[List Updated] Of all free hosted blog platforms I have known WordPress.com is definitely my favorite. WordPress.com a WordPress MU-powered weblog hosting provider that provides free basic and original features, including some featured widgets.
Depending on your needs, you can also choose for some paid options for some features such as a CSS editor, domain mapping and storage upgrades.
WordPress.com featured widgets include:
Blog Subscriptions – you can add an email signup form that allows your readers to subscribe to your blog
PicApp allows you to jazz up your blog, at no cost, with millions of premium, relevant, fresh and legal images to choose from.
Gravatar (= globally recognized avatar) is a service for providing globally-unique avatars, which you to register an account based on their email address, and upload an avatar to be associated with the account.
Box.net – an online file sharing service that allows you to store, access and share files remotely.
Del.icio.us - a social bookmarking web service that allows you to store, share and discover web bookmarks.
Meebo – an Ajax-based in-browser instant messaging program which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, .NET Messenger Service, AIM, ICQ, MySpaceIM, Facebook Chat and Jabber.
Twitter – a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows you to send and read each others’ updates, known as tweets.
Flickr – an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform
Vodpod – a video sharing service that allows you to collect the best music videos, funny videos, politics and video clips from around the web.
SocialVibe - a social networking website that lets you to choose sponsors to raise money for different charities.
Platial Mapkit - a collaborative, user generated, cartographic website that allows you to share and associate relevant content with geographic places of interest.
RSS – a family of web feed formats used to publish your frequently updated posts.
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