Now, I’m not going to try to convince you that this would be a great opportunity for a business blog, because I still feel that business blogs should be hosted, designed, and maintained by the company/entity itself. However if you’ve been considering getting into personal blogging, and want to get a feel of the “blog culture” without spending too much (or any) money, you could try Thoughts.Com.

Thoughts.Com is a totally free blog community where users can not only write blog posts on any topic they choose, but find themselves instantly attached to a whole bunch of readers. Bloggers can post photos, videos, podcasts, rate other members’ posts, and once a year, Thoughts.Com gives away a vacation to 5 of their bloggers!

Another pretty cool feature of this blog community that I haven’t seen much in others is their forums. Pretty much every topic under the sun is covered in there, making this a real community venture outside the realm of normal blog commenting. Unlike other free blog communities, the forums aren’t strictly limited to site issues or questions. It’s a community forum, where you can find others with similar interests and have a chat.

The format is pretty simple, and it’s easy to find other blogs based on a simple tag cloud. Comments and ratings seem welcomed by pretty much all bloggers, and the ability to either blog anonymously or put it all out there is pretty nifty too.

Again, if you’re really serious about blogging and trying to make some money with your blog, this isn’t the route I’d recommend. But for something fun, and a pretty large (despite it’s new-ness) community, it could be a cool thing to check out.

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