Why Professional Bloggers Choose WordPress

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 at 8:29 pm

There are many different blogging platforms available to todays budding blogger. 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, 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 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 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.

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

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. 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.

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