Host your own Blog or signup for a free blog service?

When deciding to blog, there are ways  whether you should host the blog yourself or sign up for a free service like blogger.com. This is a quesrion many bloggers ask. You have pros and cons to making this decision for many. Neither is perfect, and neither is for everyone. Before making this decision  .
There are many sites that offer free hosting.. Going over Google search one may  find  many possibilities.
Just like free blog hosting, there are many possibilities for software that makes hosting your own blog easy. Most of them are free to use. Word Press(the most popular software), Apache, Roller, Blosxom, Geeklog, Textpattern, LifeType.
I personally use WordPress software,and for my own hosting which is  Cpanel server , and am independent on admin and  configure my blog according to my own needs..

The Cons
You don’t have as many options to customize your blog. Remotely hosted blogs are admittedly somewhat limited in terms of what you can actually do on them. You have to stick with what is provided to you in terms of look and features.  The URL you get is always yourname.BLOGSITE.com. You don’t get to have a custom domain name like YOURNAME.com. This can possibly hurt traffic to your blog.  Blogs hosted on free blog sites don’t look as professional as self hosted blogs.
Why should I self-host my blog?
The Pros
You have more options and more flexibility. You are able to tweak the blog to your liking.  Your URL is your address for your blog. Rather than having go to where your blog is hosted to read it, they can read it right from your site.  The ability to make your blog look professional. Blogs that are hosted on sites of their own tend to look a lot better than those hosted on free sites.  More space for your blog. Free blog sites usually place a restriction on how much space you have for things like photos and music. By hosting your own blog, you are able to use as much space as you need.

The Cons
There are sometimes problems with setting up blog software to run on your site and server. If you aren’t experienced when it comes to working with mySQL, the process will be hard.  Updates aren’t as easy to post.  You have to manually set up programs to monetize your blog. However, if you are good with HTML/Javascript, this shouldn’t be too hard.  You have to pay for your own hosting and domain
As you can see, there are pros and cons to both. Which should you choose? Well, it depends on who you are and what you intend to use your blog for. If you intend to use it for business, then a self-hosted blog is the best idea. If it’s a personal blog, then a free hosted blog will probably be fine for you.