Journal Home: The New Kid on the Blog

JournalHome.com has officially launched. Journal Home is an online
blog hosting service, supplying members with free blog space for their
personal online journals or public blogs. For the past few weeks
Journal Home has unofficially opened its virtual doors, allowing new
members to sign up and test the waters, without any advertisements.
This is now a thing of the past as they have now officially launched
their new blogging platform. The ease of use is what sets Journal
Home apart from its rivals. Journal Home has a very user-friendly
interface and member area. There are over 25 different templates to
choose from. Features include privacy settings, RSS/XML feeds,
mailing list, file uploads, blog server pings, friend manager, and
complete control over your blog. You even have complete control over
your template. If you know a little .html you can do wonders with
re-creating the templates or you can choose from the standard 25+
templates readily available. They also offer an upgrade feature to
get rid of the advertising on your blog. In the end it seems to be a
great service.

The blogging generation has erupted in the last year and it is still
gaining momentum. With so many other blog host, such as Blogger and
LiveJournal, Journal Home has some ways to go before it grasps a tight
grip on the market share. After speaking with the founder and owner
of JournalHome.com, Ant Onaf, he explains how his late start has
worked as an advantage. He says "I know that I got a late start in
the blog hosting industry, but my shortcomings has allowed me to take
a close look at my competitors from the outside looking in, and focus
on the problems my competitors have had." The most apparent problems
Ant Onaf discusses are the unreliability of blog hosting networks,
systems hanging, or crashing. He says "Blog hosting or blogging in
general is considered fairly new, especially mainstream. Therefore, I
believe many of my competitors were unaware of how strenuous blog
hosting can be on their networks and did not take the needed
precautions, therefore they experienced system failures. I have even
seen blog host go out of business because of the added stress on their
networks. Journal Home is aware of this problem and is prepared for
the added traffic and stress on the network. I have taken the proper
steps to prepare my systems and network, so that this will not become
a problem in the future, at least not for Journal Home."

Journal Home is a cozy simple blog platform, I asked what were the
future plans? Ant Onaf responded "I don't have any major developments
or plans. I don't have any major developments or plans. I plan to
take it day-by-day and continue to work with the backbone developers
to make a better platform for my members, slowly and gracefully. I am
not an overnight-success fanatic. I am simple and like things to take
time. I believe in gradual growth. I expect Journal Home to be
around for the long haul. I hope Journal Home is successful in the
blog hosting industry and I will strive to make this a foreseeable
reality. I believe everyone in the world should have a blog, an
online home to express themselves publicly or privately, without
extreme moderation. I will continue to live out and enforce that
belief. I know Journal Home is not the best website on the web or the
most creative, but its HOME. Journal Home is meant to be simple and
plain. It is a place that members can come and write in their
journals to share with the world or keep private. It is a place that
members will be able to come to 10 years from now and see what they
wrote about 'today'. It is a place members can express themselves
openly and clearly, while maintaining control of the discussions and
direction of discussions. It is a place that members can share
themselves, share their knowledge, share their skills, share their
talents, and share their experiences. It is a place that members can
keep their distant love ones in tune and up to date with daily
activities. It is a place that members can have their own personal
space on the web. It's their Journal Home."