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By: Wired Joins the Family — Matt Mullenweg

Wired Joins the Family — Matt Mullenweg — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:22:19 +0000

[...] to the WordPress family! (They just completed their switch from Typepad.) I thought this completes my prediction from January that WP would reach over 40% of this list of top blogs, but when I went to the Technorati 100 today [...]

By: Conor

Conor — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:35:36 +0000

@ Nathan – thats a bit extreme now! there has to be a bit of competition!

By: Nathan Chancellor

Nathan Chancellor — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:50:08 +0000

I say that WP should be the only blogging platform

By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:06:37 +0000

WordPress is the coolest software app ever created. I tried other blogging and CMS products and WordPress is by far the easiest to use.

By: Jim Gray

Jim Gray — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:14:55 +0000

WordPress is taking the nation by storm. Just last week I attended a WP Users Group in Portland,OR

By: Pavel

Pavel — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:43:09 +0000

I think it’s quite possible that by 2010 WP will get even more popular. Version 2.7 is all I could ask for, wonder what version 3.0 will look like.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:53:35 +0000

Not surprising. WordPress is probably the easiest to use, most fully-featured platform out there. I originally used b2Evolution, but was easily won over by WordPress.

…Hmmm. Why are the Wired blogs taking over several spots..? They are all run on the same domain…

By: Richard Ginn

Richard Ginn — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:31:38 +0000

I agree with Miroslav Glavic with WordPress at 50% in 2010-2011.

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:27:38 +0000

Neat! Not exactly the billion I was alluding to but I think I can settle for top million

By: Thelma Harcum

Thelma Harcum — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:03:22 +0000

I love using WordPress! It is very easy to use
and is great for anyone who want to share ideas
with others and learn.
Thelma

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:38:09 +0000

I spent my first year with my website maintaining it through my server’s program in cPanel. It was a real pain. My blog was separate from my site, and with Word Press. I was so excited when I learned that I could use Word Press for both and switched everything to it. Thanks for your great technology. I love it and believe Word Press will remain No. 1 for years to come.

By: aindreas

aindreas — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:34:08 +0000

32% is excellent, wouldn’t suprise me you’ll do as you predict next January Have a great rest (!) of the w/end that’s left:-)

By: Kevin Phoenix

Kevin Phoenix — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:09:18 +0000

I’ve written a blog on Typepad since 2003 and only in the last 6 months changed over to WordPress. I think the variety of applications available and the ability to self host makes a far more secure and flexible platform. As long as the “community” continues to be well supported, I expect to see a growth in the numbers of authors using the medium

By: WordPress Watch » Blog Archive » WordPress is the most popular blogging platform for Technorati top 100

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:07:16 +0000

[...] Mullenweg has predicted on his blog that if the survey was performed again in January 2010, the figure for WordPress would be more like [...]

By: Stephen D

Stephen D — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:03:55 +0000

40-50% has got a to be a minimum target! One thing about the survey which did surprise me was that very few of the blogs had upgraded to 2.7 – are they mad?!

By: Suneel

Suneel — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:39:53 +0000

I sincerely wish to be placed in the list, but, my blog is a one man show, as many of the others are. So, I am fine if WordPress stays free and caters to the needs of the bloggers. No hard dreams of staying in 100 and blowing off my torch.

Sure that WP will come into the said % Matt. You guys are so awesome.

By: Ashish

Ashish — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:41:57 +0000

Blogging is democracy !
Every individual of blogging world forms an integral part of it & skimming 100 out of them will be something like putting rel=”nofollow” for a link lover

By: WordPress Use Declines Among Top 100 Bloggers · Pressed Words

WordPress Use Declines Among Top 100 Bloggers · Pressed Words — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:32:28 +0000

[...] I wish I could share Matt Mullenweg’s optimistic hope that next year WordPress will be used by “between 40-50…, the little amount of change from last year suggests that things will remain mostly the same. That [...]

By: Ankit

Ankit — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:56:28 +0000

2.7 has already provided with an improved user experience and I am sure going forward this will excite more and more netizens to shift to WordPress.

Three cheers for WordPress!

By: Kirk M

Kirk M — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:43:04 +0000

For all the people I’ve helped install/upgrade over the years I found one thing to be true. People in general do not like to upgrade…anything. Not computers, phones, software or WordPress for that matter.

About 6 months ago I finally had to draw the line at upgrading any WP install below 2.3 and now I’m thinking of changing that to 2.5 here real soon.

It’s amazing how many folks out there are still running 2.2.1 for example, with severely outdated plugins and databases that have had not a single bit of maintenance done since WordPress was first installed.

But it’s not just upgrading WordPress in particular that’s the problem. It’s your average user that just seem to despise (more or less) upgrading in itself.

With all due respects to all those “average users” who always keep things up to date.

By: WordPress domina en el Top 100 |Noticias y Tecnología

WordPress domina en el Top 100 |Noticias y Tecnología — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:28:32 +0000

[...] esta cifra Matt es realmente optimista, apuntando a que si se realiza en Enero de 2010 WordPress ocupará entre un 40 o 50% del Top 100. Y [...]

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:11:06 +0000

Here in Brazil, I believe that WordPress runs on 60% of the list of 100 of BlogBlogs.com.br

By: WordPress é o mais usado entre os top 100 do Technorati | pBlog

WordPress é o mais usado entre os top 100 do Technorati | pBlog — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:05:23 +0000

[...] Mullenweg comentou a pesquisa em seu blog pessoal, e previu que, em 2010, o WordPress crescerá dentre os grandões, figurando em 40~50 blogs da [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:58:56 +0000

You should contact support@wordpress.com and they can help you out.

By: Shibani

Shibani — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:50:35 +0000

Of course! I love the constant upgrades that you’ll regularly do..a ‘big thumbs up’ to the proactive wordpress team!

Cheers!