There are alternatives to Blog spot and WordPress to set up a blog, however the alternatives that exist are very good if what you want is to have a blog to write and publish and forget about maintenance, advertising and problems that arise from managing or getting your hands on your blog for any change.
These sites are valid for websites, and even if what you think is to make a website you may be interested.
Advantages of platforms that host blogs for free:
- You do not worry about maintenance or updates.
- You can publish from their editors that are simple and fast.
- You do not need technical knowledge of any kind.
- Some are scalable and you can even set up shops inside them.
Disadvantages of this type of blogging platform:
- Less customization ability.
- Paid Pro features.
- Small restrictions such as storage, file size.
- They are not usually good for SEO (they are usually paid)
There are many free alternatives that offer many features and some are even integrated into a social platform where your blog can be promoted, in others you have to make an effort to promote. When I wrote “don’t switch to WordPress it’s a trap” I was thinking about the number of people who don’t write or leave it because they don’t want complications with code, plugins, updates… and it’s normal we must think that not everyone is a technophile and there are to be open to the fact that there are solutions that make life easier for us.
It is normal that the idea of writing can put you off if you think of WP and BlogSpot in which the free versions and, so to speak, without Tuning are very bad, so if you do not want to touch code or worry about these web platforms, you will they give everything almost done or with very simple editors.
1 Tumblr
Tumblr was born as a blog platform but with the advantage that you can post whatever you want and even a simple photo, Tumblr blogs have a large community behind them and it’s completely free. If you want more info on how to use it: What is Tumblr It’s great for people who don’t come close to posting 300 words and have visual content.
2 Medium
Medium is a very important blogging platform from the creators of Twitter, on it they write from eminences in different fields to normal people, it is a good platform for those people who write little and would like to reach a specific audience or give know part of your professional profile. Medium has a very good design, especially for readers, so you can not worry about the design and maintenance part. It is a good way to create a blog independently
3 ImCreator
It is a free platform to create a blog in a short time that has very good pre-designed templates, is responsive and has the option to upgrade to a paid plan if you need more features. It is a good alternative for those people who want to have a blog or a free and quite nice website, apart from that it is open source and you can make tweaks to the code and the pro versions are very cheap.
4 jimdo
This platform for blogs within the free ones is my favorite, the free version is very extensive and gives plenty to set up a blog, it also has many quite modern pre-designed templates that are quite suitable for what you may like, there is the possibility of making an upgrade to pro for (€6.50) that allows you to create aliases (similar to subdomains and increases storage) in the superior option of 15.95 you can even create a store without complicating your life too much. If you don’t want complications, it is a very good option and the price is not that expensive.
5 Weebly
Weebly is another very good option, it is one of the free platforms that has had the free version for the longest time and others that vary from €4.50 per month. Apart from the templates it has a very simple and intuitive drag & drop site builder the best thing it has for my taste that can be used well to edit both on the phone and on the tablet and that’s a point strong in favor of Weebly.
6 Yola
This platform is great, it even gives a little more space and functions in its free option than the rest, since it allows storage of up to 1Giga and a blog or 3 websites with the same account. It has a template editor and is easy to use and also allows you to set up a store. It is not a well-known way of creating a blog, but it is very interesting for those who do not know how their idea will evolve. There are not all the ways to create a blog for free but the ones I like the most In this list are the free platforms in which you can create a blog, there are more but many are not as good, others that I like, such as the well-known Squarespace, have been left out because they are paid.
