TypePad Product Details

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The world’s best bloggers rely on TypePad

If you read blogs, you’ve read TypePad blogs. That’s because some of the world’s most widely–read bloggers rely on TypePad.

It’s easy to get started, and grows with you

Want a great looking blog? Start with one of our professional designs and customize it over time. You have complete control of your design. Want an active community of readers and commenters? TypePad has the tools you need to manage the conversation. Want to spread your message far and wide? With TypePad your blog can live on your domain name, and we automatically support feeds, podcasting, and videocasting.

We're here for you

TypePad is brought to you by Six Apart, the leading provider of blogging services for businesses and individuals. We work tirelessly to bring you the service you deserve. We host TypePad in a tier–one data center, which means you get world–class reliability, uptime and system performance. If you ever need help, we’re here for you — we provide customer support seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Make it look great

You don’t need to be a professional designer or spend thousands of dollars to have a great looking blog. Start with TypePad’s professionally designed blog templates, customize them with our point–and–click tools, or build your own from scratch.

Tell your story

TypePad makes it easy to tell the story of your business, your career, or your life. Use our editor and write great content without having to know HTML. Illustrate your blog with photos, create a podcast, add video or just spruce it up with some color.

Connect it to the web

TypePad makes it easy to share your blog with the world, and connect the world to your blog. Automatically publish RSS and Atom feeds, update blog search services, and send TrackBacks to sites you’re writing about. With TypePad Widgets, you can embed content and functionality from sites like Skype, Pandora, Technorati and Rollyo inside your blog with just a few clicks.

Manage your community of readers

Blogs make it easy to carry on a conversation with your readers. TypePad makes it easy to keep that conversation civilized, even when your blog gets wildly popular. Get notified when someone leaves feedback on your blog, block items that contain offensive keywords, hold items for approval before they appear on your site, and even require commenters to sign in using Six Apart’s authentication service.