If you’re looking for a place to start a blog, and don’t want to invest in your own provider or bother installing software, here’s a list of the major free providers out there.  I created this mainly because I searched for such a list and didn’t find one.

• Blogger – the original, now powered by Google goodness
• Xanga – my personal favorite, but mainly because of my friends there
• MySpace – everyone loves to hate it yet everyone is there
• LiveJournal – lots of serious journalers here!
• Vox – new kid on the block, it’s feature rich and well designed
• WordPress – they make my favorite software and now do hosting too
• Yahoo 360 – well established user base, nice templates
• Windows Live Spaces – Mac and Linux users welcome too

Am I missing someone?  That is, one that’s free and doesn’t suck?  If so please let me know, I’ll add it to the list!