I agree with what as been said. I currently have a blog on Blogger, and have had no issues with it. The only cost I have incured has been my domain name, since Blogger is free to use. Blogger is probably the easiest platform to use.

I'm not sure what your experience is with regards to HTML, but if you have some experience you may want to go with a host and Wordpress. This provides you with the most flexibility.

The one thing I would pay for, regardless if you are starting a blog or a web site, is a domain name.

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