Blogackers

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.

It can therefore be a daunting task to decide which of the available blogging platforms will best meet your blogging needs. However, most professional bloggers name Wordpress as their “blog of choice”.

Wordpress, like the majority of other blogging platforms, is free to use. 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 are given all the bandwidth your internet hosting plan allows. 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 a variety of files including PDFs, Word documents and PowerPoint presentations.

A further benefit of Wordpress over other blogging platforms is it’s open-sourced nature. This allows for limitless 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.

So, lets quickly review why Wordpress is the preferred choice for bloggers. We see that we have the option to house the blog on our own sever. 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.