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A free blog your business will be proud of.

Free blog hosting with beautiful templates, your own domain, a newsletter and analytics, ready in one minute and built to be read by Google and AI assistants. Start on yourbrand.outrankblog.com and connect your domain when you like.

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  • Free up to 10,000 visits a month
  • Your own domain included
  • No credit card
blog.brightpath.io
Brightpath blog built with Outrank Blogs
Le Fournil de Léa blog on a phone
  • Free hosting and HTTPS
  • Your own domain
  • 5 templates
  • Newsletter
  • Analytics
  • 7 languages
  • AI writing

Free blog hosting

Free blog hosting, your own domain included

Everything your blog needs to be online is hosted for you. Here is exactly what the free plan covers, and its one limit.

  • $0 hosting, no trial

    Hosting, HTTPS and a free outrankblog.com address cost nothing. No credit card, and no trial that runs out.

  • Your own domain, free

    Connect blog.yourbrand.com, yourbrand.com/blog or a domain used only for the blog at no charge. You only pay your registrar for the domain.

  • Fast and secure

    Pages are rendered on the server and served over HTTPS from a global edge network. No server, plugins or updates to manage.

  • One limit: visits

    Free up to 10,000 visits a month per blog, with unlimited posts and pages. Over the limit two months in a row, new posts pause until you upgrade; the blog stays online.

  • No ads, ever

    Readers never see ads or sponsored links. Free blogs show a small “Published with Outrank” badge in the footer.

  • Found from day one

    Sitemap, RSS, structured data, llms.txt and IndexNow are set up for you, so Google and AI assistants can find every post.

Built for AI search

Outrank Blogs are ready for ChatGPT and AI agents

Every blog comes with what AI assistants and agents look for, built in and kept up to date. Nothing to install, nothing to configure.

Create my free blogFree up to 10,000 visits a month
  • llms.txt, written for youA map of your posts, pages and topics for AI assistants, with a link to your product. Updated every time you publish.
  • A Markdown copy of every postAdd .md to any post address. Agents get clean text, without menus or scripts.
  • Every word in the HTMLPages are rendered on the server, so crawlers that skip JavaScript still read the whole post.
  • Structured dataArticle, author, dates, FAQ and breadcrumbs, marked up on every page.
  • Open to AI crawlersYour robots.txt lets GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot in. Nothing to unblock.
  • On your own domainWhere almost every blog post AI cites lives. Use a subdomain or a subfolder, for free.

How it works

Live in one minute

Tell us your website. We suggest a name and your brand color, you pick an address and a design, and your blog goes live.

1. Enter your website

We read your site to suggest a name and pick up your brand color.

2. Name it and pick a design

Choose your address and a starting template. Change anything later.

3. Your blog is live

It is online right away. Write your first post, or let Outrank write it with 3 free AI posts.

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Examples

One platform, every kind of business

5 example blogs, 5 templates. Pick a design, add your logo and colors, and it looks like your brand on every screen.

blog.brightpath.io
Brightpath blog on the Studio template, desktop view
Template
Studio
Fonts
Plus Jakarta Sans + Inter
Brand color
#2563eb
Language
English
Own subdomain
blog.brightpath.io
Need ideas first? Browse real blog examples from food, travel, SaaS and more

Features

Everything a business blog needs, already set up

Design, writing, SEO, your domain and your audience, in one place. Nothing to install or maintain.

Design

Looks like your brand in five minutes

Start from a template, then make it yours. Every change is previewed live and goes online when you publish it.

Writing

An editor built for posts that convert

Write in the same editor Outrank uses for its AI articles, with blocks that turn readers into customers.

SEO and AI search

Ready for Google and AI answers from the first post

Everything search engines and AI assistants look for is generated for you. No plugin to install, nothing to configure.

Your domain

On your own domain, for free

Start on a free address, then move your blog to your own domain whenever you like. Your posts and readers move with it.

Audience and analytics

Grow an audience you own

Collect subscribers from day one and see what brings readers in, without cookie banners.

Details

And all the little things

  • 7 languages

    English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch.

  • Mobile first

    Every template is designed for phones first.

  • Dark mode

    Light, dark or following each reader’s device.

  • Table of contents

    Added automatically to long posts.

  • Related posts

    Keep readers on your blog after every post.

  • Share buttons

    One click to share on social networks.

  • Author pages

    Bios, photos and a page for every author.

  • Categories and tags

    Organized pages for every topic.

  • Custom pages

    About, contact or any page you need.

  • Redirects

    Move content without losing traffic.

  • Preview links

    Share a draft before it goes live.

  • Scheduling

    Publish at the right time, automatically.

Why Outrank Blogs

Skip the plugins and the hosting bills

What you get on day one, compared with setting up a blog yourself.

