What Are The Best Blogging Platforms?

Self-hosted:

WordPress.org (recommended)

B2evolution.net (alternative)

Concrete5.org (alternative)

Free tools:

WordPress.com (yourblogname.wordpress.com)

Blogger.com (yourblogname.blogspot.com)

Tumblr.com (yourblogname.tumblr.com)

Freemium tools:

TypePad.com (14 days free trail)

SquareSpace.com (14 days free trail)