Type Pad

TypePad is another blogging site that has gained a reputation through its user friendly interface and ease of use. TypePad was launched in 2003 and it comes from Live Journal’s buyer, Six Apart. TypePad is based on Movable Type’s platform with the two sharing the same templates, technology and APIs. TypePad was Six Apart’s platform for the non-technical blogger. Unlike most blogging sites, TypePad is not free, but users do get their own .com domain names.

Movable Type

Movable Type is a powerful all-in-one tool that lets you create blogs and entire websites with one platform. Movable Type has several notable features when it comes to blog management. This application supports static page generation and is backed by a huge community. Similar to WordPress, Movable Type offers a free self-hosted package (MovableType.org) as well as a service for non-developers who would like to host their blog for free (MovableType.com) and also user can have multiple user accounts on your MovableType blog.

Blogger

Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at a subdomain of Blogspot.com. Blogspot.com is a weblog-hosting service run by the folks who make Blogger. Blogger has been around for quite awhile, bought by Google in 2003. Although Blogger has made many improvements over the years, people making the choice between it and WordPress typically go with the latter. 

WordPress

WordPress is one such advanced blogging tool and it provides a rich set of features. Through its Administration Panels, blogger can set options for the behavior and presentation of its weblog. Via these Administration Panels, blogger can easily compose a blog post, push a button, and be published on the internet, instantly! WordPress goes to great pains to see that your blog posts look good, the text looks beautiful, and the html code it generates conforms to web standards.

What is Open Source?

“The term ‘open source’ describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials”.Lots of phrases have been used to describe the concept of “open source” before the community adopted this term, and the rise of the Internet, and the need of adjusting and reusing the source code helped “open source” to get accepted.

Blogging Platform

Blogging Platform can also be referred to as 'blogging software' is the program used to create blogs. There are numerous companies who offer blogging software. Some of the most popular blogging software providers are Wordpress, Blogger, TypePad, Moveable Type, LiveJournal, MySpace and Xanga. Different blogging software programs provide different features to users although all provide the basic elements needed by casual bloggers. 

What is Blog?

Blogs are alternatively called web logs or weblogs which is a Web site that consists of a series of entries arranged in reverse chronological order, often updated on frequently with new information about particular topics. The blogs are designed to be very easy to add new entries to, so the information on blogs is updated much more frequently than a traditional site.