Blogging News: AIM Users Get Free Blogs

"There Goes The Neighborhood!"

That probably was what the Blogger and Live Journal communities said when AOL announced the addition of blogs to the offerings for their clients. Well, that community has grown to a million-plus in just two and a half years and is now poised to become the 800 pound Gorilla AND piss off What's-his-name at Micro$oft... if you have AOL's AOL Internet Messenger (AIM) you now can have a free AOL blog! No need for any account with AOL except the free AIM username. Updates can be done direct from AIM or by using any of the following browsers:

MSIE 5.5 and higher
Netscape Navigator 7.0 and higher
Mozilla 1.0 and Higher (this includes Firefox)
Apple Safari 1.1 and higher

So ... no excuse now not to have a blog you keep updated from your cell phone or IPAQ or Palm machine -- they can all do AIM. And if you have been looking for a site to keep a backup of your blog on, this is convenient, free and AOL has massive server farms and redundant RAID systems, so you aren't likely to lose that gem of an entry.

Take a moment to visit AOL's AIM web site to learn the particulars.