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. 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 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. This reason alone has drawn in many users that previously used the other platforms. Your blog can be almost completely customized in terms of appearance and functionality, allowing you to create your version of a definitive blogging experience for your visitors.

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 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.