Choosing blog software can be a really difficult task. You will find that there are several options but with each option you get a set of advantages and disadvantages. You need to do a little research to find out which software is the most suitable option for you.

Your first task is to decide will you self install your blog or will you look for good hosting services. If you are installing it yourself, you might be in a real tricky situation, while for the other case; you have to choose a hosting company. It is important that you know about hosting opportunities before you decide to choose software for yourself. Here are a few hosting options gathered just for your convenience.

WordPress is a free hosting service which is very powerful. Bloggers love WordPress because of its several customizable features. It has a very good capacity to handle huge traffic. It is also capable of supporting different third party plugins that offer you several features which you will not get anywhere else. Blogger is another very popular free hosted service. It has several users who use its services. The main advantage of blogger is that it is very fast – its set up time is just ten minutes. It is very simple to use Blogger. Bloggers is not much famous among the professionals as it has certain customization limitations.

Typepad is not a free service. Users can choose between three services such as Basic, Plus and Pro. With each option there are some specific set of features. The more a user pays the better services he is able to get from the hosting company. This is popular among journalist bloggers who do not like to mess up with templates.

Expression Engine has something to offer more than being blogging software. It is better described as a content management system. It has several tools such as mailing lists and image galleries which makes it very user-friendly software. This is also not free hosting software.

Blogwire is another very popular service but users need to purchase software. Users complain about customization options of this software due to which it is not much used by professionals.