There are many different blogging platforms available to todays budding blogger. Blogspot, Squidoo, LiveJournal, WordPress 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. That already generous 3 gig limit then become limitless!

While most blogging platforms allow for only the hosting of image files, WordPress offers another another benefit in that as well as hosting images, you can also host other types of files, such as PDFs, Word documents and PowerPoint presentations.

The open source nature of WordPress is a further reason for its popularity as a blogging platform. This allows for limitless flexibility. WordPress has become a favorite among many bloggers for this reason alone. Appearance and widgets can be customized completely, allowing you to create your version of a definitive blogging experience for your visitors.

So, lets quickly review why WordPress is the preferred choice for bloggers. We see that the option is there to install it on your own server. We have the ability to host a variety of files on our blogs, and the open source nature of WordPress code that gives us limitless flexibility. If you haven’t already started using WordPress, then now is the time to start!

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.

1. Hundreds of in-depth reviews on Internet Marketing solutions – First up, the perfect WordPress blog ‘blueprint’ backlinks clinic BREAKING NEWS: Assistance for all WordPress Bloggers About me I am a full...
2. Can I Make Money Using WordPress? WordPress is one of the best Internet tools I’ve used in a very long time....
3. Have Fun Blogging? Then You Need Blogging Guides To Be More Creative There are literally millions of blogs on the net. Most people who start blogging do...