Here is a list of FREE Blog Templates

WordPress

Short description: WordPress is a Blog tool and Weblog platform. You canyou’re your own wordpress account in seconds or install it on your own domain. Wordpress is easy to use and custmoise and one which I definelt recommend. Thers are hundreds of themes to choose from and plugin that make creating a professional blog so easy. Some of the features include password protected posts, importing, typographical niceties, multiple authors, bookmarklets, permalinks.
Homepage: http://wordpress.org/

Blogger

Short description: Blogger is easy-to-use web site, where you can quickly post thoughts; interact with people, and more.
Homepage: https://www.blogger.com/

b2evolution

Short description: A blog script featuring multiple blogs, categories/sub-categories, skins, search function, multiple languages, search engines friendly URLs.
Homepage: http://b2evolution.net/

Nucleus

Short description: A powerful blog script featuring multiple blogs, multiple authors, drafts and future posts, bookmarklets.
Homepage: http://nucleuscms.org/

pMachine Free

Short description: This is a features limited version of pMachinePro.
Homepage: http://www.pmachine.com/

If you use any other blogging platform and would like to see it listed here then please leave me a comment and I will add it to the list.

Why settle for a subdomain of wordpress or blogspot.com when you can easily host one on your own domain at very cheap prices. There are many reasons why you should host a blog on your own domain, but i think the main reason apart from total freedom and self control, is the fact that hosted blogs seem to take preference when it comes to blogging for money.

I use Oxynic.com, I switched from my New Zealand provider because I found them to not only be cheaper but very professional as well as they had a good understanding about blogging requirements and were able to advise me of exacly all the benefits and what i needed.

They start at $1.95 per month which gives you

• 5 MB Disk 
• 300 Megabytes Transfer  
• Host your own domain name 
• Free domain transfers 
• unlimited sub domain 
• 24-hour FTP access 
• unlimited POP accounts 
• Unlimited email Aliases 
• Browser-accessible Webmail 
• Catch-all email address  
• PHP, MySQL, Python, CGI, Perl..etc supported 
• site traffic statistics 
• Raw Stats

This package is perfect for those who are new to blogging. You can make a blog in this Starter Web Hosting Package play around with it and see if it works for you till you are ready for the bigger deal.  If you would later on wish to upgrade to a higher hosting plan, we would upgrade your account without your site going down and no upgrade charges.
This plan is perfect for small business who would like to make a few page blog describing their company and their products or for any other individual or organisation whose need is to add a few pages on the internet.

Once you get your own domain you can host as many blogs as you want as Oxynic allows you to have unlimited sub domains which means if you have a domain called bloggerholic.com then, you could have another sub domain called makemoney.bloggerholic.com with no charge what so ever. Using Oxynic Cpanel you can install almost any application you want such as wordpress blog, forum, gallery and so much more.

For more information read “the truth about free web hosting“