A Few Reasons Why I Am Using Wordpress

Todays budding blogger has a wide range of blogging platforms to choose from. Wordpress, LiveJournal, Blogspot, Squidoo and many others all seem to boast similar features at face value.

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. However, Wordpress has a higher storage allowance then it’s competitors — a whopping 3 gigs! Additionally, unlike most other blogging platforms, Wordpress has the option of allowing you to install it on your own personal website. Should you install Wordpress on your own domain, which isn’t necessary but is recommended, you’ll have complete control over it and 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 gives bloggers a great amount of flexibility. Wordpress has become a favorite among many bloggers for this reason alone. Your blog can be almost completely customized in terms of appearance and functionality, 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 the limitless flexibility afforded by its open source nature. 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.

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