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Blogging Platforms

These free and low-cost blogging programs pack a lot of features.

Kalpana Ettenson

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Blogger PCW Rating: 91.0PCW Rating: 91.0PCW Rating: 91.0

Last Rated: January 22, 2007

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1. Blogger

Price when rated: Free, Storage space: 300MB, Speed and stability: Superior, Management tools usability: Very Good, Template quality: Very Good

Bottom Line: This full-featured blog platform offers quick setup, easy customization of templates, and a simple-to-use interface.

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WordPress PCW Rating: 88.0PCW Rating: 88.0PCW Rating: 88.0

Last Rated: January 22, 2007

2. WordPress

Price when rated: Free, Storage space: 50MB, Speed and stability: Very Good, Management tools usability: Good, Template quality: Very Good

Bottom Line: WordPress is versatile and highly customizable, though the interface's text-based buttons might confuse inexperienced users.

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TypePad PCW Rating: 84.0PCW Rating: 84.0PCW Rating: 84.0

Last Rated: January 22, 2007

3. TypePad

Price when rated: $5 per month, Storage space: 100MB, Speed and stability: Superior, Management tools usability: Good, Template quality: Very Good

Bottom Line: TypePad's clean design makes it easy to work with, but its inability to create static pages limits its usefulness.

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Tripod PCW Rating: 74.0PCW Rating: 74.0PCW Rating: 74.0

Last Rated: January 22, 2007

4. Tripod

Price when rated: $9 per month, Storage space: 20MB, Speed and stability: Fair, Management tools usability: Fair, Template quality: Fair

Bottom Line: Though Tripod offers plenty of customizable templates and the ability to generate nice-looking photo galleries, its pages load much too slowly.

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Squarespace PCW Rating: 74.0PCW Rating: 74.0PCW Rating: 74.0

Last Rated: January 22, 2007

5. Squarespace

Price when rated: $7 per month, Storage space: 100MB, Speed and stability: Fair, Management tools usability: Fair, Template quality: Good

Bottom Line: Squarespace provides highly configurable blog pages, but you'll have to figure out the program's unintuitive drag-and-drop module system.

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