Below I listed blogs that are free and allow affiliate links, banners and ads. Blogger is listed but as I stated be very careful with Google's guidelines and make sure to backup your blog.
1. http://www.blogger.com
2. Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog
3. http://www.blogetery.com
4. Blogsome
5. Blogono Free Blogs | Just another WordPress site
6. Default Parallels Plesk Panel Page
7. IdeaFry - Your Source for Quality Articles & Content
8. Blog - Free
9. Bedeng
10. Blog Ireland
11. Website hosting and Wordpress managed hosting – Blogpico Club - Powerful publishing tools – Membership just $5
12. Syncr Ping Service - Sync Your Blog to The World - Free XML-RPC Ping Service -
13. Blog Detik | Building Your Personal Brand
14. http://www.dagdigdug.com
15.http://www.squarespace.com
Of course you can transfer you own customs domain to these free blogging sites and their are countless benefits to doing this. One of the main reasons I like free blogs, besides the fact their free, is their website builders are so easy to use a 10 year kid can use it. You don't have to be a techi with tons of HTML, CSS knowledge to use. I have a Wordpress blog with NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO- and every day I have some kind of technical issue for which I have to submit a work ticket.
I read gobs of exceptional reviews about "Weebly" and "Squarespace" and I am going to transfer some of my own custom domains to these two. I checked out Weebly today and they really some gorgeous and unique themes - completely free. You can upgrade for very little and host an unlimited amount of sites or blogs.
