When we all started our blogs, we faced the same dilemma of choosing our blog hosting.Their are lots of blogging websites that provide free hosting like WordPress and Blogger and many more. I have listed them in my post "250+ free Blog Sites". Debate still continues whether to host your blog on your own domain or just the free hosting. Of course, in that situation, their is always a good and bad.Free hosting sites provide users with free blogs. However, free hosted blogs have the format like "agentmango@blogger.com" or "agentmango@wordpress.com". You always carry the name of the host provider. And some have restrictions because your blog is free hosted. You will only be able to escape this restrictions if you will acquire your own domain name.
But the question is, Why should we host our blog with them? Simple, because it is free. No cent at all to spend. You won't even mind the space and bandwidth of your blog. It is all provided by the host provider but of course it is limited. They also provide simple tools for you to use. You won't also worry about your blog's maintenance.
However, free hosted blogs are limited. You won't have full control of your blog. Also you cannot have strong branding and marketing. Your potential customers will not benefit you if they know you are using free blogs.
Generally speaking, free blogs really don't give you much. But I am not saying that free blogs are inappropriate for everyone. As you can see, I am using free blog from Blogger too. And I am not saying that you won't make anything with free blogs. As a matter of fact, I just got my first payment from Google Adsense last month.
If you're looking too make much money online, having your own domain name is recommended.
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