# Blogging platforms - Summer 2014

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TheNextWeb.com story  titled [The  best blogging and publishing platforms on the Internet today,](http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/08/16/best-blogging-services/) which was updated in June 2014:

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While social has changed how we communicate online, blogging remains a core part of things. In fact, the truth is that there’s never been a better time to blog. Social networks help build audiences and deliver content to readers.
q..

more.

The list according to the article with the links pointing to more info within the article:


1. [WordPress.com](http://wordpress.com) - [WordPress.org](http://wordpress.org)
1. [Blogger](http://blogger.com/)
1. [Tumblr](http://tumblr.com/)
1. [Medium](http://medium.com)
1. [Svbtle](http://svbtle.com)
1. [Quora](http://quora.com)
1. [Postach.io](http://postach.io/)
1. [Google+](http://plus.google.com/)
1. [Facebook Notes](http://facebook.com/notes)
1. [SETT](http://sett.com/)
1. [Ghost](http://tryghost.org/)
1. [Squarespace](http://squarespace.com/)
1. [Typepad](http://typepad.com/)
1. [Posthaven](http://posthaven.com/)
1. [LinkedIn Influencers](http://linkedin.com/today/influencers)


br. From this post: <http://inessential.com/2014/10/04/blog_engine_choice> added the following tools:

* [Fargo](http://fargo.io/)
* [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/)
* [Engineer](http://engineer.readthedocs.org/en/master/)
* [Kirby](http://v2.getkirby.com/docs)
* [Squarespace](http://www.squarespace.com/)
* [Middleman](http://middlemanapp.com/)
* [Hugo](http://gohugo.io/)
* [Camel](https://github.com/cliss/camel)
* [Pollen](http://mbutterick.github.io/pollen/doc/)
* [Craft](http://buildwithcraft.com/)
* [Prose](http://prose.io/)
* [Blosxom](http://blosxom.sourceforge.net/)
* [Octopress](http://octopress.org/)

And of course [MovableType](https://movabletype.org).

Back in the summer of 2001, I started blogging by downloading, installing, and using Noah Grey's [Greymatter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greymatter_%28software%29) static page blogging tool. I used it on the free hosting service called Hypermart until some time in 2003 or 2004. I also used Greymatter at work as a tool to manage work-related notes and other information. A lo-fi KMS.

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## Custom vs Off-the-Shelf

http://inessential.com/2014/10/02/need_new_blog_engine

http://inessential.com/2014/10/04/blog_engine_choice

https://blog.svpino.com/2014/10/03/do-you-need-a-new-blog-engine

http://alexking.org/blog/2014/10/14/do-you-need-a-new-blog-engine

https://blog.svpino.com/2014/10/14/wordpress-vs-a-roll-your-own-blog

http://scripting.com/2014/10/23/whatIWantFromABloggingPlatform.html

http://mattgemmell.com/redesign-2014/

http://mattgemmell.com/page-specific-assets-with-jekyll/

http://mattgemmell.com/designing-blogs-for-readers/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5756815



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