are there any blogging sites that dont involve a friend community?

[noisyOverlord598]

a blogging website where theres no friend involved and who follows who. but a place where you can post the url sight and people can read it and leave comments or have a sign in book. i jus dont want a place where you need to friends and stuff like that lol, too much of that on facebook and twitter and myspace, etc

[smartypants22]

xanga, blogger, livejournal, blogster, wordpress, blogspot

[Moustafa]

http://www.livejournal.com/
LiveJournal is an online journal service with an emphasis on user interaction. A basic, fully-functional account is free, while paid accounts receive access to premium features. You can use LiveJournal in many ways: a private journal, a blog, a discussion forum or a social network.



http://www.webon.com/
Make the site you've always wanted now, instantly build, publish & share. Create interactive, stylish & ad-free pages, with Webon's powerful site creation platform.

http://www.ipernity.com/
With Ipernity you can:- Publish whatever you like : blog, photos, videos, audios- Customize your own Ipernity page (like at Myspace)- Share what you want with people who matter to you or with the whole world- Create a powerful page with only the stuff that matters to you

http://www.tumblr.net/
Tumblelogs are a refreshingly new and simple way to share anything you find, love, hate, or create. To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks. You can also look at tumblelogs as slightly more structured blogs that make it easier, faster, and more fun to post and share stuff you find or create.

http://wordpress.com/
WordPress.com is an easy and powerful way to start blogging.

http://www.typepad.com/
TypePad is the premier blogging service for professionals, hosting many of the world’s most popular blogs and small business websites. TypePad’s ease of use enables you to create a blog in minutes.

http://www.lijit.com/
Lijit allows you to easily create your own search engine, which searches your blog, blogroll, bookmarks, photos, and more. By offering the Lijit Search Wijit on your blog, readers can search all of YOU and receive amazingly relevant results. In turn, Lijit gives you detailed statistics about the searches performed, such that you can better understand and serve your reader community.

http://www.tumblr.com/
Tumblr is your friendly, free, and terrifically easy tool for creating tumblelogs.
Tumblelogs are the refreshingly simple new way to share anything you find, love, hate, or create.

http://blogger.com/
Create a blog in 3 easy steps:
Create an account
Name your blog
Choose a template

http://www.plurk.com/
Plurk is a social journal for your life that lets you publish and share your thoughts. Share your life easily with friends, family and fans.

http://www.vox.com/
Vox is a new personal blogging service. It’s all about ease of use, privacy control, playing well with other web services, and staying connected to the people you care about.
Control exactly who gets to see each of your posts and photos.
See all the posts from your friends and family on one page.
Bring in content from other web services you already use (Amazon, YouTube, more).

http://www.soup.io/
Soup is a tumblelog, a super-easy blog that can do more than just text: post links, quotes, videos, audio, files, reviews and events.
Make your personal remix of the web: When you see something cool online, just click a button to add it to your Soup.
Soup can aggregate everything you create online into one place, in your own style, at your own address.

http://www.zemanta.com/
Pleasure: it’s fun to see your words paired with great links and pix.
Content: Pictures, Links, Articles and Tags.
Convenience: no more trolling the web for content for your posts.
Traffic: links to recent blog posts frequently result in return traffic.

http://www.jimdo.com/
Jimdo is really easy to create web-pages, just sign-up, follow the link to your own Page, integrate pictures, videos and texts in seconds, change the design with a click, add as many pages as you want...and show your swifty Jimdo free page to your friends

http://www.blogupp.com/

What makes BlogUpp! different?
No signup. No email and privacy exposure
No ad submission and no efforts
No animation and annoying ads
Multilanguage support
Cheat-proof and fair sharing
WordPress platform and alike friendly
Targeted readers reach
Welcome bonus for everyone
Best de facto exchange ratio (10:9)

http://www.blogperfume.com/
collect all the useful Wordpress themes, plugins, and blogging resources for pro-bloggers. Makes Bloggers life a lot easier.

http://youare.com/
Fast, fun, and in 140 characters: share everything you do throughout the day using text, video and images.
Filter updates received. Real life friends, co-workers, family….
Import content from YouTube, Flickr, and Delicious.

http://www.wibiya.com/
Create a blog community using Facebook Connect
Gain traffic from Facebook through your members news feed
Engage readers and raise pageviews with applications such as post navigator and blog search
Track your traffic growth through simple analytics tools
Share your tweets with your readers in real time

http://www.kontain.com/
Upload photos & videos anytime.
Connect & share with anyone.
Post from anywhere.
Kontain is determined to be:
So easy your Mom can use it.
So gorgeous your friends will move to it.
So fast you have to use it.
So addictive, you cannot stop using it.

http://www.penzu.com/
Penzu is a free online diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. You can keep your thoughts and ideas to yourself and share only if you want to!

[Pedro P]

Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad.