A host that provides blogging features
Apart from blogging features, another thing you should consider is web host, through which you will write your blogs. All the web hosting service providing companies don’t provide blog softwares. So you have to check whether the host company provides blogging features or not, no matter how reputed and gigantic the company may be. There are many popular Web blogging applications available in the market, which supports an open source and are also free. These applications include b2evolution, Drupal, Livejournal, Simple PHP Blog, Text pattern, Type Pad and Word Press. You should also remember that different blog software offers different themes. So that blog software, which is suitable for others, may not serve your end unless you have the similar requirements and needs.
There are a number of big companies, which offer cheap and sometimes free blog hosting software. Many of the top companies even provide user-friendly administration tools, automatic software updates and quick indexing in all the major search engines, compatible with your blogging software. Apart from these features, a good blog hosting software should have the features such as web-based control panel, Fantastico script support, support for multiple domains and sub-domains, unlimited disk space, unlimited domains and sub-domains per account, unlimited bandwidth, FTP and shell access, htaccess support, password-protected directories, anonymous FTP, 2,500 POP3 email accounts, drag-and-drop site builder, support for international domain names, WebMail, unlimited email forwarding, auto responders, 100 My SQL, Post greSQL databases, 1,000 additional FTP accounts, file manager, cgi-bin, Server Side Includes, site statistics, log files, custom error pages, custom cron jobs, spam protection etc.
If you are still looking for more advanced blogs, you should look for a host, which provides good customer support, tutorials, FAQs or user forums. Besides make sure that the host can continue to accommodate your blog if it grows quickly and attracts heavy traffic in a short span of time.