When you are ready to launch your blog on a website, you'll find plenty of free and paid sites to choose from. The site you choose is determined by your expectations and plans for the blog, such as whether you plan to monetize the blog and whether it is a video-only blog or you want the option to add text and photos. Most websites provide analytics and have a mobile app or optimized version for mobile devices, but if this is important to you, confirm it with your host.
Video-Only Blog or Host
If you plan to publish video only, your video blog website can be as simple as a youtube channel or a Vimeo channel, where you showcase videos you make along with videos you like that are uploaded by others.
Many blog hosts share video on their websites by published on YouTube, Vimeo or another video host, so you may want or need an account with YouTube or a similar website even if you plan to set up a blog that includes text and other features with a different provider.
Setting up a video blog on YouTube or Vimeo is simple. Both sites ask you to provide basic information to set up an account, provide guidelines for your video uploads, ask you to add titles, tags, captions and descriptions for SEO, and provide customization features to personalize your page. Setting up a YouTube account is free. Vimeo offers several hosting packages, one of which is free.
Blogging Websites With Video Support
If you plan to include text and photos in your video blog, you'll want a traditional blogging provider that allows you to embed or link to videos. Blogging site providers come and go, but here are some of the best blogging websites, which have stood the test of time.
WordPress
WordPress is arguably the most popular blogging tool on the web, and it has millions of users. Build a blog, website or a combination of the two and take advantage of all the features the site offers including:
- Hundreds of customizable themes
- Mobile device compatibility
- Opportunity to add a custom domain name
- Automatic search engine optimization
- In-depth analytics
- Built-in social sharing
- 24/7 email support
WordPress has several packages available, one of which is free, but you'll need to purchase a premium package to host video.
Weebly
Weebly was launched to provide a place for users with no technical experience to create a high-quality blog or website using Weebly's drag-and-drop website builder. Millions of users enjoy the feature-rich environment, which includes:
- Responsive themes for blogs and websites
- Weebly app for iOS and Android for building and managing your blog from mobile devices
- Integrated eCommerce platform
- Customization tools to personalize any template
- Powerful design tools with no design experience required
- Advanced Theme Editor that offers full HTML and CSS control for custom development by experienced developers
Weebly has several packages available, one of which is free, but you'll need to purchase a pro package to host video.
Medium
Among other things, this is a blogging platform, where it’s easy to integrate photos, audio, and video into your posts. Offering both a website and an app for mobile devices, Medium is a cross-platform, slightly chaotic but beautiful place to build a blog. In addition:
- Medium is a free and open platform
- Publishing tools let you write once, share anywhere
- The site reinvented the comments section
- Encourages participation and diversity of opinion
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