article on this platform, the platform will write the article in a readable font and written on clean space, so that the readers would understand the content more. This has 60 million people who visit the place, and those numbers would become the potential readers as well. And so, you do not have to worry about who will read your content, because Medium has made it easier for you. Aspiring authors or those who would like to have a come back from a long break are the people who use this platform most of the time. 

Beginners who are not into the technical part of blogging go to this. The emphasis is on the content, about what the readers can get and read from you. 

Instagram.com

Yes, you can definitely do blogging using Instagram. Also, many are doing this already. Microblogging is what suits Instagram. With about 2,200 characters to use in Instagram, the writer might not present a long thread of opinions, but only a short and a concise one. Everyone who has an Instagram account could follow you, and they become your readers. What you post here are those opposite with medium, Instagram must have appealing visuals so readers would stare and eventually be curious about what is in it. Niches like cosmetics, modeling, and photography are the most popular ones. So, if you can capture beautiful photos, and a writer as well, then you might like to try blogging on Instagram. 

LinkedIn.com

This blogging platform is mostly used by professionals. Businessmen and businesswomen create posts that can be read by over 260 million users. They usually like to form connections in the world of business so they could be known. LinkedIn works just like any social media sites. By clicking a button in the profile, you can start writing your content. So if you would like to form connections, you might as well try this. 

The above contents about the sites were just an overview, based on what I know about these sites. Blogging platform differs in terms of technicalities and features. Choose the blogging site that you know you can manage. Best blogging site for others may not be the best for you. So be careful and understand what you really need. Signing for free is okay, but soon you will need to have your domain and hosting. 

Aside from what we are all using, what do you think you'd like to try? Let me know in the comments! 

I'll start! For me, I would like to try Medium.