Building a website might seem like a difficult task for some but getting the word out on your product, service or making a personal webspace has never been easier.

If its the latter a blog will be the perfect medium but is not always appropriate if you would like to advertise a product or a service. Sure you can have a blog updating your visitors about your product but a website would be more appropriate here.

While you can get a free blog at places like Blogger & Wordpress, you can also get a free website from a number of places around the internet.

Here are 4 of the best free web based website builders that I highly recommend:

Blinkweb is a free website builder that you can use to build free websites or even a sales page to sell your info product, service or even physical products.

Blinkweb was started by brothers Matt & Brad Callen. Some may know Brad as the guy behind popular softwares as the keyword research tool Keyword Elite and the SEO tool SEO Elite among others.

The application itself is very easy to use and you can customize your website to show adsense ads, display testimonials, add video, buttons and other graphics. Blinkweb also makes it easy for you to build your website and make money with it with the step by step tutorials available.

When you're ready to publish your site you will get a free domain in the format http://name.blinkweb.com. You can always buy a domain at any time and use that as your site address.

Click here to create your free website with Blinkweb.

Weebly is probably the easiest to use of all the sites here. Its simple drag and drop interface allow you to create your website in a matter of minutes while switching from different template with the click of a button and adding a number of different applications to your site such as Google Maps and Adsense.

The website you create with weebly will be published with the domain format http://name.weebly.com but you could always host it under your own custom domain name. Weebly also gives you the option of one click publishing or you can download and edit your files then upload them via ftp.

In addition to your website you can also add a free blog that you create with Weebly.

Build your free website and blog with Weebly.

When I tried Synthasite, I thought it was a bit difficult to use than the others but I loved that it was drag and drop and I could add a host of different templates available. I could also edit my graphics using online image editor, Picnik so that your pics looked their best on your site.

With Synthasite, just like the others you get the domain format, http://name.synthasite.com and also have the option of using your own custom domain.

Click here to build your 100% free website with Synthasite.

Google seems to have just about everything and its not a surprise that they also have a free website creator.

If you have a Google Account you will be able to use this free service to create great looking free websites that you can use to promote your products, services or a content website that hosts Adsense ads.

Google Page Creator has a simple drag and drop interface and its very simple to use. You can also choose from a host of differnet templates and a 4 different layout formats and add Google gadgets to your page.

Publishing is easy and you will get the domain format http://name.googlepages.com. The downside, to my knowledge, is that the default is set to whatever your google account name is but you can edit this in the settings and it looks like you can only have one site with unlimited pages.

Click here to create your free Google Page.

Free website builders like the ones above make it easier for persons without technical skills to be able to put up a website. This makes the potential for you to make money online a whole lot easier.

However having a free domain has its disadvantages when doing business online.

• It looks unprofessional.
• Your visitors find it hard to remember.
• The host is the one who's being branded.

Its kinda like renting an apartment as opposed to owning your own home. Domains are very cheap and costs anywhere from $3.95 to $10.00 and is the only investment you need when starting out with a website.

While free website builders are great, I hardly use them since I use SiteRubix website builder which is also a great drag and drop website builder that makes it easy to creat good looking websites.

The benefits behind using SiteRubix is that there is a huge community available for you to get help and you also learn how to make money online. Hosting for your Site Rubix website is also free as well but you can only use your more professional looking custom domain.

Click here to check out what Site Rubix can do.