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From How To Blog this report:

What was previously ‘invite only’ is now available for everyone to blog on. That’s right, anyone who wants to can now get a free blog hosted at WordPress.com.

WordPress.com deserves it’s own review, although it’s currently still in beta form — albeit a very usable beta. When I’ve time do a detailed write-up of my WordPress.com experiences.

The bare bones explanation is that WordPress.com offers the a newer, beta version of WordPress that you don’t need to install on your own server. Instead, you just sign up and immediately get a subdomain on WordPress.com (like http://freeshipping.wordpress.com). You can login and start blogging right away — it’s ease of use is beautiful for the novice blogger. It supports categories (and subcategories), trackbacks, and all the other trappings that I view as being necessary for any blogging tool. It has a WYSIWYG interface with a rich text editor, as well as the ability to edit the HTML directly. It also allows you to upload pictures and then drag and drop them into your posts. In short, it’s super easy to use, and changing the presentation of your blog takes about two clicks (click on Presentation, and then choose the theme you want).

This would be great for those that can’t afford a hosting service and still want the functionality of WordPress.