Best site for a personal blog?

[Ridantor]

Hi, i'm looking to start a blog which for the moment I only want to be viewed by friends and family. It would be best that if they wanted to access the blog they just needed to enter a password and not have to be a member of the site as well. Do any of you know of such a site where these features are available?

[neko]

There is blogger and you can set the settings so it does not pop up on search engines. You then give out the URL to those you want to view it! Blogger is great! I use it. You can put videos Polls and so much more.
If you want to see what a blogger site looks like you can visit mine!
http://nekoandtekonetwork.blogspot.com/
Hope I Helped!

[David M]

As you may know a domain name is just a name, not a real website/weblog. If you are going to create your blog website: 1- Buy a domain name. A domain name is a name you want to call your website (ex: http://www.yahoo.com). To get a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. 2- Buy a web hosting service to provide your online space and enable you to get your blog online at your purchased domain name.

If you’re going to start your blog at your own domain with different pages, you need a web host providing wordpress.


Take a look at:
http://www.threehosts.com/blog
There you can reach the three reputable companies that are leaders in the blog/wordpress website hosting industry.

Another useful link:
http://www.threehosts.com/create
There you can find a step-by-step guide to start your website.


Hope this helps.

[Sunrise]

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.penzu.com/
Penzu is a free online diary and personal journal with afocus on privacy. Easily keep a secret diary of thoughtsor a journal of notes and ideas secure and on the web.

http://www.yonkly.com/
Yonkly allows you to easily build your microblogging network. As a network owner, Yonkly puts you in total control with an advanced control panel. You can manage your subscription, change your settings, control your email templates, advertisements as well as your appearance. Full integration with Twitter. (free for 2 month only)

http://diary.com/
Create your private diary with text, photos, videos and web links. Also, make a shared diary to do all this with friends too.

http://www.blogupp.com/
BlogUpp! represents a new form of free web promotion. It uses RSS to mutually share blog articles within the widget, along with the snapshot of promoted blog, non-obtrusively and interactively. There is no signup to use it, the setup can be done in seconds, and no maintenance is required afterwards.

http://www.hyplet.com/
Hyplets are FREE personal IDs and online Flyers, which you can easily add to emails and Web pages, allowing you to enhance your online presence and promote your content with a single click.

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://www.vox.com/
Vox is made with you in mind. Your friends. Your family. Beautiful design. The most powerful, flexible privacy features available anywhere. Integration with YouTube, Flickr, Photobucket, Amazon, iFilm and iStockphoto. Plenty of storage space for everything you care about.

[Nate D]

http://www.gazetting.com has plans for private blogs.