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Todays budding blogger has a wide range of blogging platforms to choose from. Blogspot, Squidoo, LiveJournal, Wordpress 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) Additionally, Wordpress permits you to install their platform on to your own personal website, which most other blogging platforms don't allow. 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 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 allows for limitless flexibility. Wordpress has become a favorite among many bloggers for this reason alone. Appearance and widgets can be customized completely, 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 function to host a wide range of file types, and the the limitless flexibility afforded by its open source nature. 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.