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It would be rather ridiculous for Google not to release a blogging app for their service on the platform they designed, so of course, there is a well designed and powerful mobile version. Suprisingly, it does not have any home screen widgets. Of course, you can also redirect your blogger page to your own domain name, without paying extra. Yes, I'm looking at you, WordPress.

The lines get very blurred between various social networking services. There isn't a lot of difference between BuzzFeed and Pinterest, but both are extremely popular.

Again, the standard interface for LinkedIn doesn't use the best layout. This alternative has a much cleaner, more useful interface for the service than the company designed app.

Facebook is of course, the premiere social networking site. In case you don't have the latest version already installed on your device, you can always check the site for an update.

Google hopes to replace Facebook as the number one social-networking site on the Internet. I can't see that happening, but time will tell. This is the official app for that service. One nice feature is that it has a widget which allows you to post your status updates very quickly. That's not a feature most social-networks have. You actually have to open the Facebook and Twitter apps in order to update your status on those services.

LinkedIn is a social networking site geared towards working professionals. Instead of being a strictly social environment, LinkedIn focuses on career development and networking, references, resumes and more.

LiveJournal is another blogging service which hasn't fared well against the competition and for some reason, the self-proclaimed elite of the Internet hold it in disdain. I've never figured out why. It's powerful and easy to use. I like it's mobile app well enough and unlike WordPress, that makes you pay for a domain name redirect, livejournal offers it for free. (I should also mention that only WordPress makes you pay for that feature, as Tumblr and Blogger also offer it without cost.)

Pinterest is one of the newer social networks on the scene, that takes its idea from services like Facebook and StumbleUpon, in that it lets you share sites you like with others. It does this by allowing you to create lists of sites that you like, in various categories.

StumbleUpon is a service that allows you to search through endless random sites of varying interests, thus the name. It's a lot of fun and an easy way to waste hours being entertained. Of course, you can rate sites to fine tune your results and share them across multiple services.

Not all blogs are created equal. In my quest of acquiring my username on as many of the main web services as possible, I've tried all the major blogging services. I've always had an affinity for the simplicity of Tumblr. For some reason, a portion of the Internet holds a great deal of disdain for this service and prefer the more robust services, such as Blogger and WordPress, but I don't.

I've recently started using my Tumblr page again by using it as my photo journal. It's a lot of fun. I also like the fact that you can have a private blog and a personal one, or several, if you wish, all under the one username, just as you can with the competing services.

When I tried the Android app, it clinched it for me. They offer a better solution than the competition for Android devices. Again, it's simple, but has a lot of features. In fact, it has more features. There is a home screen widget for fast posting, which none of the others have and it adds a sharing feature to your system, which a lot do not. It is very intuitive and quite simply, well designed.

Tumblr's ease of use and minimalist design has always lent itself to Android devices, so it made sense for them to put time and effort into their mobile app. As a result, this blogging app is my personal favorite.

As a final note, remember that Tumblr also offers free domain name redirect, unlike WordPress.