Why Professional Bloggers Choose 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. 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 offers another another benefit in that you can host not only images but also other types of files, such as 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. 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 ability to host a variety of files on our blogs, 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!