There are many different blogging platforms available to todays budding blogger. WordPress, LiveJournal, Blogspot, Squidoo 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. However, most professional bloggers name WordPress as their “blog of choice”.

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 are given all the bandwidth your internet hosting plan allows. No more 3 gig limit!

It’s common for blogging platforms to let their users host images, but WordPress has another advantage 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.

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, making it possible for you to recreate the exact impression of your blog that you’ve formed in your head.

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 open source nature of WordPress code that gives us limitless flexibility. Now is the time for you non WordPress users to follow the example of professional bloggers!