Commercial, web-based blogging services have made it easy and in many cases, free, to create a blog. The following services fall into this category:
Many social networking and community sites also provide blogging functionality:
Note: blogs created with commercial, web-based services will not reside on the stanford.edu domain.
IT Services provides technical support to academic and administrative departments and faculty who wish to create a blog on the stanford.edu domain.
In addition, the Wikipedia community maintains a more comprehensive list of blogging software platforms.
Notice: Blog authors are solely responsible for the content of the blogs listed in the directory. Neither the content of these blogs, nor the links to other web sites, are screened, approved, reviewed or endorsed by Stanford University, the Stanford Alumni Association or any Stanford-affiliated entity (“Stanford”). The text and other material on these blogs are the opinion of the specific author and are not statements of advice, opinion, or information of Stanford.