Why Professional Bloggers Choose Wordpress

Todays budding blogger has a wide range of blogging platforms to choose from. Squidoo, LiveJournal, Wordpress, Blogspot are just some of the options, and there are many others with seemingly similar features.

With all the available blogging platforms, deciding which will meet your blogging needs can be a daunting task. There is a market leader though – Wordpress. This is the “blog of choice” for most professional bloggers.

Like most other blogging platforms, Wordpress is free. It stands out from it’s competitors for other reasons, such as a higher storage allowance (a quite huge 3 gigs) Also, Wordpress permits you to install their platform on to your own personal website, which most other blogging platforms don’t allow. Not only does installing Wordpress on your website allow for complete control, but you you can make use of the entirety of the bandwidth provided by your internet hosting plan. No more 3 gig limit!

It’s common for blogging platforms to let their users host images, but Wordpress offers another another benefit in that you can host not only images but also other types of files, such as PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, Open Office files, and PDFs.

The open source nature of Wordpress is a further reason for its popularity as a blogging platform. This gives bloggers a great amount of flexibility. This reason alone has drawn in many users that previously used the other platforms. Appearance and widgets can be customized completely, allowing you to create your version of a definitive blogging experience for your visitors.

Lets review the benefits of Wordpress over other blogging platforms. We see that we have the option to house the blog on our own sever. We have the function to host a wide range of file types, and the the limitless flexibility afforded by its open source nature. Now is the time for you non Wordpress users to follow the example of professional bloggers!

This is a guest post by Matthew Wolfe. He teaches entreprenuers how to create blogs, generate traffic, and make money with his free video tutorials at The Wordpress Classroom. You can also find out more about Matthew, as well as learn more tips and tricks at his personal blog, MatthewWolfe.com.