[Jerlene]

There are several large free blog-hosting sites that dominate the
Blogosphere, but there are also smaller sites. Choosing which one to use depends on what you want for your site. If you want revenue and you're going to make it your main blog, use something like Blogger. If you're looking for something to jot your thoughts down on or share some stuff that you like, maybe a personal blog, something like LiveJournal is sufficient.

Choosing an established site is better, of course. The last thing you want is for your site to experience a lot of downtime, or have it crash constantly. This can lead to you losing your content and a lot of the time, you lose it forever. The bloggers who choose to go with smaller, newer blog hosting sites do so for a variety of reasons, but perhaps the number one advantage is a fairly abstract one. Bloggers tend to relish the fact that the internet is a place where the underdog has a strong chance of success, and by choosing to have a small company as a blog host, a blogger is casting his or her vote for David against Goliath.