I thought of starting to write on a blog site, there are so many out there. is one better than another? why? please give me your thoughts.

Blogger (http://www.blogger.com/) -- free, easy to use, and the backend is run by Google. You can publish to your own Web space or use BlogSpot (yourname.blogspot.com) for free. How can you go wrong?

Here comes some ignorance for you....what is BLOGGING?? :confused:

Blogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs) as defined on Wikipedia:
A weblog (usually shortened to blog, but occasionally spelled web log) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally in reverse chronological order). Although most early weblogs were manually updated, tools to automate the maintenance of such sites made them accessible to a much larger population, and the use of some sort of browser-based software is now a typical aspect of "blogging".
Read the full article for more.

A blog is an online journal. Blogging is what you do with it. Post photos, write in it, etc.

Blogging is letting the world read your journal entries. It's up to you to decide how much of your personal details you would like to disclose in those entries.

I say you should go with livejournal or myspace. Livejournal is more about the blogs but myspace is preffered by everyone I know because of how easy it is and you don't need to really keep it up as much.

Or you could get really fancy and build your own personal website from scratch and then find a good deal on a hosting service and you won't have to worry about the barrage of advertisements that pop up on your blogging page.

I use Blogger. See the link in my .sig.

The kids use Xanga-they seem to like it.

i use livejournal and have for many years. its free and easy and i love it.

I think to answer this well would require knowing what kind of blogging you want to do. Is is more personal or more reportorial? For your friends or an attempt to reach a wide audience?

If it's more 'personal', Myspace, Livejournal, and Xanga are pretty good for that.

Although I don't keep a traditional blog, many people whose blogs and Internet presences I really respect use Movable Type (http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/[/url). I've only looked at it a bit and I really think it's elegant. I like elegant solutions.

Don't forget Yahoo's new 360 (http://360.yahoo.com/reg/whatis.html). You need a referral, though.

Don't forget Yahoo's new 360 (http://360.yahoo.com/reg/whatis.html). You need a referral, though.

Referral? What do you mean? If you have a Yahoo ID, you can get started with it right away.

Although I don't keep a traditional blog, many people whose blogs and Internet presences I really respect use Movable Type (http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/%5B/url). I've only looked at it a bit and I really think it's elegant. I like elegant solutions.

I use that one too..:) It came with my website..:) I had obe all set up, but I messed the code up and was to lazy to fix it. so, it's generic again..:)..

Referral? What do you mean? If you have a Yahoo ID, you can get started with it right away.

Ah, they must have changed that. Used to be that you needed a referral. Obviously, I don't use it myself. :)