  • Setup

    Outrank Blogs: About a minute

    Doing it yourself: Hours of setup

  • Hosting, HTTPS and updates

    Outrank Blogs: Included

    Doing it yourself: You manage them

  • Sitemap, structured data, redirects

    Outrank Blogs: Built in

    Doing it yourself: Plugins to install

  • llms.txt and Markdown for AI agents

    Outrank Blogs: Generated for you

    Doing it yourself: Written and updated by hand

  • Newsletter and analytics

    Outrank Blogs: Built in

    Doing it yourself: More plugins or tools

  • Speed

    Outrank Blogs: Fast by default

    Doing it yourself: Depends on theme and plugins

  • AI writing

    Outrank Blogs: Built in

    Doing it yourself: Separate tools

  • Price

    Outrank Blogs: Free up to 10,000 visits a month

    Doing it yourself: Hosting plan and paid plugins

How it compares with the 13 best free blog sites

Want your blog to grow on its own?

Upgrade anytime and Outrank runs your blog on autopilot. Everything lands on the blog you already have.

  • Keyword research for the topics you can rank for
  • 30 SEO articles a month written and published on your blog
  • Images and internal links added automatically
  • Backlinks from real sites in the Outrank network
  • No visit limit and no “Published with Outrank” badge

$99/month, cancel anytime. Your blog stays free if you stop.

Pricing

Free to start. Autopilot when you want it.

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Free

For every business that wants a great blog.

$0forever

  • Up to 10,000 visits a month
  • Unlimited posts and pages
  • Your own domain or subfolder
  • All templates, newsletter and analytics
  • 3 free AI-written posts
  • Small “Published with Outrank” badge
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Organic Growth

Your blog grows on its own.

$99/month

Everything in Free, plus:

  • 30 SEO articles a month, published for you
  • Images and internal links added automatically
  • Backlinks from real sites in the Outrank network
  • No visit limit and no badge
  • Custom code and scripts on any address

Upgrade anytime from your blog dashboard.

Compare and set up

Moving from another platform?

See how Outrank Blogs compares with the platforms you know, and how to add it to the website you already have.

Roundups and alternatives

Setup guides

FAQ

Questions about Outrank Blogs

Short answers to what people ask most.

Is the blog hosting really free?
Yes. Hosting, HTTPS, a free outrankblog.com address and your own domain or subfolder are free up to 10,000 visits a month per blog, with unlimited posts and no ads. No credit card needed. If you use your own domain, you only pay your registrar for it.
What is the catch with free blog hosting?
On most free blog hosts it is the address, ads or a cap. Medium and Substack keep you on their address unless you pay, WordPress.com and Wix show their own ads on free sites, and some free plans cap storage or posts. On Outrank Blogs the one limit is 10,000 visits a month, and you can see the catch on every other platform in our comparison of the best free blogging platforms.
Will Google index my blog?
Yes, from day one, including on your free outrankblog.com address. Connect your own domain or subfolder, also free, so every post builds your own site's authority. Blogs that break our content policy stay hidden from search engines until they move to their own domain.
Will ChatGPT and other AI assistants read my blog?
Yes. Every blog has an llms.txt file, a Markdown copy of every post, structured data and pages rendered on the server, and its robots.txt lets AI crawlers in. It matters: in our study of 96 questions, 74% of the sources ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude cited were blog content, and 99% of those blog posts were on the company's own site.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes. Connect a subdomain like blog.yourbrand.com, a subfolder like yourbrand.com/blog, or a domain used only for the blog. We give you the exact steps for your setup.
How is it different from Blogger, WordPress.com or Medium?
Your posts live on your own domain or subfolder, so every article builds your site's authority instead of a platform's. There are no ads and no plugins to maintain, and when you are ready, Outrank can research keywords and publish 30 SEO articles a month for you.
Will there be ads on my blog?
No. Outrank never adds ads or sponsored links to your blog. Free blogs only show a small “Published with Outrank” badge in the footer.
Do I get a sitemap and an RSS feed?
Yes. Every blog has an XML sitemap, an RSS feed, robots.txt and llms.txt, kept up to date for you, and new posts are submitted to search engines through IndexNow.
Can I collect email subscribers?
Yes. Add newsletter forms in the footer, at the end of posts or inside any post. Export your subscribers as a CSV file, or send them to your email tool with webhooks.
Can my blog be in another language?
Yes. Write in any language. Buttons, dates and labels are translated into English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese or Dutch.
What happens if I go over the visit limit?
Your blog stays online and every reader is served. We let you know when you get close. If you stay over the limit two months in a row, publishing new posts pauses until you upgrade.
Can Outrank write the articles for me?
Yes. Every free blog includes 3 AI-written posts. Upgrade to have Outrank research keywords and publish 30 SEO articles a month to your blog, on autopilot.
What happens to my blog if I stop paying for Outrank?
Nothing goes offline. Your blog moves back to the free plan and keeps all its posts.
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